The International Association of Genocide Scholars passed a three-page resolution concluding that Israel's actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide. The resolution identifies deliberate attacks on civilians, starvation, deprivation of humanitarian aid, sexual violence, and forced displacement as genocidal acts. The resolution cites statements by Israeli governmental leaders, war cabinet ministers, and senior army officers as evidence of intent, including language about inflicting maximum damage, flattening Gaza, and turning Gaza into hell. The scholars note support by Israeli officials for a plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza, characterizing that plan as ethnic cleansing. The resolution passed with 86% member support and calls for Israel to stop genocidal actions and comply with International Court of Justice provisional measures.
Israel's actions in Gaza "meet the legal definition of genocide," an overwhelming majority of the world's leading scholars on the subject said on Monday. The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) has passed a three-page resolution that outlines a wide range of Israeli actions that it says constitute genocide, including deliberate attacks against civilians, starvation, deprivation of humanitarian aid, sexual violence, and forced displacement of the population.
In addition to the actions of the Israeli military, the resolution also references statements by high-level Israeli government officials as proof of genocidal intent. Specifically, the resolution cites "Israeli governmental leaders, war cabinet ministers, and senior army officers" who "have made explicit statements of 'intent to destroy,' characterizing Palestinians in Gaza as a whole as enemies and 'human animals' and stating the intention of inflicting 'maximum damage' on Gaza, 'flattening Gaza,' and turning Gaza into 'hell.'"
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