The Genocide Lie

The "Genocide" lie isn't a debate over facts—it's a coldly orchestrated political weapon: funded, coordinated, and laser-focused on forcing one toxic smear-word into every mouth, every headline, every official statement, through endless online swarms and staged street theater.

The cheapening of the word

The Genocide Lie: Why the Accusation Against Israel Collapses Under Scrutiny.

In the months since "Palestine" regime ’s , there has been a full-force campaign to frame Israel’s counteroffensive in Gaza as a supposed "genocide."

The charge is not only false—it is an outrageous distortion of both and moral truth. The accusation dishonors the real victims of genocide, manipulates suffering for political purposes, and, worst of all, shields the genocidal intentions of Hamas behind a false moral equivalence.

Simple introduction:

The war launched in retaliation to that massacred over --including via suffocating families in shelters, behadings, burning families alive, mass rapes, etc.-- and kidnapped 251 hostages (with 50 still captive, only 20+ presumed alive)—do not meet the , as there was no preplanned intent to destroy Palestinians as a group.

While acknowledging tens of thousands of Gazan deaths and injuries, it should be attributed the conflict's continuation to , use of , and obstruction of aid, rather than Israeli so-called "genocidal" aims.

Hamas embodies genocidal intent, its 1988 Covenant and , which outline four core themes: the total destruction of Israel for a ; ; rejection of negotiations; and antisemitic conspiracy theories. Its covenant's invocation of obliterating Israel is per Islamic precedent. In fact: 'Hamas, Hezbollah, , and Iran are the true aggressors practicing genocide'. Even the supposed "moderate" has been accused as such.

And as Historians Goda & Herf reminded, if 'Genocide,' it's rather by Hamas that fits the definition.

Prominent leader of : "No genocide nor apartheid in Israel. . Hamas has fired thousands of missiles against Israel. The 7th Oct. Hamas broke the truce by invading Israel, killing, gang raping, torturing, mutilating, kidnapping civilians."

Activist: the accusation "distract from real issues; Hamas, not Israel, causes Palestinian suffering through violence and oppressive governance, while Israel aims to protect civilians."

' on Gaza:

1. FACT: Israel has never initiated bombings or missile attacks on Gaza except in response to bombings and missile attacks on Israel by Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and other Palestinian terrorists.

2. FACT: The present war was initiated by a genocidal attack on October 7, 2023 that killed every Israeli in sight including babies, women, the elderly and infirm along with many unarmed non-combatant party-going teenagers and young people. That attack included mass rape and frightful torture and mutilation, as well as kidnapping of hundreds of Israeli hostages. Yet Israeli popular culture did NOT call for extermination of the Palestinians.

3. FACT: The official charter of Hamas seeks to exterminate Jews and destroy the nation of Israel. This is declared intent to commit genocide.

4. FACT: Hamas has placed weapon systems in the homes of civilians and in civilian institutions such as schools and hospitals in total disregard of the consequences for its people.

5. FACT: was and is a response to stop the endless suffering of Jews from genocide. Zionism has never called for the eradication of Palestinians.

Or in the words of former US ambassador:

You don’t need to be a “scholar” to define genocide. All you need is a dictionary, which defines genocide as the deliberate killing of a large number of members of an ethnic group with the intention of eliminating that group. That’s the definition, and Israel’s conduct plainly does not meet it.

First, Israel is responding to an unprovoked, barbaric attack within its borders on Oct. 7, 2023, and fighting terrorists who embed themselves within civilian assets. The terrorists’ whole strategy is to falsely advertise civilian deaths and openly claim a desire to repeat their attack as often as they can.

Second, Israel has shown no intention of eliminating the Palestinians in Gaza, as evidenced by the exceedingly small percentage of civilians relative to militants who have been killed, the smallest percentage in any .

Third, Israel clearly has the military power to destroy the Gaza Strip and all who live in it. If it wanted to, Israel could have done that at almost any time in its history, but it never would because genocide decidedly is against the Israeli ethos and values.

Fourth, Palestinian communities under Israeli control have grown nearly 10-fold since Israel took over.

Fifth, some 20% of Israeli citizens are Palestinian Arabs and, under Israeli rule, they have ascended to the highest echelons of business, law, medicine and academia.

Historian Gil Troy:

False charges of genocide.
While wary of some Zionists’ tendency to call too many attacks on Israel “antisemitic,” I find this genocide libel bigoted, not just false. This custom-made-for-Israel definition of “genocide” – nation-destruction – eliminates the requirement of an “intent to destroy.”

No genocidal army ever imported 14,125 tons of aid in one week alone or deployed soldiers, including friends of mine, risking their lives, to protect humanitarian aid convoys. And no genocidal army ever had lawyers assessing military targets or officers aborting missions to minimize civilian damage.

Second, this manufactured charge was hatched long before October 7, repeated before Israel counterattacked, and spread by bots along with a systematic network funded by Iran, Qatar, and Turkey.

Third, this is inversion-perversion. Accusing the Jewish state – engaged in a difficult war that Hamas started, with hostages still being starved – of the horrific crime Jews endured in the 1940s reeks of the diabolical hatred Jews endured for millennia.

Finally, this newly diluted definition of genocide applies to any military conflict that kills civilians. By these standards, anyone marking Lincoln’s Birthday celebrates the “genocide” of 50,000 civilians during the Civil War. Anyone honoring World War II veterans salutes “genociders,” given the two to four million German and Japanese civilians killed. And any Israel critic over thirty who remained silent as America killed over 940,000 civilians during the justified post-9/11 wars was “complicit” in their own country’s “genocide.”

Adv. Avraham Russell Shalev in 'Hamas' October 7th Genocide: Legal Analysis and the Weaponization of Reverse Accusations: A Study in Modern Genocide Recognition and Denial':

Abstract.
This paper analyzes the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel through the lens of the Genocide Convention, arguing that these actions constitute genocide under international law. Drawing on international case law, the analysis demonstrates how Hamas' actions meet both the physical element and specific intent requirements for genocide, evidenced by its ideology, systematic policies, and leadership statements. The paper also examines how reverse accusations of genocide against Israel have functioned as a rhetorical shield to deflect recognition of Hamas' own genocidal actions. It analyzes the legal implications for state parties and the international community.

International Rejection of the Genocide Claim.

This conclusion is supported by a strong consensus of international leaders, experts, and analysts. Based on facts:

the ,

France,

the ,

Poland,

Belgium,

Hungary,

Austria,

Czech Republic,

The EU,

Australia,

Mexico,

Argentina,

Uruguay,

Guatemala,

Paraguay

and others have all explicitly rejected the genocide label.

Under Biden, plainly stated before Congress: "We don’t have evidence of that to my knowledge." So has been concluded under Trump. Similarly, top international law expert told Euro News that there is "no clear intent to commit genocide in Gaza."

(The stance of Muslim-majority countries in the OIC Bloc—who wield significant influence in the UN—and pro-socialist states is, unfortunately, predictable. Their decisions, particularly in this case, are driven more by entrenched political ideologies than by objective reasoning).

The Legal Definition of Genocide: Why Israel Does Not Meet the Threshold.

Even within the world of international law, where words carry legal weight, no credible consensus exists that Israel's actions meet the legal threshold of genocide.

Over 50 experts in genocide studies, military ethics, and international law—many of them with no political allegiance to Israel—have rejected the claim as unfounded.

As international law scholar put it bluntly:

"It does not meet the legal definition of genocide."

The legal definition of genocide—enshrined in the —requires a clear, proven intent to destroy a group "in whole or in part." No such intent exists here. As the notes, Israel’s objective is not the destruction of Palestinians, but the dismantling of a terror infrastructure embedded within a civilian population.

The Morality of the Conflict: Fighting Hamas, Not Palestinians.

That distinction matters. Israel is not fighting —it is fighting Hamas, an organization that carried out a premeditated massacre of 1,200 Israelis on October 7 and has openly declared its intent to exterminate Jews. To equate Israel’s military response to genocide is not just legally baseless—it’s morally perverse.

Hamas' own data contradicts genocide allegations against Israel

Reported in Aug/2025: "Research reveals decreasing civilian casualties over time as IDF operations became more targeted toward fighting-age men rather than women, children and elderly."

With Every Photo of a ‘Starving’ Gazan Proving Fake, How Can You Believe the Famine Claims?

The media has once again fallen for the viral images showing the suffering of Gazans—images that tell a heartbreaking, yet often distorted, story.

With every one of these photos that is exposed as either staged, misrepresented, or lacking crucial context, it becomes increasingly difficult to accept the famine claims coming out of Gaza at face value.

An investigation uncovered that the 12 faces circulating in widely-shared photos as “starving victims of Gaza” are in fact suffering from long-term, pre-existing health conditions, such as cystic fibrosis and rickets, not malnutrition due to a lack of food. The images that were widely circulated, painted a misleading picture of an entire population, one that preyed on the emotions of an uninformed global audience.

There is no doubt that the images and narratives presented by outlets such as , which has long been accused of acting as a mouthpiece for Hamas - not to mention the active terrotists serving as its "journalists,", or by the pro-Hamas propaganda from Erdogan's state-controlled , have played a significant role in shaping public opinion.

These outlets, which often pass off active terrorists as "journalists" or give a platform to pro-Hamas voices, have consistently prioritized emotional manipulation over factual reporting. This isn’t the first time misleading images have been weaponized in the battle for global sympathy. In this instance, an online frenzy was sparked with little to no scrutiny, allowing these photos to spread unchecked and serve a political agenda.

The context behind these images, however, reveals a different story, one that calls for a deeper look at the complexities of the Gaza situation. Yes, Gaza is suffering, but it’s crucial to look beyond the narrative of "starving victims" and recognize the ongoing complexities—rooted in the political, social, and military realities—driving the region's crises.

Rather than taking at face value everything we are shown through viral images, it’s time for the international community to pause, question, and demand more transparency when it comes to reporting on the humanitarian situation. It’s too easy to demonize one side of the conflict without considering the full scope of what is truly happening.

By continuing to fall for these manipulated images, we do a disservice to the people who truly need help, and to the truth itself.

Face of fake "genocide" propaganda case at ICJ: Naledi Pandor: From Anti-Apartheid Pedigree to Jihad Cheerleader – South Africa’s Shame.

The face of "genocide" propaganda by S.A. at ICJ. is islamist bigotry: Naledi Pandor, former South African Minister of International Relations (2019–2024), (convert to Islam after meeting her future husband) has emerged as one of the most outspoken state-level advocates for Hamas and violent jihad against Israel.

Key actions and statements:

- Days after the October 7, 2023 massacre, she telephoned Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh to express solidarity and refused to designate Hamas a terrorist organisation.

- Personally led South Africa’s 2023 ICJ fake “genocide” case against Israel, widely condemned as a propaganda gift to Hamas.

- Publicly mocked South African Jews’ fears of antisemitism in 2022, admitting she only mentions a two-state solution to avoid being called antisemitic.

- Repeatedly glorified “jihad” and “armed struggle”: in May 2024 she declared at a Cape Town mosque she wished to fight “shoulder to shoulder” with militants in Rafah; in August 2025 she told Muslim youth that “we are permitted to engage in jihad when necessary.”

- On 21 November 2025, the incoming Trump administration revoked her U.S. visa, citing her “open support for terrorism and endorsement of violent jihads.”

Now chair of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Pandor is viewed by South African Jewry and observers as having weaponised an entire nation’s foreign policy to delegitimise Jewish self-defence and mainstream support for Hamas terrorism, leaving many South African Jews feeling betrayed and unsafe in the country their community helped liberate from apartheid.

ICC? / ICJ?

The ICC's sham "Palestinian" crusade—bankrolled by genocidal Iran and Hamas, with Islamist agitators in broke South Africa pocketing economic bribes to prop up their failing state—unleashed bogus "crimes against humanity" charges [using material from infamous Francesca Albanese] under its corrupt Islamist chief Karim Khan. He rushed warrants against Israel's leaders as he tried to hush his own sexual assault accusations, while his biased office purged a staffer for daring to call out the rabid anti-Israel witch hunt.

As analyzed by scholar in JCPA, the ICJ’s actions are a manipulative "magic trick" designed to undermine Israel’s sovereignty and self-defense while shielding Hamas. The Iranian-South African-Hamas axis is accused of using the ICJ to push a false genocide narrative, supported by UN (so-called) "investigators" [Albanese/Pillay] and a prejudiced court led by a conflicted judge. The May 2024 ICJ ruling, requiring Israel to allow UN investigative access to Gaza, is seen as a strategic move to vilify Israel under the guise of international law. The Lebanese Arab Islamic Nawaf Salam anti Israel camapaign before his ICJ post is well known.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) interim ruling on January 26, 2024, in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel did not find that Israel was plausibly committing genocide.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) interim ruling on January 26, 2024, in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel did not find that Israel was plausibly committing genocide. Contrary to widespread interpretations. Former ICJ president Joan Donoghue clarified that the ruling determined Palestinians have a “plausible right” to be protected from genocide under the Genocide Convention, and South Africa had the right to bring the case. The court did not rule on the plausibility of genocide itself but noted a risk of “irreparable harm” to Palestinian rights, justifying provisional measures. Legal experts emphasize the ruling focused on the rights and jurisdiction, not the merits of the genocide claim, though concerns remain about potential violations of Palestinian rights under the Convention.

As it was pointed out:

The lack of a ceasefire order, in fact, indicates that the ICJ does not believe genocide is occurring.

Famine Fraud: IPC "Expert" Longtime Anti-Israel Radical

Noted:

"Dr. Andrew Seal, one of the experts used to justify the on famine, has a years-long track record of supporting Hamas and opposing Israel."

Indeed, as published end of Oct 2025, "UNICEF data show there was no famine in Gaza."

When the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a United Nations-linked food-security agenda, determined in August that a famine was indeed ongoing in parts of Gaza, those behind the report said that the sheer devastation in Gaza did not allow for an accurate accounting of starvation-related deaths.

Instead, they said, they were using another key criterion for famine that generally goes hand in hand with malnutrition deaths, and that extrapolating on the former to determine the latter was taking place.

That key criterion, called mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), appears to have never been met, according to data recently released by the Global Nutrition Center, which is staffed by UNICEF, the U.N.’s agency for children. The measurement serves as an easy and generally accepted way to gauge malnutrition. The IPC standards say that when 15% of children sampled show signs of malnutrition, it’s indicative of a famine.

The IPC’s August alert, determining that famine was already taking place, said there was a rapid rise in child malnutrition, based on a two-week data sample from mid-to-late July.

