Leading Genocide Scholars Organization Says Israel Is Commiting Genocide in Gaza

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The International Association of Genocide Scholars accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, sparking controversy and debate among HN users about the organization's credibility and the implications of their statement.

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novateg

4 months ago

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TLDR: The determination by the International Association of Genocide Scholars — which has around 500 members worldwide, including a number of Holocaust experts — could serve to further isolate Israel in global public opinion and adds to a growing chorus of organizations that have used the term for Israel’s actions in Gaza. Israel rejects the accusation and called the resolution an “embarrassment to the legal profession.”

“Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide,” according to group’s resolution, which was supported by 86% of those who voted. The organization did not release the specifics of the voting.

asdefghyk

4 months ago

Actually, just pointing out ..... In case anyone thinks the 86 percent was of ALL the groups 500 members, its actually 86 % of 28% of all the members.

Genocide haS a legal definition, and articles do not say what definition they used ?

tiahura

4 months ago

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Nobody cares what agenda-driven academic organizations have to say about moral issues. People can make up their own minds about what is happening. These sorts of self-aggrandizing pronouncements are patronizing and counterproductive.

SilverElfin

4 months ago

Yep. How can it be a genocide when the population of Gaza has been growing crazy fast? And why isn’t Israel’s response just self defense? This seems like subjective judgments by organizations outing themselves as irrelevant.

demodulation

4 months ago

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Where's the [flagged] for this?

ath3nd

4 months ago

Why flag the truth.

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. And experts are agreeing on that. The UN already has placed the order for arrest of the war criminal Netanyahu.

ChrisArchitect

4 months ago

Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45094165

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45093821

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45094176

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