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fromwww.aljazeera.com
14 hours ago

Why did genocide scholars association say Israel's war on Gaza is genocide?

The IAGS, a 500-member body of academics founded in 1994, is the world's leading association of genocide scholars. Eighty-six percent of IAGS members voted in favour of a resolution stating that Israel's policies and actions in Gaza fulfil the definition of genocide set out in the 1948 United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
World news
#gaza
US politics
fromAxios
2 weeks ago

House No. 2 Democrat Clark joins small list of lawmakers calling Gaza war a "genocide"

Thirteen House members, including Clark, have used the term 'genocide' to describe the Gaza conflict.
Public health
fromTruthout
2 weeks ago

Israel Committing "Medicide" in Gaza as Health Care Workers Starve, Experts Say

Israel's actions constitute 'medicide' aiming to destroy Palestinians in Gaza, according to UN experts.
fromAxios
2 weeks ago
US politics

House No. 2 Democrat Clark joins small list of lawmakers calling Gaza war a "genocide"

fromTruthout
2 weeks ago
Public health

Israel Committing "Medicide" in Gaza as Health Care Workers Starve, Experts Say

World news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 days ago

Leading genocide scholars organization says Israeli action in Gaza is genocide

International Association of Genocide Scholars determines Israel's actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
#israelgaza-conflict
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

UN human rights staff urge leadership to declare Israel's war in Gaza a genocide

OHCHR staff demand leadership publicly declare Israel's Gaza offensive a genocide and urge member states to suspend arms sales to Israel.
from48 hills
2 weeks ago

'Indigenize SF' maps well-known street names and statues paying homage to genocide - 48 hills

The exhibition features a large map of San Francisco that identifies 35 city street names and 10 statues and monuments that commemorate historical figures involved in the genocide of American Indians.
SF politics
#israel
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Yes, The New York Times is committing genocidal journalism

Bret Stephens argues that Israel is not committing genocide in Gaza despite widespread international condemnation.
UK politics
fromIrish Independent
3 months ago

Ireland wants expansion of the definition of genocide under the Geneva Convention, says Taoiseach

The Israeli government is accused of committing genocide in Gaza, according to Irish officials.
fromThe Nation
2 weeks ago

Billy Wilder's Battle With the Past

Hollywood has grappled with conflicting narratives regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, revealing divisions in sympathies and interpretations of key terms.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

In Gaza, death does not come all at once. It comes in instalments

The Noufal family represents the ongoing tragedy and loss faced by many Palestinian families due to violence and genocide.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Amnesty slams Israel for deliberately starving' Palestinians in Gaza

Amnesty International has accused Israel of enacting a deliberate policy of starvation in Gaza as the United Nations and aid groups warn of famine in the Palestinian enclave.
US politics
fromTruthout
2 weeks ago

Palestinian Youth Movement Vows to Make Genocide Support Too Costly for Maersk

The Palestinian Youth Movement successfully pressured Maersk to halt shipping for enterprises operating in illegal Israeli settlements.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

No. 2 House Democrat Refers to Israel's Offensive in Gaza as a Genocide'

Democratic Whip Katherine Clark labeled Israel's offensive in Gaza as a genocide during a forum, urging action to address humanitarian crises occurring in the region.
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Gaza is no anomaly: Hunger and hoarding are the West's oldest weapons

Across continents and centuries, Western domination has always achieved by feeding the few and starving the many. The world's scars reflect chronic instability and mass hunger.
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

As I sit here in Australia watching Israel starve Palestinians to death, I can't help but think it could have been me | Plestia Alaqad

Deliberate starvation is used as a weapon in conflict zones.
#gaza-conflict
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Why are we reluctant to recognize Israel's genocide in Gaza? | Kenneth Roth

Resistance to acknowledging genocide in Gaza stems from Israel's history and cognitive dissonance about its role as a Jewish refuge.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Brazil to join South Africa's ICJ genocide' case against Israel

Brazil plans to intervene in an ICJ case alleging Israeli genocide in Gaza, emphasizing the need for international action against ongoing atrocities.
#srebrenica
fromeuronews
1 month ago

Polish prosecutors probe far-right lawmaker over Auschwitz denial

Denying the fact that gas chambers existed is not only a manifestation of anti-Semitism and an ideology of hatred; in Poland it is also a crime.
Social justice
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Ex-UN Special Rapporteur: Francesca Albanese Deserves Nobel Prize, Not Sanctions

Albanese's critiques of Israel have led to sanctions by U.S. Secretary of State Rubio, claiming her actions support terrorism and antisemitism.
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Sites of Khmer Rouge execution, torture in Cambodia added to UNESCO list

Tuol Sleng and M-13, as well as the execution site Choeung Ek, have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage list, marking a significant acknowledgment of Cambodia's painful history.
World news
#khmer-rouge
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Just a few bones': 30 years on, Srebrenica still buries its dead

Seven victims of the Srebrenica massacre were buried during the 30-year anniversary, marking a poignant moment of remembrance and closure for families.
US politics
fromFox News
1 month ago

NYC mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani's professor father claimed Hitler inspired by Abraham Lincoln

