CarolC, I knew that was going to be your mealy mouthed answer. What you have said is a difference without a distinction. Either Israel is committing genocide or it is not. Either Israel has committed genocide in the process of committing genocide or it has not committed genocide. Have the guts to say exactly what you mean straight out.

I don't even know what you mean by an accomplished genocide. But you'll explain in your inimitable way. Was Hitler's an accomplished genocide? Was the Turks' an accomplished genocide? Was the Hutus' (or Tutsis') an accomplished genocide? They are, after all, past tense. And if yes, doesn't that stretch the meaning of accomplished beyond recognition?