(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - The UN's assault on Israel is hitting a new low. On Wednesday, the UN will refuse to renew the contract of Alice Wairimu Nderitu, the Kenyan who is the Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide. She is being dismissed because she has stood firm in her belief that Israel's war with Hamas isn't genocide. In 2022 her office issued a guidance paper on "when to refer to a situation as 'genocide'" due to "its frequent misuse." The paper explains that the term describes massacres of entire ethnic groups with the intention of eliminating them. That definition includes the Holocaust, the Hutus' genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda, and the Serbian slaughter of Bosnian Muslims. Establishing a pattern of violence as a genocide requires demonstrating intent. Israel's campaign of self-defense doesn't qualify. In its war against Hamas, Israel's strategy is intended to dismantle a terrorist regime, not eliminate an ethnic group. Israel has gone to great lengths to minimize Palestinian civilian casualties, even as Hamas uses civilians as shields so their deaths can be used as propaganda. Ms. Nderitu's refusal to endorse a lie in service of a political agenda has been a profile in courage.
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