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Grateful for this show of solidarity by our academic colleagues at GHSCN.
It’s official: the United Nations Commission of Inquiry concludes Israel is committing genocide.
The UN body calls on nations to stop sending weapons to Israel, ensure people within their jurisdiction aren’t aiding or inciting the genocide, and hold those who are accountable.
"The State of Israel has committed genocide."
Navi Pillay, chair of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, has told Al Jazeera that Israel’s war on Gaza is a genocide.
So... on Sunday Chat and I read the Statement by "Scholars for Truth About Genocide" and... yeesh. Apparently the standard is "can you think of any other explanation for Israel's attack on Gaza that is not genocide?" and you're done.
(It's not) youtu.be/OVFSAOmgr34
Javier Bardem at the #Emmys: "Here I am today denouncing the genocide in Gaza... Free Palestine!"
(via @Variety)
Bardem has referred to @genocidescholars.bsky.social #Gaza resolution in interview w/USA Today on Emmys Red Carpet. He again says the IAGS declared it a #genocide ‘& that’s why we ask for a commercial & diplomatic blockade & sanctions on Israel to stop the genocide'. www.usatoday.com/videos/enter...
“Here I am today, denouncing the genocide in Gaza,” @javierbardem.bsky.social said, “I am talking about the IAGS, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, who study thoroughly genocide and has declared it is a genocide.“ More here:
Spanish actor Javier Bardem has referred to the @genocidescholars.bsky.social #Gaza Resolution on the Emmy's Red Carpet. He says the IAGS declared it a #genocide ‘and that’s why we ask for a commercial and diplomatic blockade and sanctions on Israel to stop the genocide'. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
I am more than a little overwhelmed that the @genocidescholars.bsky.social resolution has been mentioned by Javier Bardem! Amazingly proud of all those involved in this resolution.
Yesterday Chat and I discussed the very stupid trolling campaign against @genocidescholars.bsky.social after it passed a Resolution determining that Gaza meets the definition of genocide.
youtu.be/tuHUBJ089lw
The world’s leading genocide scholars have declared that Israel’s war on Gaza meets the legal definition of genocide.
Prof Bill Schabas believes the case brought by #SouthAfrica against #Israel before the #ICJ is “arguably the strongest case of #genocide that has ever come before the Court”, w/stark evidence of genocidal intent. #intlaw www.populismstudies.org/professor-sc...
IAGS Secretary Elisenda Calvet-Martinez interviewed on the IAGS Gaza resolution by Le Monde news (In French)
"I hope this is one piece of the mosaic of evidence to change policies and exert pressure on Israel."
International Association of Genocide Scholars' Tim Williams speaks to @c4ciaran.bsky.social about the resolution that genocide is happening in Gaza.
Read and watch:
The world's largest academic association of genocide scholars passed a resolution saying the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Full text of the International Association of Genocide Scholars Resolution on the Situation in Gaza:
genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...
“Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide,” according to the resolution from the International Association of Genocide Scholars. https://to.pbs.org/45Tumg1
The world’s leading genocide scholars’ association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president says.
There was no immediate response from the Israeli foreign ministry.
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, according to a resolution passed by the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) on Monday, which found that Israel’s actions meet the legal definition of genocide under the UN Genocide Convention of 1948.
Melanie O’Brien, the IAGS president and a professor of international law at the University of Western Australia, said the resolution was “a definitive statement from experts in the field of genocide studies that what is going on on the ground in Gaza is genocide”.
Importantly, the IAGS Gaza Resolution recognizes that Israel has already destroyed a substantial part of the Palestinian group by killing and maiming (I would add starving and stunting) tens of thousands of children.
Hear from IAGS Second VP Tim Williams (begins at 5:15) on the Gaza resolution:
The IAGS has declared that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide:
genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...