The newer information, released on Sept. 17 by the “State of Palestine” Nutrition Cluster, reveals that IPC-standard age-weighted MUAC data—as opposed to the unweighted data in the IPC’s famine report—did not meet the IPC’s own famine criteria.

And without MUAC data showing famine levels, it becomes impossible for the IPC to extrapolate famine level deaths, said Mark Zlochin, a former artificial intelligence researcher who has spent months poring over data from Gaza.

“They said that because the malnutrition was rising so rapidly, they can reasonably infer that the mortality is also rising, and they’re not just catching all the deaths that are actually occurring,” Zlochin said of the IPC. “So they need both of those parts, both the crossing of this threshold, but also the very, very rapid crossing of this threshold. So once you see that it didn’t happen, everything falls apart.”…

Israeli Military's Efforts to Minimize Civilian Casualties: A Comparative Analysis of Urban Warfare.

Noted:

'The Israeli military’s efforts to avoid civilian casualties have been noted by several experts in battle. , who served as head of , has repeatedly stated that the normal ratio of civilians killed to combatants in an urban conflict is nine civilians for every one combatant, and that the best ratio was 4-1.

By contrast, Israel’s battle ratio is one civilian killed for every two combatants.

John Spencer, director of urban warfare at the , said Israel “has implemented more measures to prevent civilian casualties than any other military in history... I have reviewed their orders, watched their targeting process, and seen soldiers take real risks to avoid harming civilians. Nothing I have seen or studied resembles genocide or genocidal intent." And: 'Who bears responsibility for Gaza’s suffering? No modern army has taken greater precautions to minimize civilian casualties than Israel’s. pioneered the “knock on the roof” tactic: firing warning shots on buildings to prompt evacuation. It sends , , and and coordinates evacuation routes – even as Hamas forcibly blocks civilians from leaving to preserve its human shields. Israel’s evacuation efforts in Gaza far exceed the conduct of the US in Fallujah, NATO in Belgrade, or any nation engaged in urban warfare. Israel stops combat operations for humanitarian pauses, facilitates aid deliveries, and treats Gazans in its hospitals. These are not the actions of a genocidal state. They are the actions of a military constrained by morality and law, even while fighting an enemy that respects neither.'

As was expressed: "Israel warns civilians before every strike. Israel opens humanitarian corridors. Israel delivers aid. But Hamas chooses death—for Israelis and for its own people."

Doctor revealedvl: "WHO discussed use of term ‘famine’ to pressure Israel in December 2023."

Reported Oct 27, 2023:

Just two months after October 7, international organizations were already discussing how to apply the term “famine” to the situation in Gaza.

This was revealed by World Health Organization representative to Israel, Dr. Michel Thieren, on the Mosaïque podcast last week.

The podcast was created by Akadem and the French Institute of Israel, and former journalist Antoine Mercier hosted the episode.

Thieren attended a multilateral governance meeting about Gaza in Geneva in December 2023. During the meeting, Thieren said organizations discussed how important it would be to scientifically demonstrate the occurrence of a famine in Gaza, and how to use the term for communication and political pressure on Israel. According to him, this was explicitly discussed at the highest levels in these meetings.

Hamas’ Brutal Crimes Against Its Own People Include:

1. Hamas leaders intentionally calculate civilian casualties to further their own political agenda, believing that greater bloodshed will bolster their cause. Leadership's strategy hinges on turning innocent lives into propaganda to outlast Israel's defense efforts.

2. Hamas obstructs Gazans from evacuating to safer areas, preventing them from fleeing Israel’s humane offers of sanctuary. Despite Israeli efforts to help civilians escape the danger, Hamas is blocking them, choosing to keep the population in harm’s way to further its propaganda narrative.

3. Hamas has a long history of using its own civilians as human shields. Hamas has long employed the despicable tactic of using its own civilians as human shields, deliberately placing them in harm's way to further its violent agenda. By embedding military infrastructure within densely populated areas, such as homes, schools, and hospitals, Hamas ensures that any Israeli response will risk civilian casualties, which they then exploit for propaganda. A tactic Arab 'Palestine' employed since the days of in Lebabon. This strategy is designed to create maximum civilian casualties for international outcry while ensuring Hamas fighters remain shielded. This reckless strategy --dubbed the "dead baby strategy"-- not only endangers the lives of innocent Gazans but also violates international law, all while Hamas prioritizes its own survival over the well-being of the people it claims to represent.

4. Hamas routinely targets humanitarian aid efforts, refusing assistance to its people and attacking organizations attempting to help. Even Gaza’s own civilians seeking food, medicine, and shelter are not safe from Hamas violence. No wonder Hamas is upset: By around mid-July, 2025, US/Israeli GHF delivered 76+ million meals while "bypassing Hamas," weakening its monopoly.

Mis-using some expressions right after Oct 7 atrocities

Besides cherry picking expressions by some, 'extremists are not part of the war cabinet and have no say over how the war is conducted.'

Mona Charen:

South Africa’s lawyers cited other statements by officials that they claimed proved genocidal intent, but as the Atlantic’s Yair Rosenberg has explained, these were wrenched from their context and misrepresented. For example, the prosecution quoted Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as saying “We are fighting human animals,” and “Gaza won’t return to what it was before. We will eliminate everything.”

But these quotes omitted key words. According to a video of his comments to soldiers, Gallant actually said, “Gaza will not return to what it was before. There will be no Hamas. We will eliminate it all.” Clearly he was referring to eliminating Hamas, not the entire population of Gaza.

There were other misrepresentations as well. Netanyahu was reported to have said that he was considering “a scenario of surrender and deportation” of residents of the Gaza strip. But when Rosenberg read the original Hebrew reporting, it revealed that Netanyahu, in discussions with the hostages’ families, had expressed openness to the surrender and deportation of Hamas’s senior leadership in exchange for the remaining captives.

Oddly, while twisting the words of some Israelis, South Africa completely ignored the genocidal language that is part of Hamas’s charter and that was repeated by Hamas leaders as recently as October 23. In an interview on Lebanese TV, Ghazi Hamad, using Hamas’s operational name for the October 7 attacks, “Al-Aqsa Flood,” was frank:

'We must remove that country because it constitutes a security, military and political catastrophe to the Arab and Islamic nation and must be finished. We’re not ashamed to say this with full force. We must teach Israel a lesson, and we will do this again and again. The Al-Aqsa flood is just the first time. There’ll be a second, a third, a fourth.'

Asked if he was calling for the annihilation of Israel, he said yes and continued, “Nobody should blame us for the things we do. On October seventh, October tenth, October the millionth, everything we do is justified.”

Media Manipulation: Hamas-Controlled Sources and the Misrepresentation of Gaza's Casualties.

The casualty figures and claims about who qualifies as a civilian come from Hamas-controlled sources.

Media outlets like frequently disguise this fact by citing 'health officials' in Gaza, without disclosing that these so-called officials are directly controlled by the genocidal Hamas regime. This manipulation skews the narrative and obscures the true nature of the situation on the ground.

Why the Numbers from Hamas' "Health Ministry" Are Untrustworthy.

When assessing casualty numbers coming out of Gaza, it’s essential to critically evaluate the sources of information—especially when those sources have a known political agenda. In the case of the Gaza Health Ministry, which operates under Hamas, the numbers provided are far from reliable. Here are some key reasons why we must question the narrative they put forward:

1. Even the UN Has Already Rejected Hamas' Claims.

Initially, the United Nations accepted Hamas' figures regarding civilian casualties. However, they were forced to issue a clarification, admitting that the numbers claimed by Hamas—especially regarding the proportion of women and children among the dead—were inflated. According to the UN’s own revision, women and children made up about a third of the casualties, not the majority as was originally reported.

2. Academic Research Discredits Hamas' Casualty Reports.

A study by an expert from the University of Pennsylvania, published in Tablet Magazine, found that Hamas' casualty reports were highly exaggerated. The study showed that the actual ratio of combatants to civilians killed was close to 1:1. This data contradicts the narrative that Gaza’s casualties are mostly civilians, a myth perpetuated by Hamas and amplified by international media. This study is not an isolated one—other analyses have also raised doubts about the reliability of the figures released by the Hamas-run Health Ministry.

3. The Washington Institute Weighs In.

The Washington Institute, a respected American think tank, has also expressed skepticism about the casualty numbers provided by Hamas. Their analysis argues that these figures lack credibility and appear to be deliberately distorted to frame Israel's actions as an indiscriminate attack on Gaza's civilian population. According to the study, the distortion of casualty figures has created a false narrative of widespread civilian slaughter.

4. A New Statistical Analysis Challenges Hamas' Numbers.

A deeper dive into casualty data, led by data analyst Mark Zlochin, has further undermined Hamas' claims. In a detailed analysis published in the Telegraph, Zlochin focused on the deaths of 150 workers during the war. He found that 62% of those killed were men, despite men comprising only 41% of the UNRWA workforce in Gaza. This statistic suggests that many UNRWA workers were fighting for Hamas, which explains why men—who were more likely to be combatants—had a higher death rate. This sharply contradicts the claim that women and children were the predominant victims of Israeli actions. Furthermore, Zlochin’s analysis estimates that around 18,000 people have died in Gaza—far fewer than Hamas' inflated figure of 32,000. When compared with data from the UN, which has reported that women and children account for less than 40% of the casualties, the disparity becomes even more apparent.

5. The Myth of the "10,000 Missing".

Perhaps the most egregious example of Hamas’ manipulation of data is the “10,000 missing” claim. Despite no new evidence emerging over the course of four months, the number of missing persons in Gaza has remained exactly at 10,000. This number, based solely on Hamas' reports, is treated as fact by the UN and the media. Yet, no one can provide names, nor can anyone verify the methodology used to arrive at this number. For months, the world has been told that 10,000 people are buried under the rubble—but no one has been found. This statistic is fabricated to create a sense of urgency and desperation, fueling anti-Israel sentiment. These false and misleading figures play into a larger narrative designed to demonize Israel and garner international sympathy for Hamas. But the evidence is clear: the casualty numbers from Gaza are not only unreliable, but they are also intentionally manipulated for political purposes. When reporting on this conflict, it is critical to question the source of the data and recognize that Hamas’ narrative should not be accepted at face value.

6. Study Reveals Hamas Manipulated Civilian Death Toll in Gaza Conflict for Propaganda, with Media Uncritically Repeating Claims. "Study by the Henry Jackson Society think tank finds the number of civilians reported killed in the Gaza conflict has been manipulated by Hamas-run authorities in Gaza for propaganda purposes, with international media often repeating the claims without scrutiny."

7. Former US Ambassador Jack Lew revealed in an interview with the New Yorker that:

the number of deaths in Gaza is significantly lower than reported, and that many of the children killed are the children of Hamas fighters and not innocent civilians.

Revealing Admission: 80% of Gaza Fatalities Are Hamas Fighters or Their Families.

A startling admission from [inside] Hamas in late 2024 revealed that approximately 80% of Gaza’s fatalities are either Hamas militants or their family members. This stark statistic underscores the immense human toll of the conflict, where non-combatants often bear the brunt of violence, and raises questions about the true nature of casualties in warzones where militant groups are deeply embedded within civilian populations.

COGAT

COGAT, Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, plays a critical role in facilitating humanitarian aid to Gaza, delivering thousands of trucks of food, medical supplies, and essentials despite Hamas's terrorism and UN failures.

Since May 2025, COGAT has overseen over 10,000 aid trucks, innovative merchant import systems, and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to bypass Hamas's looting. The UN, particularly UNRWA, obstructs aid distribution, with evidence of 600 undelivered trucks and Hamas infiltration in its ranks. Hamas's crimes— from the October 7, 2023, massacre to stealing 88% of UN aid trucks—fuel Gaza's suffering, using civilians as shields and propaganda tools. Israel, through COGAT, remains committed to Palestinian welfare, exposing UN complicity and Hamas atrocities while offering a path to a terror-free Gaza.

TheGazaYouDontSee.

'Imshin' (Jacqui Peleg) is a social media commentator known for monitoring and curating videos from Gaza, offering a counter-narrative to mainstream portrayals.

1. What She Shows. (#TheGazaYouDontSee):

She shares content showing everyday life in Gaza — luxury shopping, well-stocked stores, social events — to challenge widespread images of constant suffering and poverty. She 'paints a vivid picture of Gazan society through the eyes of the people themselves.'

2. Exposes Hamas Control: Imshin uses Gazans' own content to highlight how Hamas diverts aid, controls resources, and maintains political and economic dominance in Gaza.

3. Transparency & Sourcing: She includes timestamps and source links, underscoring credibility and relying on primary material from Gazans themselves.

4. Platforms & Reach: Active mainly on X (Twitter) [x.com/imshin] with 90K+ followers, also on YouTube, and has featured on pro-Israel platforms like "Jonny Gould’s Jewish State".

5. Goal: Goal: to provide a more balanced — view of Gaza, focusing on life under Hamas and challenging simplified victim narratives.

Debunking the Genocide Myth: Before and After October 7

If any party in this conflict warrants accusations of genocidal intent, it is Hamas, a terrorist organization that explicitly calls for the annihilation of the Jewish people. It is not mere rhetoric but a foundational principle enshrined in Hamas’s 1988 charter, which calls for the destruction of Israel and frames the elimination of Jews as a religious duty. The chant “from the river to the sea” is a thinly veiled call for the eradication of Jews from their ancestral homeland, a goal Hamas pursued with chilling clarity on October 7, 2023, during its barbaric assault on Israeli civilians.

On that day, Hamas terrorists executed a meticulously planned massacre, targeting Jewish men, women, and children with unimaginable brutality. Members of Hamas’s Nukhba unit later admitted their orders were to kill as many Jews as possible, sparing no one. The horrific events of October 7, 2023, where Hamas deliberately massacred civilians, laid bare their genocidal objectives in the most brutal manner. Admitted by Nukhba butchers that the plan was to murder as many Jews as possible.

An ancient Jewish proverb -- based on Prov. 27:19 -- states, “What you harbor in your heart for your neighbor, you assume they harbor for you.” The baseless accusation of Israeli genocide stems directly from Hamas’s own aspirations to destroy the Jewish state. These seeds of hatred were sown long ago, notably during the British Mandate period when Nazi propaganda, led by Adolf Hitler, infiltrated Arab communities in Palestine, fanning the flames of anti-Jewish sentiment even further which were already in place especially since April 1920 with chants of "we will drink the blood of the Jews," and "adbakh al yahud" [kill the Jews]. Explicit hateful incitement began even earlier, such as on November 8, 1913 by sheikh Sulayman al-Taji Faruqi in his vile poem in Falastin combining old tropes with Quranic theme. On October 7, 2023, this toxic ideology bore its deadliest fruit since the Holocaust, resulting in a barbaric assault on Jewish lives. In its immediate aftermath, a wave of "swastika Palestine" symbolism sprung up in support of Hamas, particularly among some Arab immigrants and Arab Muslim students in the West, further amplifying this toxic ideology through public displays of anti-Semitic imagery.