Zohran Mamdani's father claimed Adolf Hitler was inspired by Abraham Lincoln's policies toward American Indians.
#human-rights
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago
Social justice

We are human rights lawyers. Our new report is clear: Israel perpetrates apartheid | Sandra L Babock, Susan M Akram, Thomas Becker and James Cavallaro

Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

We are human rights lawyers. Our new report is clear: Israel perpetrates apartheid | Sandra L Babock, Susan M Akram, Thomas Becker and James Cavallaro

Criticism of Israel by scholars leads to professional risks due to government pressures equating it with antisemitism.
Social justice
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Palestine Action is a moral compass. That's why the UK wants it banned

The UK government is labeling Palestine Action as a terrorist group amidst growing public opposition to its policies towards Gaza.
fromwww.standard.co.uk
2 months ago

Pro-Palestine campaigners stage protest outside Wimbledon tennis championships over Barclays sponsorship

Barclays sponsors big sporting events to cover its accountability in funding the war. I think Barclays has had a lot of reputational damage because it's complicit in Israel's genocide in Palestine.
US politics
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Rusted screws, metal spikes and plastic rubbish: the horrific sexual violence used against Tigray's women

The brutal sexual violence against Tigrayan women reveals a systematic attempt to destroy their fertility and ethnic identity.
World politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Israel commits crimes like it breathes. It must be stopped'

Francesca Albanese asserts that evidence of genocide in Gaza is undeniable, urging global action to end Israeli aggression.
London music
fromIrish Independent
2 months ago

'Stop the genocide' - Kneecap release short film calling for arms embargo against Israel

The film 'Stop the Genocide' urges action against genocide and promotes support for the Palestinian cause through boycotts and sanctions.
#palestine
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 months ago

A coalition of conscience must rise to stop Israel's genocidal war on Gaza

The international community must act against the genocide of Palestinian children, paralleling the historical context of the Holocaust.
fromVulture
2 months ago

Meeting With Pol Pot Explores How Ideology Can Curdle Into Evil

In Meeting With Pol Pot, Rithy Panh explores the dissonance between the realities of the Khmer Rouge regime and the idealism of foreign journalists.
Film
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Premeditated genocide': Brazil's Lula slams Israel over Gaza war

Lula condemns Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide during Paris visit.
#rwanda
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 months ago

Namibia marks inaugural Genocide Remembrance Day with call for reparations

"Germany previously acknowledged the genocide in 2021, yet reparations have proved elusive despite Namibia's calls for justice for the tens of thousands killed."
Germany news
fromwww.dw.com
3 months ago

Namibia marks first Genocide Remembrance Day DW 05/28/2025

"Many people from the two communities were forced into concentration camps where they were starved to death and their skulls were taken to Germany for so-called scientific research."
Germany news
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

UK must impose sanctions on Israel to meet legal obligations, say more than 800 lawyers

Over 800 legal experts urge the UK to impose sanctions on Israel to uphold international legal obligations.
fromNew York Post
3 months ago

Trump confronts South African president with white genocide claims in tense Oval Office meeting

The footage included left-wing populist leader Julius Malema calling for the murder of members of the country's 4.5 million-strong white community, which comprises about 7.3% of the population.
Black Lives Matter
#andor
Germany news
fromwww.dw.com
3 months ago

Germany updates: Extra border checks unsustainable police DW 05/19/2025

An Iraqi couple is on trial in Germany for enslaving Yazidi girls, facing serious charges including genocide and human trafficking.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 months ago

Seventy-seven years after the Nakba, we are naming our new ruin

The Palestinians were telling the world: just three years after the catastrophe that befell on the Jewish people in Europe, a new catastrophe—very different, but no less painful—is unfolding in our homeland, Palestine.
NYC parents
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Genocide With Our Bombs': Ben & Jerry's Co-Founder Clashes With Chris Cuomo Over Gaza War After Arrest

What it had to do with is that Congress has been cutting money for Medicaid, health care for poor kids, and they're using the money they save doing that to bomb other poor kids in Gaza.
NYC politics
fromwww.dw.com
3 months ago

Is Argentina's warrant against Aung San Suu Kyi a mistake? DW 05/13/2025

An Argentinian court has issued an arrest warrant for Aung San Suu Kyi, amidst charges of genocide and crimes against humanity regarding the Rohingya crisis.
#donald-trump
fromNew York Magazine
3 months ago
Right-wing politics

Trump's Claim of Afrikaner 'Genocide' Strips the Word of Any Meaning

Trump's rhetoric about South African farmers misuses the term 'genocide' while highlighting perceived media bias against white victims.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago
US politics

The Guardian view on Israel and Gaza: Trump can stop this horror. The alternative is unthinkable | Editorial

Trump could leverage his position to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza to save lives and secure a foreign policy win.
fromNew York Post
3 months ago

Dozens of Afrikaners land in US after Trump offers refuge from 'genocide'

"It is a genocide that is taking place that you people don't want to write about," Trump told reporters at the White House before signing an executive order meant to reduce drug prices.
US politics
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