Is Israel committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza? Leading international experts say yes, with the majority of their peers in academia concurring. The debate is shifting as the death toll rises and humanitarian aid is blocked. Are you ready to confront the harsh reality of what's happening in Gaza? #GenocideInGaza

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/30176680

Julia Conley
May 15, 2025

"Melanie O’Brien, president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, told NRC that #Israel’s deliberate blockade on “food, water, shelter, and sanitation” convinced her the #Netanyahu government was carrying out a #genocide, while Segal pointed to “openly genocidal statements” by #Israeli leaders.

“But for all it is about the sum of what would apply separately as ‘ordinary’ war crimes,” NRC reported. “The picture as a whole makes it a genocide. That is how the term is meant, says [British professor Martin] Shaw: ‘holistic.’”"

  • yesman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    331·
    1 day ago

    It’s so discouraging that the big controversy isn’t what’s happening, but what to call it. We can’t defeat colonialism with semantics.

    The attack on Gaza needs to stop, IDFAF if they call it a pumkin pie, just stop the goddamn pie.