Efforts to falsely paint Israel as genocidal were in motion well before October 7. Almost two years before Oct 7, a writer asked: "The genocide lie: Why do Israel’s critics keep repeating it? (- after a Muslim student from Yemen confronted Kamala Harris). As early as beginning of April 2023, a prominent scholar of anti-Semitism [in a post: 'The groundwork is being laid to accuse Israel of genocide'], warned that academic circles were laying the groundwork to accuse Israel of genocide—months before Hamas’s attack. This preemptive narrative was not a reaction to events but a calculated strategy to vilify Israel.

As the war unfolded, the genocide accusation gained traction, fueled by a propaganda machine that was already operating at full throttle before the conflict escalated. A quick search on X reveals posts from the very day of the October 7 attack—while Hamas terrorists were still rampaging through Israeli communities—falsely accusing Israel of genocide. This swift dissemination of lies underscores the premeditated nature of the campaign to defame Israel, deflecting attention from Hamas’s own atrocities.

Some two weeks post Oct 7, the published: "NGO Atrocity Inversion: False Accusations of Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing to Distract from Hamas Massacre."

Mahmoud Abbas' (PA) "genocide" propaganda in 2014

Lawyer & Historian (July/2025):

Why was the “moderate” Mahmoud Abbas accusing Israel of genocide at the UN … on September 26, 2014?!

That was 11 years ago - long before the post-October 7 War.

It’s simple, to Abbas and his ilk, it’s Israel’s very existence that is a “genocide.”

Truth Over Propaganda: No to Genocide Lies. The buzzwords.

Those who shamelessly hurl the "genocide" label are the ones who have already weaponized the "apartheid" buzzword—because, at the end of the day, it’s all about pushing a narrative with empty buzzwords, not truth.

Exposing the Tactics: Accusations First, Altered Facts Later.

The Reality Behind 'Apartheid' and 'Pallywood' Lies. The so-called "genocide" narrative is a baseless lie—fabricated from the outset to delegitimize Israel and distort the facts.

Terms like “apartheid” and “genocide” are weaponized buzzwords, used to mislead the world and manipulate public perception.

Enter Pallyweid: a strategy designed to stage media narratives and create false images in order to generate sympathy for a cause built on lies.

The 'apartheid' slur was first propagated by , a deeply hateful figure and Nazi sympathizer who not only supported the regime but also justified the Holocaust months after it occurred. In 1961, Shukeiri introduced the false comparison of Israel to apartheid in order to advance his agenda of hatred. Just a few years later, in 1969, he openly claimed that Palestinian Arabs had cheered and celebrated the Nazis during World War II. His rhetoric reflected a genocidal mindset, underscored by his infamous 1967 prediction that 'none of them will survive.'

(Omar Shakir, an outspoken anti-Israel activist with a long history of advocating against Israel’s right to exist, (explained in his 2010 israelophobic activism among students, that the "apartheid" accusation will dismantle Israel) and eas expelled from israel over his BDS actvism), used his position at Human Rights Watch to push a biased and misleading narrative in 2021. He notably manipulated the definition of 'apartheid' to fit his agenda, distorting facts and falsely depicting Israel as a monolithic, all-white state, despite its diverse multi-ethnic, multi-color population).

It was never factual, as Israeli governments emphasize equality for all inhabitants, regardless of race or religion, and Arab citizens of Israel have voting rights, representation in parliament (Knesset), and access to institutions—rights denied under actual apartheid These words and phrases—“apartheid,” “genocide”—are nothing more than tools of deception [Pallyweid].

They have been employed for decades to spread lies, distort the truth, and delegitimize Israel. But the facts on the ground tell a different story: Israel has always sought peace, while its enemies have consistently sought its destruction. The lies are not about justice or human rights; they are part of a broader, coordinated effort to erase Israel’s right to exist and rewrite history. We refuse to accept this false narrative.

From A. Shukeiri and Farouk Qaddoumi to F. Albanese: The Use of Factless Buzzwords Like 'Apartheid' and 'Genocide' --'Racism' in between-- to Smear Israel.

In between these two, the Arab League racist campaign to apply the label 'racism' on Zionists [that] began in the 1970s. Racist because it singles out the world's only Jewish state for moral condemnation while ignoring Arab states' own discrimination (e.g., expulsions of 800,000–1,000,000 Jews from Arab countries post-1948).

It was revoked in 1991 (Resolution 46/86) by 111–25, amid the post-Cold War thaw and Madrid Peace Conference.

The 1973 UN resolution linking "apartheid and Zionism" as an "unholy alliance" with South Africa further embedded the buzzword.

The term "apartheid," rooted in South Africa’s system of racial segregation, is misapplied to Israel, where Jews and Arabs share citizenship, legal protections, and public spaces.

Israel’s security measures—such as checkpoints or the West Bank barrier—are driven by the need to counter persistent threats, including terrorism and rocket attacks, not racial ideology. These policies, while restrictive, apply based on geography and security risks, affecting Jews and Arabs alike in high-risk areas.

For example, Israeli Arabs, who make up 20% of the population, enjoy voting rights, representation in the Knesset, and access to education and healthcare on par with Jewish citizens. In addition, Arabs often enjoy preferential treatment: in employment, education, prison conditions, land issues.

Alex Hearn, the director of Labour Against Antisemitism:

'The term “genocide” was coined by Jewish lawyer Ralph Lemkin, defining campaigns designed to wipe out entire ethnic groups such as the Nazis did, who murdered 49 members of his family. But using the term as a weapon in a propaganda battle renders it meaningless, unable to provide the protection it was designed for. Vasily Grosman, who witnessed the Nazi death camps and gave one of the earliest accounts, wrote in Life and Fate: “Tell me what you accuse the Jews of – I’ll tell you what you are guilty of”. The massacre on October 7 2023 showed clear genocidal intent by Hamas, who proudly admitted trying to wipe out as many Jews as possible. The genocide accusation against Israel began the same day as this attempted genocide, before there was any Israeli response. But this narrative has deeper historical roots.

The genocide accusation was officially formulated already in 2001 at the UN Conference Against Racism in Durban. Among racist literature showing Jews with big noses and bloody fangs, a coalition of NGOs approved a report declaring Israel guilty of genocide. This campaign is now 24 years old.'

Thus, from A. Shukeiri to F. Albanese: The use of factless buzzwords like 'apartheid,' 'genocide,' and 'racism' are tactics employed to smear Israel and distort its right to defend itself.

These accusations, fueled by Pallywood-style propaganda, form part of a broader campaign known as the 'PR Jihad,' aimed at delegitimizing Israel on the global stage. Such misleading narratives distract from the real issues and overlook the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, further undermining any prospects for peace.

Auto parroting buzzwords as discrediting: pre-determined.

Check out a person or group who has promoted the "genocide" lie against Israel without first propagating the "apartheid" slur.

So is the (COI) trio Pillay/Sidoti/Kothari, etc., or the likes of ''B'tselem'', who, unlike falsely labeled in media, it is certainly not Israel's leading "human rights" organizations.

The same unreliability goes to those, sometimes, working with B'tselem, the likes of extremist anti-Israel Haaretz paper (popular mainly outside Israel), whose head Amos Schocken has pushed the "apartheid" slur years ago, at least since 2007, or his "journalists" likes Nir Hasson who also mislabeled Israel’s security-driven measures as “apartheid” despite the complex risks involved.

And yes, so is Omer Bartov, whose "apartheid" rhetoric was used in Washington Post almost 2 months before Oct 7 massacres (8.11.23). (By Ishan Tharoor, a longtime propagandist, who also whitewashed al-Husseini the ex-Mufti's Hitler alliance on Oct 22, 2015).

Omer Bartov right before Oct 7?

Activism.

The Far-Left Professors Demanding America Abandon Israel—Right Before the Massacre.

Prior to the barbaric Hamas atrocities of October 7, 2023, Mitchell Bard astutely exposed the self-sabotaging tendencies within our own community in his incisive Washington Jewish Week column, "The Elephant Outside the Room" (September 27, 2023), reminding us that Jewish academics—particularly those in Jewish and Middle East studies—have too often morphed into Israel's fiercest internal adversaries.

This troubling document was drafted by a quartet of far-left ideologues masquerading as scholars: Lior Sternfeld, a professor of history and Jewish studies at Penn State who serves as associate editor of the *Palestine/Israel Review*—a publication whose editorial board is stacked with some of Israel's most rabid detractors; Omer Bartov, Brown's professor of Holocaust and genocide studies, notorious for weaponizing his expertise against the Jewish state; Shira Klein, associate professor of history at Chapman University; and Meir Amor, a retired associate professor of sociology and anthropology from Concordia University.

Dubbed "The Elephant in the Room," their petition targets North American Jewish leaders, pressuring them to back Israel's domestic protest movements, champion so-called "equality" between Jews and Arabs (a deliberately misleading framing that erases the ethnic and religious realities on the ground), prop up human-rights NGOs that relentlessly target and defame Israel while ignoring Palestinian abuses, and overhaul Jewish education to peddle a distorted, anti-Zionist narrative of Israel's history. They even demand that U.S. politicians choke off military aid to Israel's defense and shield the Jewish state from UN witch hunts—demands that, in retrospect, read like a blueprint for the vulnerabilities so brutally exploited by Hamas.

Observe the insidious sleight-of-hand in their propaganda: the fabricated construct of "Jews and Palestinians" as parallel "peoples," a stealthy ploy to legitimize Palestinian nationalism as some ancient, distinct identity rather than the modern Arab irredentism it truly is. The accurate terms? Jews and Arabs, Jews and Muslims, or Israelis and Arabs—anything to dismantle the myth of "Palestinianism" that fuels endless revisionism and delegitimization of Jewish sovereignty. [Stealth Palestinianism].

It's hardly shocking that the radical activist Shira Klein—co-author of this screed—would leap to the defense of Wikipedia in the liberal 'Forward', whitewashing its notorious anti-Israel and anti-Jewish biases as mere "disinformation" glitches, even as her own peer-reviewed research exposed the platform's systematic distortion of Holocaust history to vilify Jews and Polish rescuers while scapegoating Jewish victims. This gang-like control of online narratives by rogue editors demands vigilance, not apologetics from supposed Jewish scholars.

B'Tselem's Insincerity and Propaganda Nature.

B'Tselem, which explicitly states in its own words that it "acts primarily to change Israeli policy in the Occupied Territories," has repeatedly demonstrated a one-sided agenda that prioritizes anti-Israel advocacy over balanced human rights reporting, revealing it as a propaganda tool rather than a sincere watchdog.

- Selective Omission at International Forums: In October 2016, former head Hagai Elad addressed a UN Security Council session initiated by anti-Israel states like Egypt, Malaysia, Venezuela, and Angola, urging "decisive international action" against Israel while completely ignoring Palestinian terror attacks and incitement. This deliberate silence on Palestinian violence underscores B'Tselem's propagandistic focus on demonizing Israel without context.

- Sanitizing Palestinian Antisemitism: In August 2021, Palestinians in Beita burned a swastika inside a Star of David effigy, accompanied by explicit threats like "We want to burn you alive" and comparisons of Israelis to Nazis. B'Tselem board chair Orly Noy (in Local Call = Mekomit / 972mag sister site) dismissed this as non-antisemitic in a Local Call article, framing it instead as villagers "holding up a mirror" to Israeli soldiers and settlers. Such apologetics for overt hatred expose B'Tselem's insincerity in addressing Palestinian extremism, prioritizing narrative manipulation over condemnation.

- Association with Unverified Anti-Israel Claims: Yuli Novak, B'Tselem's CEO, previously led Breaking the Silence (BtS), which was exposed in a 2016 Channel 10 fact-check (reported by CAMERA) for publishing unverified soldier testimonies without adhering to journalistic standards—relying on vague "sources" rather than two eyewitnesses. This pattern of lax verification in anti-Israel allegations highlights B'Tselem's propagandistic approach under Novak's leadership, favoring sensationalism over factual integrity.

- Alliance with Groups Denying Israel's Existence: Through its membership in FIDH, B'Tselem endorsed a December 2023 resolution accusing Israel of "genocide" in Gaza and declaring total political war against the state, effectively denying Israel's right to exist. This affiliation with radical anti-Zionist entities reveals B'Tselem's insincere human rights facade, as it aligns with agendas aimed at Israel's delegitimization rather than impartial advocacy.

- Internal Suppression [such as by Orly Noy] of Balanced Views: In March 2024, B'Tselem fired senior employee Roy Yellin for opposing a statement that legitimized Hamas' October 7 atrocities as "illegitimate resistance" against alleged Israeli apartheid and for insisting on a ceasefire call that protected civilians on both sides. Yellin's lawsuit, as reported by Haaretz and Walla, accused the organization of accusing him of "supporting genocide" for his balanced stance. This internal purge illustrates B'Tselem's intolerance for nuance, enforcing a propagandistic line that excuses Palestinian violence while silencing dissent.

- Biased "Testimonies" on Alleged Abuse: On August 14, 2024, B'Tselem released reports on supposed Israeli mistreatment of Palestinian detainees, based solely on unverified "testimonies" collected by Palestinian staff from terrorists themselves—without independent corroboration. In a CNN interview with Christiane Amanpour, Novak described the process as relying on "Jews and Palestinians" gathering stories, but the inherent bias in "asking" perpetrators if they were abused, especially amid frustration over documented Palestinian atrocities, exposes this as manufactured propaganda rather than credible investigation. Former researcher Bassem Eid's 1990s resignation, citing B'Tselem's exclusive focus on Israel, further confirms its longstanding agenda-driven insincerity.

- Foreign-Targeted "Genocide" Accusations: B'Tselem's 2025 paper accusing Israel of "genocide" used the English term in its Hebrew report, a clear sign it was crafted by non-Israeli impersonators for international audiences rather than genuine domestic critique. This tactic, akin to Haaretz's criticized overuse of inflammatory labels like "racism" for clicks, proves B'Tselem's output is pure propaganda aimed abroad, not sincere human rights work.

