September 5, 2025 TweetJeffrey Cohen: End genocide in Palestine and preserve our humanityAbout the writer: Jeffrey Cohen spent 37 years in Portland before moving to McMinnville eight years ago. Having grown up in a Jewish family, he terms the conflict in Gaza “very personal for me.”Israel and The United States of America are committing genocide. And whether we Americans want to admit it or not, this is not our first excursion into committing genocide through the actions of others. n The world community to stand up to the U.S., to demand it stop the starvation, massacre and genocide of the Palestinians. In the meantime, we need to stop the genocide being committed by Israel and U.S. against the Palestinians.