{"id":538,"date":"2007-02-13T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-13T11:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godspolitics\/2007\/02\/elizabeth-palmberg-when-is-genocide-not.html"},"modified":"2007-02-13T11:06:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-13T11:06:00","slug":"elizabeth-palmberg-when-is-genocide-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2007\/02\/elizabeth-palmberg-when-is-genocide-not.html","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Palmberg: When is a Genocide Not a Genocide?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios told an audience at Georgetown University <\/a>that, at present, \u201cthe term genocide is counter to the facts of what is really occurring in Darfur.\u201d <\/p>\n

What part of the ongoing, ethnically-targeted rape, displacement, and killing of civilians does Natsios not understand – and when will the U.S. get serious about pressuring Khartoum to stop the genocide? See Africa Action\u2019s response for a reality check.<\/a><\/p>\n

Elizabeth Palmberg<\/strong> is an Assistant Editor for Sojourners<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week, U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios told an audience at Georgetown University that, at present, \u201cthe term genocide is counter to the facts of what is really occurring in Darfur.\u201d What part of the ongoing, ethnically-targeted rape, displacement, and killing of civilians does Natsios not understand – and when will the U.S.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":379,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nElizabeth Palmberg: When is a Genocide Not a Genocide? - God's Politics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2007\/02\/elizabeth-palmberg-when-is-genocide-not.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Elizabeth Palmberg: When is a Genocide Not a Genocide? 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