Political scientist exposes how the B'tselem "report" is not a genuine legal analysis but an ideologically motivated effort to delegitimize Israel's sovereignty as a Jewish state:

- Lack of Context and Bias Against Self-Defense: The report frames Israel's military response to the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack (which killed over 1,200 Israelis, involved rape, burning, and hostage-taking) as a premeditated genocidal campaign from day one, downplaying the defensive nature of the war and barely addressing Hamas's war crimes or its use of civilian infrastructure (e.g., hospitals, schools) as shields and weapon depots.

- Legal Distortions: B’Tselem allegedly dilutes the UN Genocide Convention's strict definition (requiring specific intent to destroy a group in whole or in part based on protected characteristics) by incorporating broader sociological concepts like infrastructural collapse, displacement, psychological trauma, and cultural loss. Sapir contends this conflates wartime civilian suffering with genocide, potentially labeling any conflict as such. The report infers intent from battlefield destruction, civilian casualties, and inflammatory statements by politicians, without direct evidence of a state policy, ignoring evidentiary standards.

- Omission of Israeli Efforts: It dismisses Israel's compliance with international humanitarian law, such as evacuation warnings, humanitarian corridors, safe zones, and aid facilitation, portraying them as deceptive while overlooking Hamas's exploitation of these (e.g., looting aid, launching rockets from safe areas).

- Moral and Conceptual Flaws: The report blurs distinctions between combatants/civilians, collateral damage/deliberate extermination, and war's unintended consequences/systematic destruction. Metrics like life expectancy drops, amputations, and economic collapse are cited as genocidal evidence, regardless of context.

B’Tselem's Broader Agenda:

B’Tselem as a political actor, not a neutral human rights group, citing its website's call to "end the regime" (implying dismantling Israel as a Jewish state) and its 2021 "apartheid" report covering the entire area "from the river to the sea." He references a CNN interview with B’Tselem's director, Yuli Novak, who implicated the Israeli public in so called "genocide", framing the nation as morally complicit. This fits a pattern of delegitimization, including advocating sanctions and ICC probes, while erasing Palestinian terrorism's role.

Broader Implications:

The author warns that such framing erodes moral clarity, trivializes historical genocides (e.g., Rwanda, Holocaust), empowers terrorists by criminalizing democratic self-defense, and increases risks to Israelis and Jews. He concludes the report offers no solutions or honest scrutiny, instead serving as propaganda disguised as scholarship to equate Israel's existence with atrocity.

EoZ, in December 2025, showed that Amnesty International selectively redefines key international law concepts—specifically “genocide,” “apartheid,” and “occupation”—in ways applied uniquely to Israel. It focuses on Amnesty’s December 2024 report, claiming Amnesty departs from established International Court of Justice (ICJ) standards on genocidal intent by rejecting the ICJ’s requirement that genocidal intent be the only reasonable inference from conduct. The author highlights Amnesty’s reliance on dissenting opinions and broader “jurisprudence” rather than binding international law, portraying this as substituting scholarly debate for accepted legal standards.

His post further points it Amnesty promotes a “holistic” approach to determining genocide that incorporates Israel’s alleged occupation and apartheid, which the author asserts are themselves based on Amnesty’s newly invented or revised definitions that contradict prior Amnesty positions. Overall, the piece concludes there is a consistent pattern of Amnesty constructing novel legal interpretations and definitions to support accusations against Israel, rendering its genocide finding a cumulative result of those disputed premises.

Then, in Jan 2026:

He points out that Amnesty International is further expanding its definition of “genocide” to maintain the accusation against Israel even after a ceasefire. It focuses on statements by Amnesty officials asserting that Israel’s alleged genocide continues due to “impossible conditions of life,” including claims about denial of medical aid and evacuations. The author argues these claims contradict reports indicating ongoing humanitarian assistance and food aid deliveries.

The piece also highlights a December 30 statement by Amnesty’s senior leadership accusing Israel of escalating genocide by barring certain international humanitarian organizations from Gaza. According to the article, Israel’s actions are framed as enforcement of new NGO registration and vetting requirements intended to prevent terrorist infiltration, noting that many organizations complied and continue operating, while some, such as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), did not.

The author cites Israeli statements alleging that noncompliant organizations refused transparency requirements and that some aid workers were linked to militant groups, presenting this as justification for restrictions. The article concludes that Amnesty is deliberately using false or misleading claims to prolong what it describes as a “genocide libel” against Israel, diverting Amnesty’s resources from other global human rights issues, and characterizes this behavior as driven by antisemitism.

Below is a concise, ordered summary and conclusion:

Why Amnesty International cannot be trusted on Israel, again:

Critical Omission of Hamas’ Genocidal Ideology.
Amnesty International’s nearly 200-page report on the October 7, 2023 massacre documents atrocities but omits Hamas’ explicit, long-standing calls to kill Jews and destroy Israel, including language from its charter and repeated public statements by its leaders.
This omission removes essential context for understanding both the massacre itself and Israel’s military response.

Distortion of the Nature of October 7.
By failing to acknowledge Hamas’ genocidal intent, Amnesty presents the massacre as a severe but isolated war crime rather than as part of an ideologically driven campaign aimed at Jewish annihilation.
This framing fundamentally alters moral and legal interpretations of the attack.

Selective Timing and Editorial Manipulation.
According to former Amnesty Israel deputy director Yariv Mohar, the Hamas report was deliberately delayed for eight months, despite being nearly complete, while a far longer report accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza was released in December 2024. Amnesty allegedly feared that exposing Hamas’ crimes would undermine its political campaign against Israel.

Activist Pressure and Narrative Engineering.
Mohar states that Amnesty leadership believed Western audiences prefer a simplified “oppressor vs. victim” narrative and that the organization feared backlash from its ultra-radical activist base. This suggests reporting decisions were driven by ideological considerations rather than human-rights principles.

Double Standards in Assessing Genocidal Intent.
Amnesty’s Gaza report relied on debunked or out-of-context quotes from Israeli officials to claim genocidal intent, while downplaying or ignoring Hamas’ explicit and unambiguous genocidal doctrine.
This asymmetry signals institutional bias rather than neutral analysis.

Contradiction of Amnesty’s Own Human-Rights Mandate.
Hamas’ charter openly calls for Israel’s destruction through jihad and defines its struggle as being “against the Jews.” Amnesty’s refusal to treat these statements as central evidence contradicts its own standards for evaluating intent in mass-atrocity crimes.

Conclusion.

From an Israel-aligned perspective, Amnesty International cannot be trusted on Israel because its reporting demonstrates systematic selectivity, ideological bias, and narrative manipulation. By minimizing Hamas’ genocidal intent while exaggerating or distorting Israel’s, Amnesty abandons impartial human-rights analysis in favor of political advocacy.
When an organization suppresses critical facts, applies double standards, and times its publications to shape public opinion rather than reflect reality, its credibility—especially on a conflict as morally and legally complex as Israel’s war with Hamas—is fundamentally compromised.

About Hamas linked Euro-Med and its Wikipedia editing

Euro-Med Monitor is routinely presented as a neutral “human rights” voice. That framing collapses under scrutiny.

As documented, Euro-Med has built its profile on maximalist false accusations against Israel—“genocide,” “apartheid,” and “ethnic cleansing”—while pushing for arms embargoes and international isolation. This is not merely harsh criticism; it is a political campaign, amplified by major media outlets like CNN with little interrogation of the organization’s leadership or agenda.

That leadership record matters. Founder Ramy Abdu has been identified by Israel as a Hamas operative in Europe, while Euro-Med figures have repeatedly been linked to apologetics for Palestinian terrorism. The organization’s chairman, Richard Falk, is notorious for promoting 9/11 conspiracy theories and for grotesque comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany. These are not incidental associations; they define the ideological ecosystem Euro-Med operates in.

The problem extends beyond media quotes. According to reporting in The Jerusalem Post, Abdu himself highlighted connections between Hamas hostage-keepers and individuals embedded in Western-facing media and NGO structures, underscoring how terror-linked networks exploit the credibility of journalism and civil society. NGO Monitor has similarly stated that for over a decade, Euro-Med’s leadership has been identified as advancing Hamas’s agenda through NGO cover.

Online, the same narratives are laundered into “consensus.” As noted in discussions highlighted on Reddit, Euro-Med material is repeatedly used by hyper-partisan editors to shape Wikipedia entries into one-sided indictments of Israel, giving activist claims the veneer of encyclopedic fact.

The pattern is consistent: ideological warfare disguised as human rights advocacy, echoed by institutions that should know better. Euro-Med Monitor is not a watchdog holding power to account; it is a propaganda node, and treating it otherwise is a serious failure of judgment.

In Dec 2025, 'Euro-Med, whose chairman and senior staff have professional and familial ties to Hamas, plans to teach participants how to edit Wikipedia articles about the "genocide" in Gaza'.

Oh Hollywood.

In Oct 2025, after the ceasefire, writer asked: "Hollywood hypocrites Why aren’t all the Israel-bashing celebrities celebrating cease-fire?"

Excerpt:

Perhaps most shameless of all is Spanish actor Javier Bardem. He has posted a few videos of children celebrating in Gaza, but his happiness was tempered by whinging posts that the ceasefire does not address the real issue of a free Palestine.

Maybe he should take that up with boys from Hamas.

In 2014, Bardem and wife Penélope Cruz signed an open letter, published in a Spanish newspaper, accusing Israel of genocide[sic].

When the actor received blowback, he issued a statement saying, “While I was critical of the Israeli military response, I have great respect for the people of Israel and deep compassion for their losses.”

Fast-forward to the Emmys, when he showed up in a keffiyeh and once again accused Israel of genocide[sic].

When protesters in Madrid disrupted the La Vuelta bike race because Israel’s team was competing, Bardem praised the agitators, adding, “we can’t allow” them to compete.

Guess he never really had compassion for the people of Israel after all.

Classic is, that this Bardem guy, in his 2025 Emmys 'show' in a keffiyeh, had alluded to the sham IAGS, no less, as some "proof."

Worth mentioning, there was push back by some 1,200 actors against boycotting Israelis, slamming it as blatant bigotry.

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'When words become weapons: How ‘genocide’ and ‘racism’ were turned against Israel', excerpt from a speech delivered on 1 November 2025 at the Queensland Holocaust Museum, Alex Ryvchin, co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, points out that the terms “genocide” and “racism” have been deliberately stripped of their precise meaning and weaponised against Israel.

He traced the origins of this process to Soviet-led initiatives at the United Nations. In 1975, the General Assembly passed Resolution 3379 declaring “Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination,” a move Ryvchin described as a cynical attempt to undermine a Western anti-racism effort and to legitimise global attacks on Jewish self-determination. The resolution, later repealed in 1991, diluted the meaning of racism and provided a template for accusing Zionists—and by extension Jews—of racism, leading to campus expulsions of Jewish societies in Britain and the modern use of slurs like “Zio.”

A similar pattern, he argued, occurred with “genocide.” Shortly after the “Zionism is racism” resolution, the Soviet Union began accusing Israel of “racial genocide” against Palestinians. This accusation resurfaced after October 7, 2023, notably in South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice. Ryvchin noted that media and politicians often misrepresented the ICJ’s preliminary ruling—which merely affirmed Palestinians’ right to protection from genocide—as a finding that genocide was plausible, despite the presiding judge’s later clarification to the contrary.

He contended that repeatedly associating Israel with genocide and racism, regardless of evidence, normalises extreme accusations, fosters antisemitism, and erodes the historical meaning of those terms. By equating Gaza with the Warsaw Ghetto or alleging “50 Holocausts,” activists and commentators displace and diminish the Holocaust’s lessons about Jewish vulnerability, making Jewish sovereignty appear illegitimate.

Ryvchin concluded that while biased UN inquiries and false claims cannot be prevented, they can be challenged through accountability and education. Holocaust museums and centres, he said, remain essential for preserving accurate history and equipping people to resist propaganda.

Pro-Nazis Arab-Palestine & Pallyweid apartheid/genocide propaganda

From the first PLO terror leader Shukeiri, to another PLO leader, Farouk Qaddoumi, who fabricated the "genocide" libel against Israel in 1974. He too, like Shukeiri, openly confessed in 2013 that Arab-Palestinians supported the Nazis. His explanation, that they viewed Zionism as their mutual enemy.

Current "Genesis"

Here is more predetermined accusation, specifically on this war, already shortly after Oct 7 attacks.

Scholar Y..Kurtzer. [While laborating with sympathy for suffering]. (Aug 12, 2025):

Still, I don’t begrudge when activists use inflammatory language like this or when Palestinians do the same, but something is wrong when it happens with scholars. So for scholars, maybe the reason they’re doing it is because of desperation, helplessness. Maybe because they are themselves trying to be activists. Maybe it’s something else entirely. You see the origin story for the accusation that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza was a short opinion piece published by an expat Israeli scholar named Raz Segal called “a textbook case of genocide.” It was published on October 13th, 2023.

I want you to pause and consider that date for a second. This meant it was written almost immediately after the genocidal rampage by Hamas in Southern Israel. It was written the same week. The IDF had just completed re-securing the kibbutzim and the army bases, and the villages that had overrun. They had just begun air assaults into Gaza. It was a dangerous time.
Tempers were running high, and the rhetoric was out of control. On October 13th—on October 13th—Segel declared that Israel was committing genocide and by doing so, publishing so in a Jewish publication, he created the permission structure for other scholars to make the same argument.

To make such a claim on October 13th requires us to understand that this argument lives within a school of thought that believes counter to most of the norms about how we define genocide itself. That Israel has been committing a slow moving, a slow burn genocide against the Palestinian people for decades beforehand, going back to the nakba and continuing to the present.
It is a narrative of history.
Therefore, that was looking to assemble further data to prove a preexisting belief. It was incoherent to make the claim of genocide back in October of 23, if the claim was specifically about Israel’s actions in Gaza. It was only coherent if it stemmed from an existing worldview that was seeking affirmation. It is a textbook example of what we call confirmation bias.

Virtually every article since that alleges a genocide in Gaza now quotes Segel’s article, directly or indirectly. Much of this infrastructure of this scholarly campaign, which is what it is, a scholarly campaign, is built on one of the worst transgressions a scholar can commit. Confirmation bias represents the unwillingness to examine new data on its face, to ask hard questions, to interrogate your assumptions. It instead assimilates information as a means of reinforcing an existing belief, and then not surprisingly, it becomes unfalsifiable. Was it possible?

Does it remain possible that such a scholar will eventually confront the confusing mountain of evidence that will one day replace our current vacuum of any evidence and say, whoops, I was wrong? No, more likely scholars who have already come to this conclusion will simply continue to assemble their proof of the crime based on their theory. ...
And the appeal by some of these scholars to say now, well, I said it was genocide, but what I was really doing was issuing warnings. Well, they use a language of certainty about unfolding realities that they now say have come to pass.

