After Trump’s comments on Gaza, why were some media afraid of using the term ethnic cleansing?

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US President Donald Trump’s plan to take control of the Gaza Strip and clear out Palestinians has drawn international condemnation. Western and Arab governments, the United Nations and human rights groups were all quick to say it was tantamount to ethnic cleansing. But many media outlets in the US and France did not make the same connection. Why? Was it poor taste, bad judgment or something else? Our guests are Thomas Fenton, head of FRANCE 24’s English channel; Kethevane Gorjestani, foreign editor and former White House correspondent; and Arno Pedram, co-founder of the anti-racist journalist organisation AJAR.

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France24