The Role of Propagandists: Francesca Albanese and the UN's Bias.

Meanwhile, some of the most aggressive promoters of the genocide smear are not objective observers at all. Chief among them is Francesca Albanese, the UN’s so-called "Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories."

Albanese’s long history of blatant antisemitism, (condemned in 2022, 2024, etc.) including comparing Israel to Nazi Germany and dismissing the mass rape of Israeli women on October 7, exposes her as a propagandist rather than a neutral expert. Dubbed by various, including human rights expert the modern 'Goebbels.'

She has been peddling genocide narratives against Israel since at least 2014, and in her current UN role, she has weaponized her position to demonize the Jewish state relentlessly—dragging even affiliated UN bodies into her campaign of disinformation. Fun fact: Gaza’s population has grown from 1.1 million in 2000 to over 2 million today.

Not incidentally, at the time in 2014, the hashtags "#Genocide[SIC]InGaza:" and #hitlerwas[SIC]right coincided. As widely publicized, including under title: "Attacking Israel with the genocide lie."

From The ''Simon Wiesenthal Center'' in 2022 when calling to fire antisemite Albanese:

"How Albanese was ever allowed to be appointed to this position is yet another file in the mounting evidence of the systemic prejudice against Israel, and the acceptance of maligning Jews in the UN today..

One can never find Albanese criticizing the Palestinians for failing to accept or offer peace plans. Albanese’s anti-Jewish propaganda is straight from the [Joseph] Goebbels playbook."

The UN’s Structural Bias Against Israel.

Albanese's terrible case is not just about personal bias—it reflects a deeper structural problem: the UN’s long-standing institutional prejudice against Israel. This includes undue influence from the (OIC), an Islamic bloc that routinely drives anti-Israel resolutions, and the continued presence of UNRWA, an agency deeply entangled with Hamas. UNRWA has repeatedly been exposed for facilitating and harboring Hamas operatives, effectively giving cover to genocidal terrorists under the UN flag.

In 2024, UN fired expert after she says "No Genocide in Gaza" Nderitu said that Israel is fighting a terror organization, not committing genocide– and she was fired for not bowing to the UN's pressure.

Google's co-founder Sergey Brin slammed UN Over 'Genocide' claims: "With all due respect," Brin wrote, "the use of the term 'genocide' in relation to Gaza deeply offends many Jewish people who have suffered from actual genocides. I would also be cautious about citing transparently antisemitic organizations like the UN on such matters.

In Dec 2025: "Georgetown University Cuts Ties with UN’s Francesca Albanese Over Antisemitic Remarks'.

By the end of 2025, Georgetown University has severed ties with Francesca Albanese, following her controversial antisemitic remarks, which included justifying the October 7 attacks. This move came after UN Watch led a campaign to hold her accountable. Albanese had been listed on Georgetown’s Institute for the Study of International Migration’s "Other Affiliated Scholars" page, but her profile has now been removed entirely from the university's website.

The decision has sparked praise for upholding academic integrity and condemning rhetoric that supports violence against civilians. Albanese, who faces U.S. sanctions, has been widely criticized for her alleged support for terrorism and antisemitism.

'The university's decision to cut ties with Albanese was a significant move in holding an international legal figure accountable for antisemitic behavior.'

Terms like ‘leading experts’ and the UN’s ‘independent commission’ convey authority and neutrality, yet neither designation is accurate.

UN's "Independent" Pillay Commission: An Advocacy Document, Not Objective Reporting. (UNHRC)

The September 2025 so-called "independent" Pillay Commission—based on factual errors—is a complete oxymoron, especially given the long-standing anti-Israel bias of its chair, Navi Pillay. Her 'commission' consisted of three members:

One of them, Miloon Kothari, claimed the “Jewish lobby” controls social media, and Navi Pillay, defended him. Her previous track record, including her actions as head of the 2021 Commission, shows a consistent pattern of skewed narratives that serve political agendas rather than objective fact-finding.

It’s no surprise that she would align herself with figures like Francesca Albanese. This entire Commission’s supposed neutrality is nothing more than a facade, built on a foundation of pre-existing anti-Israel rhetoric.

The following was written by media watchdog CAMERA, in 2022. Almost a year before the Swords of Iron 2023-2025 Gaza war:

'Consider that of the four individuals appointed by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate the Jewish state, all four are demonstrably antisemitic.

Francesca Albanese’s conspiracy theory that the “Jewish lobby” has “subjugated” the United States is but the latest discovery in a long line of bigoted and extremist statements. Then there are the three members of the UN “Commission of Inquiry.” Miloon Kothari said the “Jewish lobby” controls social media. Chris Sidoti endorsed the dual loyalty trope and claimed that Jewish advocacy organizations are beholden to the State of Israel; he also claimed that Jews throw accusations of antisemitism around “like rice at a wedding.” The third commissioner, Navi Pillay, has built an entire career of gaslighting Jews over the explosive antisemitism they experienced at the 2001 Durban “Anti-Racism” Conference.'

The heavily biased and relying on flawed data, notably the misleading Yuval Avraham/Guardian, falsely assuming that only 8,900 named Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad fighters were killed - just because they were named, ignoring thousands of unidentified combatants.

As of Sep-Oct/2025, reports of Hamas terrorists eliminated, are between 23k+-30k.

From the media watchdog on the biased and unfounded "report". Key points include:

- Unsubstantiated Claims: The COI, led by Navi Pillay, is accused of producing a one-sided report that ignores contradictory evidence, relying on unverified Hamas casualty figures and media like Al-Jazeera, while disregarding Hamas’s military actions, including its use of human shields and a vast tunnel network.

- Biased Commission: The COI, established in May 2021 with an open-ended mandate to investigate Israel, is criticized for its partiality. Commissioners Pillay, Miloon Kothari, and Chris Sidoti are accused of anti-Israel bias, with Kothari previously condemned for antisemitic remarks.

- Legal Flaws: The report fails to prove genocidal intent (dolus specialis), a high legal threshold, and misrepresents civilian casualties and urban destruction as evidence of genocide, ignoring the context of urban warfare and Hamas’s tactics.

- Omissions: The report erases Hamas as a belligerent, ignores its hostage-taking and military infrastructure, and portrays Israel as solely responsible for Gaza’s suffering, neglecting Hamas’s role and refusal to release hostages.

- Media Complicity: International media are criticized for amplifying the report without scrutinizing its agenda or factual inaccuracies.

UN Watch’s legal rebuttal, summarized by Salo Aizenberg, points out the report undermines international law and serves as pro-Hamas propaganda disguised as legal analysis.

In ''The UN Didn’t Just Fail, It Became Hamas’s Loudspeaker', writer:

-The UN Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry, led by Navi Pillay, has consistently acted as a propaganda tool for Hamas, undermining Israel’s right to self-defense while excusing terrorism.

-In October 2023, shortly after Hamas’s brutal massacre of over 1,200 Israelis, including atrocities like rape, mutilation, and murder, the Commission’s report framed Palestinian violence as “armed resistance” provoked by Israel. This euphemism provided political cover for Hamas’s barbarism, ignoring its genocidal intent and actions.

-In September 2025, as Israel’s military campaign weakened Hamas, the Commission accused Israel of "genocide" in Gaza, using a subjective “reasonable grounds” standard rather than rigorous legal criteria. This timely report shifted focus from Hamas’s crimes—its charter, October 7 atrocities, and ongoing attacks—to vilify Israel, aligning with Hamas’s need for diplomatic leverage.

-The Commission’s reports also feed into South Africa’s "genocide" case against Israel at the ICJ, with Navi Pillay’s narratives shaping international lawfare. This coordinated effort weaponizes the UN’s credibility to delegitimize Israel, excuse Hamas’s terrorism, and erode the principles of justice and international law.

A Jerusalem Post (9.19.25) writer:

"Forget for a moment that this report by the UN Human Rights Council’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including east Jerusalem and Israel, is obscenely flawed. Forget as well that all three members of the “investigating committee” – South Africa’s Navi Pillay, India’s Miloon Kothari, and Australia’s Chris Sidoti – are known for a deep anti-Israel animus. Forget as well that Hamas is barely mentioned.

Because in media outlets around the world, none of that matters. The headlines after the report was released this week were similar to this one on CNN: “UN commission says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.” Or, as the headline to an op-ed in The Guardian put it, “Now the UN says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, too. How can Western governments still refuse to act?”

In Israel, such UN reports – indeed, most of what the UN says about Israel and the Middle East – are dismissed as hopelessly biased and not worth taking seriously. Abroad, however, it is different. For many people, and in many capitals, the organization still has cachet.

So when a headline blares: “UN commission says Israel is committing genocide,” readers – many of whom will not read the article, and even if they do will not discover who wrote the report or on what evidence it was based – will walk away, having glanced at the headline, convinced that Israel is intentionally trying to wipe out the Palestinians of Gaza. Why? Because a UN commission says so, and the UN still carries gravitas.

Truth be told, it is not only the UN Commission. The International Association of Genocide Scholars weighed in a week earlier, declaring that Israel is guilty of genocide – though only a third of its members participated in a vote on the matter, some with questionable credentials and with membership granted simply by paying dues.."

As it was written by human rights kawyer, Ostrovsky:

A former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and current chair of the UN Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry on Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Pillay has falsely accused Israel of “genocide”, “apartheid” and “war crimes”, while systematically whitewashing and minimising Hamas atrocities and weaponising international law to delegitimise the world’s only Jewish state.

In 2009, as UN High Commissioner, Pillay even applauded Iran’s participation in a UN conference on racism led by Holocaust denier Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. She also tried to get Western sanctions against notorious human rights violator and dictator of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, lifted.

Far from being a voice for peace, Pillay has been one of the chief architects of the UN’s institutionalised campaign against Israel. The commission of inquiry she still heads up, established after the previous 2021 Hamas-Israel war, is one of the most extreme and prejudiced UN bodies ever created. It resembles an inquisition more than a commission: open-ended, unbounded, predetermined and directed solely at Israel. In fact, its mandate does not even refer to Hamas.

Her fellow commissioners include Miloon Kothari, who claimed the “Jewish lobby” controls social media, and Australian lawyer Chris Sidoti, who said Jews “throw around accusations of antisemitism like rice at a wedding”.

Pillay defended both. Together, they produced reports parroting Hamas propaganda and smearing Israel while excusing its attackers.

It is no coincidence that all three commissioners – Pillay, Kothari and Sidoti – announced their resignation in July amid mounting international condemnation and US sanctions against UN officials who had expressed support for terrorism and the baseless International Criminal Court warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.

Western nations have long rejected Pillay’s commission. Indeed, the Albanese government has said “its broad and one-sided recommendations are further evidence of the mandate’s excessive and one-sided scope”.

The US, including under the previous administration of president Joe Biden, repeatedly admonished the commission, calling its approach “biased” and “a stain on the council’s credibility”.

Bipartisan legislation in congress even sought to eliminate it, saying it “directly obstructs peace in the Middle East” and that “US tax dollars have no place funding an anti-Israel commission”.

The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) and Its Lost Credibility.

The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) has been exposed as a politicized, illegitimate organization, especially following its controversial resolution accusing Israel of genocide.

Membership in IAGS surged among Islamists after the October 7 Hamas atrocities, further fueling the group’s anti-Israel bias, using genocidal regime Hamas data. The resolution was passed with only 28% of the membership participating, and without proper debate or dissent, undermining its credibility.

Thus...

Forged in the crucible of Albanese’s antisemitic lies, propped up by Pillay’s corrupt UN commission, and punctuated by the IAGS’s laughable sham, these so-called "genocide" accusations are nothing but Hamas propaganda repackaged to slander Israel. They willfully ignore Israel’s extraordinary measures to minimize civilian harm while combating terrorists who cynically embed themselves in Gaza’s schools, hospitals, and mosques. Not to mention UN's complicity. This isn’t justice; it’s a vile blood libel, weaponizing the term "genocide" to stoke global antisemitism, exploiting the Palestinian cause as a mere pawn in a hateful agenda. Israel stands resolute, a beacon of moral clarity defending its people against unyielding evil, while its accusers wallow in the disgrace of their own bigotry.

Mocked, yet seriously condemned...

Over 500, including bona fide genocide, Holocaust, strongly object the "genocide" libel

In a resounding condemnation of the sham International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS)—a dubious outfit where anyone off the street can snag "membership" for a mere $30 without any expertise, credentials, or vetting required—over 500 bona fide genocide, Holocaust, and legal authorities have demanded the immediate retraction of its flawed and inflammatory July 2025 resolution falsely accusing Israel of "genocide" in Gaza. [What began with close to 200 bona fide genocide, Holocaust, finalized by 537 signatories, signees include experts in the field of law, antisemitism, history, the Holocaust and genocide, as well as former prosecutors and government officials]. This scathing letter, finalized on September 5, 2025, dismantles the IAGS declaration for its glaring omissions, such as ignoring Hamas's calculated orchestration of civilian casualties through tactics like human shielding and embedding terror infrastructure in densely populated zones, while dismissing alternative explanations for the conflict's toll during Israel's legitimate self-defense against ongoing rocket barrages and attacks.

Outnumbering the paltry support for the IAGS stunt (178 signatories versus roughly 110 yes-votes from a tiny 129-voter turnout out of 500 members, or just 28% participation), the critics include esteemed figures like ex-U.S. Department of Justice war crimes prosecutor Eli M. Rosenbaum, renowned attorney Alan Dershowitz, former Hague legal fellow Isaac Amon, the Holocaust Museum of South Florida, and descendants of Holocaust survivors. They decry the IAGS for recklessly diluting the sacred legal thresholds of genocide—forged to safeguard against horrors like the Shoah—purely to advance anti-Israel agendas, labeling it a perverse "moral violence" that erodes global protections.

False Genocide Claims Put Jews in Danger!

Issued shortly after the IAGS propaganda, pointing to "genocide" accusations as misinformation that harms Jews and distorts international law while absolving Hamas of responsibility.

Key Arguments Against the Claim.

The document asserts that the accusation is a 'moral and political weapon' used to stigmatize and endanger Jews globally, providing cover for antisemitic attacks (e.g., a recent violent assault on a Jewish man in Santa Monica, CA). It emphasizes that:

- The 'UN Genocide Convention' requires specific 'intent' to destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group — which Israel lacks. Israel's stated goal is to defeat 'Hamas' (the Iran-backed group responsible for the October 7, 2023, attack that killed over 1,200 people and took more than 250 hostages), not to target Palestinians as a people.

- Civilian suffering in Gaza is tragic but not proof of genocide; it results from 'Hamas's tactics', including embedding fighters and weapons in civilian areas (hospitals, schools, mosques), stealing aid, and using civilians as human shields to maximize suffering for propaganda.

- Israel has taken significant humanitarian steps that contradict genocide claims, including delivering 'nearly 2 million tons' of aid (described by West Point scholar John Spencer as unprecedented in wartime history), facilitating polio vaccinations for 600,000 children, repairing infrastructure, and enabling medical treatment abroad for nearly 40,000 patients. Israel also allocated $473 million for Gaza aid while cutting its own domestic budget.

Criticism of Recent Developments.

The bulletin highlights the'International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS)' resolution (passed in late August 2025) declaring Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide. It calls this resolution flawed and biased:

- Only about 28% of IAGS members voted (with 86% of voters approving), yet media portrayed it as a consensus among leading experts.

- The process lacked transparency and traditional debate, with critics (including some IAGS members) describing it as unprofessional and activist-driven.

- It relies on sources with alleged anti-Israel bias and ignores Hamas's role and its own genocidal charter/intent (e.g., calls to kill Jews worldwide).

The document accuses activists (e.g., Amnesty International) of admitting Israel doesn't meet the standard legal definition of genocide, so they push to "revise" or "broaden" the term — part of a pattern of redefining words like "apartheid" or "refugee" for political ends. This, it argues, cheapens the term "genocide," perverts Holocaust memory, and fuels global antisemitism by portraying Jews as complicit in the "crime of crimes."

Hamas's Role and Path to Peace.

Hamas is portrayed as deliberately prolonging suffering to advance its goals, disregarding both Gazan civilians and Israeli hostages (still held without Red Cross access). The war could end immediately if Hamas releases hostages, disarms, and allows new Gaza leadership.

Call to Action and Additional Stories.

The bulletin urges readers to:

- Speak out against misusing "genocide."

- Share credible resources debunking the claims.

- Support Jewish communities facing harassment.

- Contact representatives to reject the label and condemn antisemitism.

It also lists recent stories, such as antisemitic incidents in Europe and the U.S., biased media reporting, archaeological finds supporting Jewish history, and Houthi attacks on Israel.

The Falsehood of the "Genocide" Claim: Propaganda and Misleading Narratives.

The absurd claim by Yuval Avraham, a member of an anti-Israel group whose speech was condemned as antisemitic by even left-wing dominated media in 2024, that because intelligence identified only around 9,000 terrorists, the remaining individuals must be civilians, is as misguided as it is misleading. This baseless assumption was also prominently featured in the propaganda "report."

In reality, many of these full-time terrorists operate with a network of collaborators and supporters—helpers who assist in carrying out attacks, logistics, and recruitment. The situation is far more complex than the simplistic narrative being pushed.

[ACLED. The duo: (Iranian) Ameneh mehvar, (Palestinian) Nasser Khdour at ACLED promoted that weird idea, used such a phrasing "identify only nearly 8,500 militant fatalities." As if this proves all the others are not. In a 6.10.24 piece on that site they used no less than 23 (!) Haaretz links, a B'tselem and Al Jazeera.]

The Humanitarian Crisis: Who Is Really Responsible?

Allegations that Israel is starving Gaza’s population have been firmly debunked. In fact, Hamas is responsible for stealing humanitarian aid and manipulating images to falsely depict Gazans as starving. Even U.S. President Donald Trump, known for not mincing words, noted that "they’re in a war there," emphasizing the devastating reality of conflict rather than any genocidal intent.

Even as late as Oct 31, 2025: U.S. drone footage captured suspected Hamas operatives assaulting a driver and looting an aid truck in a humanitarian convoy in northern Khan Younis, Gaza, undermining international aid efforts; the driver's status is unknown.

Hamas ‘hoarded baby milk to manufacture hunger crisis’

In December 2025, Gaza-born Palestinian activist and Atlantic Council fellow Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib revealed footage and testimony that 'Hamas deliberately hoarded tons of infant formula' and children's nutritional shakes in secret warehouses controlled by the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health.

Alkhatib claimed this occurred during the peak of a reported hunger crisis in mid-2025, with the intent to exacerbate shortages, generate images of malnourished children, and bolster accusations of Israeli-induced famine to pressure for a return to UN-controlled aid distribution (bypassing the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation).

Post-ceasefire discoveries showed these supplies being discarded or wasted amid increased aid flow.

The allegations, supported by video evidence of stockpiles, were widely reported in outlets including the New York Post, National Post, Ynet, Tablet Magazine, and The Telegraph (December 9–13, 2025). Israeli officials, including UN Ambassador Danny Danon, echoed the claims, accusing Hamas of manipulating suffering for propaganda.

Prior reports of aid diversion by Hamas align with these revelations, though no direct UN response to the specific hoarding incident was found in available sources. The Gaza Health Ministry's figures have faced scrutiny for potential bias.

This exposure refutes the 2025 narrative of widespread supposed Israeli-caused starvation, amplified by media and NGOs citing Hamas-linked sources, while highlighting internal criticisms of Hamas's aid management.

Wikipedia's Anti-Israel Bias: A Coordinated Campaign to Distort History.
Unveiling Wikipedia's Anti-Israel Agenda: How Coordinated Edits Undermine Truth and Promote Propaganda

Multiple reports, including those from the World Jewish Congress (WJC), Anti-Defamation League (ADL), and independent investigations, reveal a troubling pattern of anti-Israel and antisemitic bias on Wikipedia, particularly in English-language articles related to the Israel-Palestine conflict. Since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, a cadre of editors, some with ties to pro-Palestinian groups like Tech for Palestine and Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, have systematically altered articles to downplay Palestinian violence, delegitimize reliable sources, and promote pro-Hamas narratives. These efforts include:

Coordinated Editing Campaigns:
Approximately 30-40 editors, some operating through Discord groups like Tech for Palestine (8,000 members), have been documented making thousands of edits to articles, including those on the Israel-Hamas war and historical figures like Hajj Amin al-Husseini. These edits often remove evidence of Palestinian antisemitism or Hamas’s extremist ideologies, such as its 1988 charter, while portraying Israel as an aggressor.

Manipulation of Sources:
Pro-Palestinian editors cite questionable sources like Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, led by Hamas lobbyist Ramy Abdu, to make unverified claims (e.g., 90% civilian casualties in the Israel-Hamas war). Meanwhile, credible pro-Israel sources like NGO Monitor are labeled as biased or banned, creating a double standard where pro-Palestinian sources are presented as neutral.

Whitewashing Historical Figures:
The article on Hajj Amin al-Husseini, a key Palestinian leader with documented Nazi collaboration, has been heavily edited (over 1,000 times by two editors alone) to downplay his antisemitic actions and remove incriminating evidence, such as photos of him touring Nazi concentration camps.

Subtle Propaganda Tactics:
Editors introduce biased language, such as labeling Israeli policies with terms like “Bantustans” or “open-air prisons,” and link articles to categories implying unproven Israeli “genocide.” They also falsely tie Zionism to Nazi race science in articles like “Racial conceptions of Jewish identity in Zionism.”

Structural Issues:
Wikipedia’s consensus-based editing model allows these biases to persist, as pro-Palestinian editors dominate discussions. The Arbitration Committee has taken limited action, banning eight editors in January 2025, but critics argue it fails to address the broader issue of coordinated bias.

The WJC and ADL warn that Wikipedia’s influence—evidenced by millions of daily visits and its prominence in search engine results—amplifies this bias, shaping public perception and risking real-world consequences, such as rising antisemitism. Proposed solutions include expert reviews of contentious pages, stricter vetting of editors, and policy interventions to enhance transparency and combat disinformation.

No wonder:

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales criticized the "Gaza Genocide[sic]" article on Wikipedia for failing to meet neutrality standards, calling it an "egregious example" needing immediate attention. Speaking personally (not for the Wikimedia Foundation), he highlighted that the article states in Wikipedia's voice that Israel is committing a supposed so-called genocide—a highly contested claim. The current lead asserts: “the Gaza genocide[sic] is the ongoing, intentional, and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip carried out by Israel during the Gaza war.” Wales urged editors to revise it to reflect balanced attribution, e.g., “multiple governments, NGOs, and legal bodies have described or rejected the characterization of Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide.” He emphasized using high-quality sources from all sides, avoiding unattributed legal conclusions, and maintaining impartiality across contentious topics.

He also said: “As many of you will know, I have been leading an NPOV (neutral point of view) working group and studying the issue of neutrality in Wikipedia across many articles and topic areas, including ‘Zionism.’”

Thus: the echo chamber:

From Albanese at UN, to other UN linked agencies including on famine, to IAGS sham, to the organized cabal on Wikipedia.

The Hidden Bias: How Wikipedia’s Editors Shape an Anti-Israel Agenda: Some Examples Re the G [Buzz]word

Response to Biased Representation of Martin Shaw on Wikipedia

The entry for Martin Shaw on Wikipedia reflects typical bias and a coordinated effort by Israelophobic editors to misrepresent facts about Israel and its history. Here are a few critical issues:

1. Misrepresentation of the 1948 Arab Exodus Analysis

The claim that Martin Shaw was the first to analyze the 1948 Arab exodus during Israel’s War of Independence is misleading. Benny Morris, whose seminal work on the topic was published in his 1999 book Righteous Victims, was widely recognized as one of the foremost scholars to explore the topic in depth. Shaw’s contribution is significant but does not represent a first or original analysis of this historical event.

2. Premature Use of the "Genocide" Label

It’s noteworthy that Martin Shaw employed the term "genocide" as early as October 13, 2023, barely a week after the Hamas-led genocidal attacks on Israel. These attacks, which killed over 1,400 Israeli civilians, were immediately followed by Israel’s call for Palestinian civilians to evacuate for their own safety. Labeling Israel’s defensive actions in this context as "genocidal" is not only deeply misleading, but it also disregards the very real threat posed to Israel and its citizens. Israel’s priority is to protect lives, including Palestinian lives, by minimizing casualties wherever possible.

3. Shaw’s Sympathies Toward the Anti-Israel BDS Movement in 2016 / Opposed Israel’s right to self-defense in 2014

Shaw has demonstrated sympathy for the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, a group that seeks to delegitimize the state of Israel through economic and political pressure. Furthermore, Shaw has been vocal in comparing Israel to groups like Hezbollah, and he has historically opposed Israel’s right to self-defense, even during the 2014 Gaza conflict. This ideological stance needs to be acknowledged in any objective portrayal of Shaw’s position on Israel and its security concerns. Source: Honest Reporting.

4. Misleading Representation of Genocide Accusations

The Wikipedia page on "Genocide Accusations" regarding Israel begins by referencing the 1948 period and immediately introduces Omer Bartov’s views on Gaza 2023-5 war, creating the false impression that Bartov is commenting on the events of 1948. In reality, Bartov publicly rebuked Shaw’s views on the subject in 2010, distancing himself from the narrative Shaw promotes regarding genocide. This distortion of historical events aims to further skew the perception of Israel’s actions during its founding period.

5. Confused and Inaccurate Use of Racial Terminology

The "Racism" (term) mixing of that Wikipedia entry also contributes to confusion by separating alleged "anti-Arab" racism from "anti-Palestinian" racism, as though Palestinians are somehow distinct from Arabs. (Are Jews living in Mandatory Palestine of a different "Palestinian race" now?) This approach not only ignores the reality of Arab "Palestinian" identity but also misrepresents the racial dynamics of the region. In fact, the real racial and ethnic tensions during the 1947–1948 period were clearly articulated by Arab leaders. Jamal Husseini, then Arab Higher Committee's spokesperson, explicitly explained stated Arabs' resisting - that the establishment of a Jewish state would disrupt the "homogeneity of the Arab race" in the region. This rhetoric, far from the so-called "racism" attributed to Israel, reflects a deeply entrenched ethnic exclusivity and a rejection of Jewish self-determination. Source: Sapir Journal.

6. The Most Distorted Word: "Consensus"

One of the most distorted words in the entire discussion is "consensus." The selective use of the term gives the impression that there is broad agreement on controversial issues, such as the accusation of genocide, when in reality, many scholars, including those with expertise on the region, reject this characterization entirely.

7. The Ridiculous Timing of the Page Creation

Another striking element is the timing of the Wikipedia page, which relates (first) to the 1948 period but was not created until October 12, 2023. This date coincides with the start of the Gaza "genocide" intensified propaganda machine drive, which erupted following Hamas's attacks. The creation of the page seems highly orchestrated, designed to capitalize on current events rather than reflect a neutral historical perspective. As they say: 'nuff said.

8. Bias Already in the First Editor’s Choices

Furthermore, Buidhe, the first editor and creator of the page, introduces the highly controversial figure of Daud Abdullah, the director of the anti-Israel media group MEMO (Middle East Monitor), as a "reliable" source. MEMO has a history of diminishing the Holocaust. (S p llllome examples: Mosul: Continuing the Iraqi Nakba and Holocaust[sic], by Dr Tallha Abdulrazaq, October 20, 2016; On Holocaust Memorial Day, remember too that the Nakba is an indelible part of Israel’s history, by Yvonne Ridley, January 26, 2020; Who will stop the Gaza Holocaust[sic]? By Muhammad Jamil, October 23, 2023; From Auschwitz[sic] to Gaza’s ‘Humanitarian City’. Jamal Kanj, July 21, 2025). Furthermore, MEMO happily promoted a scene by Grzegorz Braun, the fascistic Polish MEP, who publicly disrupted Holocaust Remembrance event by claiming about Gaza so-called "genocide." That very fascistic Polish MEP Grzegorz Braun who doused Hanukkah candles and called Auschwitz 'fake'. This kind of data undermines the credibility of the entry and reaffirms about the agenda driving these edits.

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The other less known activist "professor".

Amos Godlberg: Anti-Israel activist, who is a professor, cited gleefully by the propaganda machine.

See activism and 'blanket' radical statement:

-In 2020, he signed a petition to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the German Minister of the Interior and Foreign Minister demanding the dismissal of the Commissioner for Antisemitism "following his shameful attack on the BDS-supporting professor".

-He signed a petition calling on the German government not to make a decision that equates BDS with antisemitism and that encourages continued funding for organizations, including BDS supporters.

-He signed a petition for the release of the anti-Israeli Palestinian terrorist activist Darin Tatour, who was arrested and convicted of inciting violence and supporting a terrorist organization.

-In a column he wrote, he argued that Israelis are not interested in democracy...

Goldberg was active in Ta'ayush.

In 2018 Amos Goldberg co-wrote with an Arab Bashir Bashir in a propaganda book that lumps the so called "nakba" and the immense event Holocaust already in its title.

Pairing the Nakba with the Holocaust in a single frame isn’t “dialogue” — it’s a distortion that erases the core truth of Jewish history. The Holocaust was not just another tragedy; it was the most systematic, ideologically driven annihilation campaign ever executed against a people. Six million Jews were targeted not for land, not for politics, but for existing. Europe built death factories for the explicit purpose of murdering Jews with industrial efficiency. There is no parallel.

The Nakba, by contrast, emerged from a war launched by Arab states openly vowing to destroy the newly reborn Jewish homeland three years after Auschwitz was liberated. The intention was not coexistence but obliteration. The tragic displacement that followed occurred in the context of a war Israel did not start and could not afford to lose. And while Palestinians became refugees, nearly a million Jews were simultaneously expelled from Arab countries — an often-erased chapter that dwarfs the Nakba in both scope and brutality, yet receives a fraction of the sympathy.

Equating these two events doesn’t promote peace or understanding; it erases the singular evil of the Holocaust and recasts Jewish survival as an offense. It shifts blame from those who sought Israel’s destruction to those who fought to prevent a second genocide. Worse, it turns Jewish trauma into a bargaining chip, diluting the meaning of the Holocaust until it becomes just another political metaphor.

The Holocaust is not a prop, not a rhetorical device, and not a backdrop for relativizing Israel’s existence. Jews are not required to watch their people’s darkest tragedy be repackaged for narratives that ignore history’s core facts. Upholding the uniqueness of the Holocaust isn’t “insensitivity” — it’s a moral obligation.

Remembering the Holocaust with full moral clarity honors the dead, protects the truth, and resists the steady creep of minimization that too often disguises itself as “balance.” Jewish memory deserves more than false equivalences. It deserves honesty.

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THE X ACCOUNTS "WITNESSING" GAZA

Exposed: 'X location feature reveals origin of anti-Israel, antisemitic, and Gaza scam accounts'. Indeed "Most X accounts claiming to post from Gaza are run abroad." Analysis found "most X accounts claiming to post from Gaza or the West Bank are actually operated abroad or from unverifiable locations, fueling concerns of coordinated propaganda against Israel."

Point is, again, the "genocide" propaganda machine is coordinated, nothing spontaneous.

MSM

Rampant Anti-Israel Media Bias Exposed by Watchdogs

In an era where global media should uphold truth and fairness, outlets like Reuters, AP, , WaPo, BBC, and The Guardian have been repeatedly caught peddling blatant anti-Israel propaganda, fueling antisemitism and distorting the facts of Israel's rightful defense against Hamas terrorism. Leading pro-Israel watchdogs are fighting back with irrefutable evidence, proving this bias isn't accidental—it's systemic.

, a frontline defender of journalistic integrity, has unmasked over 20 biased journalists still employed by major networks despite infiltrating Israel during the October 7 massacre, sharing terrorist propaganda, and expressing overt anti-Israel hatred. Their data-driven analyses, including exposés on skewed war coverage that ignores Hamas atrocities while amplifying baseless genocide accusations, reveal how these outlets erode public support for Israel's survival.

CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis delivers surgical takedowns of fabrications, from BBC's "systematic bias" that misreported ICJ rulings as "plausible genocide" against Israel, to absurd claims by The Economist and al Jazeera about discriminatory traffic lights in Jerusalem. Their reports expose how CNN, USA Today, and others omit Arab rejections of peace offers while obsessing over Israel's self-defense, turning news into a weapon against the Jewish state.

These organizations aren't just critics—they're Israel's media shield, demanding accountability so the world sees the truth: Israel stands resilient against lies and terror. They fight at and camera.org.

Regarding a poll published by WaPo, (criticized as "Fake Anti-Israel Poll by Fake Jews. People who don't think being Jewish is at all important don't like Israel"), historian Troy points out:

I get it. The media pounding is overwhelming. My Essential Guide to October 7 and Its Aftermath compared the 6,656 New York Times articles about the Israel-Hamas War in the nine months after October 7 to merely 80 articles mentioning America’s nine-month battle of Mosul, which killed as many as 40,000 truly innocent, pro-Western civilians.

In Tablet, Zach Goldberg showed that the Times and other media outlets linked the words “Israel” and “genocide” nine times more than their “peak coverage” of the actual, intentional Rwandan genocide.

Our October 7 calendar, however, is filled with too many memorials, and heaven is overflowing with too many fresh angels, to pull punches this week.

BBC's Blatant Bias Against Israel Exposed. Again and Again.

The BBC’s coverage of Israel is a masterclass in journalistic malpractice, consistently twisting narratives to vilify Israel while shielding Hamas. Three damning cases expose the broadcaster’s systemic anti-Israel bias, shoddy editorial standards, and outright betrayal of public trust.

Among recent highlights:

1. BBC ‘censors’ interview with Prez. Herzog.

Footage that the UK broadcaster (October 2023). chose to omit, including parts about Churchill, the BBC's conduct and the criticism of Israel.

The “censored” parts included a reference to this criticism, with the interviewer saying, “I don’t want to discuss the objectivity of the BBC,” as well as an emotional response by Herzog to the calls for restraint in the wake of the Hamas terrorist massacre that saw some 1400 Israeli residents murdered on Oct. 7 and several hundred kidnapped. “This is eight times bigger than 9/11—what else do you want us to do?”

Naor Ihia, his spokesperson, said: “Something about the way the BBC conducted the interview made me think I should have my own recording of what the president says before someone tries to censor or distort it. … So here are the things the BBC didn’t want the world to hear.”

2. Ahmed Alagha.

Ahmed Alagha, a freelance contributor for BBC Arabic since early 2023, made antisemitic remarks, calling the Israeli army “the embodiment of filth” and Jews “the devils of the hypocrites,” as reported by The Telegraph in April 2025.

3. Upside-down reporting on 'medical staff, Arabic speakers in Gaza'.

BBC had to apologize (November/2023) for claim Israel targeted medical staff, Arabic speakers in Gaza.

“What we should have said is that IDF forces included medical staff and Arabic speakers for this operation”.

4. Gaza Documentary: Hiding Hamas Ties

The BBC’s Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone (February 2025) used a 13-year-old narrator, Abdullah al Yazouri, without disclosing he was the son of Ayman Alyazouri, a Hamas deputy minister. An independent review slammed the production company, Hoyo Films, for concealing this bombshell from the BBC, but the broadcaster’s own team was complicit, failing to conduct basic editorial checks. This wasn’t just a “significant oversight”—it was a deliberate omission that let a Hamas-linked voice shape a narrative about Gaza’s suffering, conveniently sidestepping the terrorist group’s role. The BBC’s failure to vet a child narrator with such ties is not just incompetence; it’s a betrayal of impartiality, painting Israel as the sole villain in a complex conflict.

5. Bob Vylan Glastonbury Controversy (July 2025).

The BBC broadcasted a performance by punk-rap duo Bob Vylan at Glastonbury 2025, where the band led chants of “death, death to the IDF” (Israel Defense Forces) and made derogatory comments. The performance was livestreamed on BBC iPlayer, despite the act being pre-identified as one of seven “high risk” performances.

Critics, including UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and Jewish community members, accused the BBC of anti-Semitism for failing to cut the livestream despite the inflammatory content. Nandy equated the chant to calling for the death of Israeli Jews, a statement that itself drew criticism online. The BBC’s decision to broadcast was seen as reflecting an institutional bias against Israel, with inadequate oversight for a performance flagged as high risk.

BBC Response: The BBC was forced to apologized, with Director-General Tim Davie expressing "regret" to Jewish staff and audiences, stating the broadcast was a failure of real-time compliance measures.

- Consequences: Antisemitism 'spiked' day after Bob Vylan Glastonbury chants. Reports of antisemitic occurrences in the UK surged, with a charity highlighting that communities are grappling with "extreme levels of Jew-hatred"

Bob Vylan faced a criminal investigation, were dropped from festivals in the UK and France, lost their agent, and had their US visas revoked.

6. Leaked Email: Whitewashing Hamas’s Aid Sabotage.

A leaked BBC email (August 2025), exposed the broadcaster’s shameful attempt to manipulate Gaza aid coverage. Staff were instructed to dismiss debates over aid quantities as “irrelevant” and to claim the distribution system “doesn’t work.” This wasn’t neutral reporting—it was a calculated move to obscure Hamas’s well-documented theft and sabotage of aid. By burying these inconvenient truths, the BBC deflects blame from a terrorist organization and heaps it onto Israel, which faces relentless security threats while facilitating aid. This directive is proof of the BBC’s willingness to distort reality to fit an anti-Israel agenda.

7. Panorama’s Selective Slaughter Narrative.

The BBC’s Panorama documentary Gaza: Dying for Food (September 2025) falsely pinned most of 1,300 Palestinian deaths near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid centers on the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), leaning on data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) group. Yet, it brazenly ignored ACLED’s own evidence that Hamas gunmen and other Palestinian actors killed aid seekers and workers. Eyewitnesses and GHF reports confirmed Hamas’s violence, including grenade attacks and threats, but the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen [with a long history of Israelophobia, for years] conveniently omitted these facts, peddling a one-sided narrative that demonizes Israel. Relying on Hamas-run Ministry of Health figures without scrutiny further exposes the BBC’s reckless bias, inflating Israel’s culpability while erasing Hamas’s atrocities.

8. Hitler praising Samer Elzaenen Scandal.

-Issue: BBC Arabic cited Samer Elzaenen, a Palestinian journalist, as a Gaza eyewitness in a July 2025 broadcast, despite knowing his history of antisemitic and pro-terrorist statements.

- Details: Elzaenen posted in 2011, calling to “burn Jews like Hitler” and in 2022 suggested shooting Jews “fixes everything.” He endorsed over 30 attacks on Jewish civilians, celebrated deaths in a 2023 Jerusalem attack, and called Hamas gunmen “resistance fighters” after the October 7, 2023, Supernova festival massacre.

- BBC Arabic accused of “sloppy, reckless” judgment for platforming Elzaenen, especially after his antisemitic record was publicized in April 2025. The BBC admitted it “should not have used” him but claimed quoting him didn’t endorse his views. No excuse for still citing him in Sept 2025.

- The incident fueled scrutiny of BBC Arabic anti-Israel highlighting its history of giving platforms to terror apologists and echoing Hamas rhetoric.

9. October 7 Email Wording (October 2025).

On October 7, 2025, the BBC sent an internal email to its news staff marking the two-year anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel. The email referred to the attacks as “escalations in the Israel-Gaza conflict” and included an image of Palestinian women and children in Gaza rubble, rather than Israeli victims.

- Bias: The wording and imagery were criticized as downplaying the Hamas-led massacre, which killed 1,200 Israelis and took over 200 hostages. Critics, including survivors, Jewish community members, and political figures like Robert Jenrick and Richard Tice, accused the BBC of anti-Israel bias and insensitivity toward Jewish victims, especially on the anniversary of the attacks. The use of “escalation” was seen as equating the Hamas attack with Israel’s response, and the image choice was viewed as prioritizing Palestinian suffering over Israeli trauma.

- Perspective: Figures like Danny Cohen (former BBC television director) and Adam Ma’anit (relative of a victim) called the wording “deeply offensive” and indicative of institutional bias. The controversy added to ongoing accusations of anti-Israel sentiment at the BBC, referencing prior incidents like the Bob Vylan broadcast and undisclosed ties in a Gaza documentary.

These cases aren’t isolated slip-ups—they reveal a rotten pattern of anti-Israel prejudice at the BBC. From hiding Hamas connections to suppressing evidence of their crimes, the broadcaster consistently distorts the truth to smear Israel. Director General Tim Davie’s half-hearted apology for the documentary scandal is nowhere near enough. The BBC’s refusal to uphold basic standards of accuracy and impartiality makes it complicit in pushing a narrative that fuels anti-Israel sentiment. It’s time for accountability, not excuses, from a broadcaster that’s lost all claim to credibility.

10. Trash Talk on Kirk.

BBC Radio 4 producer Jayne Egerton resigned from her administrative role in a social media group after sharing a post calling Charlie Kirk's widow a "Zionist handler," exposing BBC staff impartiality.

The controversy, reported by Jewish News UK on October 21, 2025, is part of a broader pattern of Egerton sharing anti-Zionist content. In July 2025, she endorsed a piece titled “Debunked: A Reckoning with Zionist Charges in Contemporary Left Discourse,” aimed at equipping anti-Zionist feminists. The social media group also hosted discussions comparing Israel to Nazi Germany, alleging "ethnic cleansing," and accusing Israel of "pinkwashing" to exploit LGBTQ+ rights.

Additional Actions:

Egerton recently shared content alleging crimes in Gaza, further fueling controversy.

The scandal, occurring shortly after Erika Kirk’s public mourning of her husband Charlie Kirk, intensifies scrutiny on BBC’s impartiality guidelines, particularly for producers in news and current affairs, amid ongoing concerns about political bias.

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BBC’s Arabic Service Accused of Systemic Bias in Gaza War Coverage (Published Nov. 2025).

A leaked 19-page internal memo from Michael Prescott, former independent adviser to the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee (EGSC), has accused BBC Arabic of systemic bias in its coverage of the Israel-Gaza war. The dossier shows the service minimized Israeli suffering, amplified Hamas propaganda, and operated with an editorial slant “considerably different” from the main English-language BBC website — despite both being required to uphold the same impartiality standards.

The memo, sent to all BBC Board members and now circulating in UK government departments, warns that BBC Arabic’s output risks undermining the BBC’s global role in countering disinformation — especially concerning given its partial funding by the Foreign Office via the World2020 programme.

Key Claim: “It is hard to conclude anything other than that BBC Arabic’s story treatment was designed to minimise Israeli suffering and paint Israel as the aggressor.” – Michael Prescott

1. Disproportionate Weight to Hamas Statements

BBC Arabic gave extensive, uncritical airtime to Hamas-provided death tolls — widely regarded as exaggerated for propaganda — even after the UN revised its estimate of women and children among the dead from 70% to 52% in July 2024.
An internal review found the service gave “unjustifiable weight” to these figures despite known credibility concerns.
In a sampled five-month period (May–October 2024):
- Main BBC site: 19 stories on Israeli hostages, 4 critical of Hamas
- BBC Arabic: 0 stories on hostages, 0 critical of Hamas

2. Minimization of Israeli Suffering Majdal Shams Rocket Attack (July 2024)

A Hezbollah rocket killed nine Druze children playing football in the Golan Heights. BBC Arabic:

Omitted mention of child victims
Gave prominence to Hezbollah denials
Ignored evidence of nearby Hezbollah strikes
Next day: Ran a report suggesting Israel may have faked the attack

Fawzia Sido Rescue Story

A Yazidi woman kidnapped by ISIS at 11, trafficked to Gaza, and rescued by Israeli forces after her Hamas captor was killed:

BBC Arabic headline: “Israel says ‘Yazidi prisoner returned to Iraq after 10 years in Gaza,’ Hamas tells BBC ‘Israel narrative is fabricated.’”
Included a 582-word Hamas rebuttal — longer than the original story

Jaffa Attack (October 2024)

Hamas gunmen killed seven Israeli civilians on a train and platform:

English site: Detailed civilian deaths
Arabic site: Described as a “military operation” with no mention of civilians

3. Platforming Extremist Contributors

Three freelance journalists with extreme anti-Semitic social media posts appeared hundreds of times on BBC Arabic (Nov 2023 – Apr 2025):

Samer Elzaenen – 244 appearances
Called for Jews to be burned “as Hitler did”; praised 30+ attacks on civilians
Ahmed Alagha – 522 appearances
Called Israelis “less than human,” Jews “devils”
Ahmed Qannan – 217 appearances (14 months)
Called attacker who killed 5 Israelis a “hero”; endorsed throat-cutting rhetoric

The BBC initially called them “eyewitnesses,” not journalists. After exposure, it ceased using Alagha and claimed improved vetting processes.

4. Major Factual Errors & Misrepresentations

Mass Graves at Hospitals: BBC reports implied Israeli forces buried thousands at Nasser and Al-Shifa. Internal review: Graves were dug by Palestinians before IDF arrival; no independent evidence of executions.
Starving Babies Claim: UN official’s misquote (14,000 babies at risk in 48 hours) aired uncorrected on Newsnight. Actual: 14,000 children over a year. Images showed a baby already discharged.
ICJ Genocide Ruling: BBC repeatedly claimed court found “plausible case of genocide.” Former ICJ president Joan Donoghue: “Not correct.” Court made no determination on merits. Took months to clarify.
Hamas Tunnels: Described as used to “move goods and people” — omitting weapons smuggling and attacks, risking sanitization of terror infrastructure.

Internal Reviews & Executive Inaction

July 2024 World Service review: No red flags in BBC Arabic.
EGSC commissioned independent review by David Grossman (535 English + 523 Arabic articles): Exposed “stark differences” in framing and balance.
Attendees called it the “most extraordinary paper” they’d seen.
BBC news controller Jonathan Munro dismissed concerns, praised Arabic team as “unrivalled,” boasted it was “almost as trusted as Al Jazeera.”
Prescott: “Is Al Jazeera the new gold standard?”

Danny Cohen (ex-BBC TV Director): “BBC executives should hang their heads in shame and resign… Protecting reputation came before Charter duties.”

Political & Public Fallout

The leak emerged amid a separate BBC crisis over a Panorama documentary that doctored Donald Trump’s speech to imply he incited the Capitol riot.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and regulator Ofcom face growing calls for a formal bias inquiry.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called for “wholesale reform” of BBC Arabic

In November 2025, 'BBC chief Tim Davie resigns after criticism of Trump speech edit, amid Gaza war coverage - claims of 'systemic bias' in the broadcaster’s coverage of Trump, Gaza, and transgender issues.

Yet, BBC waa slammed for rejecing all appeals on Arabic Gaza coverage.

The BBC's complaints unit rejected all appeals from media watchdog CAMERA regarding BBC Arabic's Israel-Hamas war reporting, despite upholding over 100 complaints and making 213 corrections in other cases. Examples include failing to label dead Hamas terrorists as such and framing a Hamas leader's civilian killings as mere accusations. CAMERA criticizes the unit as a rubber stamp for bias. UK political figures from multiple parties condemned the dismissals as evidence of institutional failings, antisemitism, and lack of impartiality, calling for reforms and an external ombudsman.

Noted in the Telegraph, after Davie's resignation:

'But this crisis is not just about the faking of the Trump video. The Prescott Report reveals systemic bias across a range of the BBC’s output and the failure of senior management to address it. It is an extraordinary and detailed indictment of a leadership and a culture in which standards of impartiality have taken a dramatic fall.

Chief amongst this, the Prescott Report has exposed systemic anti-Israel bias and antisemitism at BBC Arabic and problems of impartiality with the BBC’s wider coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.

For this, the BBC’s Chairman Samir Shah owes the Jewish community an apology. The Prescott Report provides prima facie evidence that the BBC has been gaslighting its Jewish audience. It reveals that Mr Shah, Mr Davie and Ms Turness received an internal report detailing evidence of systemic and widespread anti-Israel bias and antisemitism at BBC Arabic.'

NYT - Appears to be the worse reporting (on Oct 7 / Swords of Iron), in US

'Jerusalem Post' Editor-in-Chief Zvika Klein criticized U.S. media coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, saying The New York Times had “by far” the worst reporting. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Klein said American media initially showed empathy toward Israel after the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks, but coverage soon shifted toward the Palestinian narrative, especially in liberal outlets.

Klein accused The New York Times of being systematically anti-Israel, citing repeated reporting errors that favored Hamas claims—such as the paper’s early headline blaming Israel for a Gaza hospital explosion later found to be caused by a misfired Islamic Jihad rocket. The Times later admitted it relied too heavily on Hamas sources. Another controversy involved a front-page photo of a malnourished infant that was later revealed to depict a child with a genetic disorder, not starvation caused by Israel.

Klein argued that progressive influence in U.S. media has framed Israel as the “oppressor,” contributing to a global perception problem. He also acknowledged that Israel has struggled in the “propaganda war,” failing to effectively communicate its side internationally.

BTW Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to sue The New York Times for alleged defamation over its Gaza coverage.

Arab States’ “Genocide” Lie Exposed: Deepening Ties with Israel Undermine Accusations

Leaked U.S. documents, reported by the Washington Post and N12, reveal a stark contradiction: while Arab states like Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, and the UAE publicly accused Israel of “genocide” and war crimes during the Gaza conflict, they were simultaneously expanding covert security cooperation with the IDF. This duplicity exposes their genocide accusations as a blatant lie, driven by political posturing rather than genuine belief.

Behind closed doors, these nations relied heavily on Israel’s military expertise, particularly in countering Iran’s regional threat. Secret meetings in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, and Qatar’s Al-Udeid Air Base, facilitated by U.S. Central Command, focused on air defense, intelligence sharing, and Israel’s specialized knowledge in underground warfare. In May 2024, senior Israeli officials even flew secretly to Qatar—bypassing public scrutiny—to deepen these ties, despite Qatar’s emir publicly slamming Israel at the UN for alleged “genocide.” This hypocrisy reveals that Arab leaders knew their accusations were unfounded, as they quietly strengthened partnerships with the very nation they condemned.

The genocide narrative, loudly pushed in public forums, crumbles under the weight of these nations’ actions. Their reliance on Israel’s security assistance—through joint defense systems, encrypted communications, and plans for a regional cyber center—demonstrates trust in the IDF’s capabilities and a shared strategic interest, not a belief in Israel’s supposed crimes. The lie of “genocide” was a calculated move to appease domestic audiences while pragmatically aligning with Israel to counter real threats like Iran. Israel’s indispensable role in regional security exposes these accusations as hollow rhetoric, affirming its moral and strategic credibility.

The funding of "pro-Palestinian" protests on American university campuses involves a complex network of student groups, NGOs, nonprofits, and possibly foreign governments.

- Student Groups and Organizers: Groups like Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Jewish Voice for Peace [which is none and SJP's Bazian is heavily involved] (JVP), and Within Our Lifetime (WOL) are central to organizing protests. SJP, led by Hatem Bazian (one of the clearest links between these protests and terror organizations), lacks transparency in funding, raising concerns about its financial sources. Bazian has historical ties to organizations linked to Hamas, such as Kindhearts (dissolved in 2012) and the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP), found liable in 2004 for supporting Hamas.

- NGOs and Nonprofits: The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) identifies funding from groups like the Westchester People’s Action Coalition (WESPAC), Tides Foundation, American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), and JVP. AMP, co-founded by Bazian, is under investigation for possible ties to Hamas and provides grants ($500–$2,000) to student groups. The Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a designated terrorist organization, also supports these protests.

- Major Donors: The Rockefeller Brothers Fund and George Soros’s Open Society Foundations have donated millions to groups like JVP, WOL, and the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR). USCPR funds fellows ($2,880–$7,800) to organize pro-Palestinian campaigns, with some fellows involved in aggressive protest actions, such as disrupting events or blocking public routes.

- Foreign Influence: Qatar is highlighted as a significant foreign funder, having invested $5.6 billion in 81 U.S. universities since 2007, including Harvard and Yale. This funding, often directed toward Islamic studies, is seen as an effort to align Muslim Brotherhood ideology with progressive campus movements and shift U.S. foreign policy away from traditional Arab allies. However, Qatar denies any direct involvement in the protests.

- Concerns and Context: The synchronized nature of the protests, with consistent messaging and logistical support (e.g., food, tents), suggests long-term preparation by anti-Israel groups, per Gerald Steinberg of NGO Monitor. While Soros and Rockefeller connections are noted, Steinberg considers their role less direct compared to terror-linked organizations.

- 'Iran funding anti-Israel protests, US intelligence chief says'.

"Actors with Iranian ties are “posing as activists online, seeking to encourage protest, and even providing financial support to protesters... Iran is trying to gain influence over anti-Israel protests in the United States," Avril Haines, the US director of national intelligence, said in July 2024.

By end of October 2025, University leaders from Syracuse and Vanderbilt stated that anti-Israel and anti-Semitic campus demonstrations during the Israel-Hamas war were not primarily driven by their own students but by organized networks, with the Syracuse chancellor specifically pointing to encouragement from Iran and the Vanderbilt chancellor describing a coordinated playbook imported from other campuses like Columbia.

The picture: While Islamic Genocides in Syria, Nigeria, and Sudan continue vs. the False Gaza 'Genocide' Narrative: Exposing Iran/Qatar/Hamas Using Proxies Like South Africa in Crusade Against Israel.

The narrative of a supposed "genocide" in Gaza, aggressively pushed by biased activism, starkly contrasts with the underreported, undeniable genocides perpetrated by Islamic extremist groups across multiple regions, which receive minimal global outcry. In Syria, Arab Islamic forces have targeted Druze communities, with testimonies from October 2025 highlighting not only genocide but subsequent famine, atrocities halted solely by Israeli intervention. Similarly, in Nigeria, since 2009, over 100,000 Christians have been slaughtered and 19,000 churches destroyed or looted by groups like Boko Haram and militant Fulani herdsmen, with experts labeling this a genocide that renders Nigeria the deadliest place for Christians. In Sudan, Arab supremacist Muslims, particularly the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have caused 150,000 deaths since 2023, yet these horrors are largely ignored by global media and institutions, overshadowed by selective outrage against Israel’s defensive actions.

Compounding this hypocrisy is the troubling influence of Islamic lobbies and even Islamist terrorists, particularly from Iran, Qatar, Hezbollah and Hamas, on South Africa’s ANC government, as detailed in reports like the Jerusalem Post (Nov 16, 2024) and ISGAP’s November 2024 releases. These sources reveal South Africa’s ICJ case against Israel was reportedly funded by Iran, reflecting a dangerous alignment with Islamist terror-linked entities. This agenda-driven focus conveniently distracts from the ANC’s financial ties to Iran and Qatar, which bolster Hamas’s genocidal propaganda, as seen in outlets like Al Jazeera that deny the Nigerian genocide. While Israel faces relentless scrutiny at the ICJ for defending itself, the silence on these Islamic-perpetrated atrocities underscores a skewed global narrative, one that Israel’s actions consistently counter through humanitarian interventions, such as in Syria, where it stands alone in halting genocide.

(No womder, the same Qatar's al Jazeera who promotes genocidal Hamas propaganda "denies" there is a genocide in Nigeria).

Cited in: The Syrian Genocide Should Embarrass Pro-Hamas Protesters

Joseph Braude author, broadcaster, and Middle East specialist:

[What happened in Syria] is what a real genocide looks like. The actual definition of genocide includes genocidal intent. The intent is in evidence, the machinery, the massive scale, the victims themselves… The cheapening of the word genocide, particularly over the past year and a half or so, has made it a word with very little meaning. The meaning of the term needs to be restored because there really is genocide and, among other places, it happened in Syria.

Misuse of Raphael Lemkin’s Legacy

In "From Streicher to the 'genocide experts': Why Israel must start fighting defamation," Dr. Elina Bardach-Yalov, head of the Antisemitism Watch NGO, states that Israel must combat defamation and the misuse of legal terminology, particularly accusations of genocide, which she sees as propaganda undermining scholarly standards and public trust. The article highlights concerns over the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (LIPG) and the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), which have accused Israel of genocide in Gaza.

Historical Warning.

Drawing on the conviction of Nazi propagandist Julius Streicher, Bardach-Yalov stresses that words with legal weight must be rigorously grounded to avoid propaganda. She advocates for accountability to protect genocide scholarship, victims, researchers, and public trust, honoring Lemkin’s legacy through high standards, not misuse of his name.

"80 years have passed since the Nuremberg Trials, it's time to talk about the Nukhba Trials," The Jewish jurist who coined the term genocide would have been horrified to discover how anti-Semites had adopted this attitude towards us. "They will try to kill us Jews again, don't let them forget".

Lawyer and former military judge with expertise in criminal and international law,

Ori Egoz reflects on the importance of addressing anti-Semitism and genocide, drawing parallels between historical events like the Nuremberg Trials and current geopolitical tensions. Egoz argues that anti-Semitism, while often dismissed, can escalate into dangerous actions like pogroms, wars, and even genocide. He recalls the work of Jewish jurist Raphael Lemkin, who coined the term "genocide" and was deeply concerned about its misuse, especially as Israel, a victim of genocide, faces accusations of committing it.

She delves into the Nuremberg Trials, where Lemkin fought to have genocide recognized as a crime against humanity. He recounts a conversation with U.S. prosecutor Robert Jackson, who was initially reluctant to prosecute genocide as a crime, given that it wasn’t yet codified in law. Lemkin’s perseverance led to the eventual adoption of genocide as a legal term and its inclusion in international law.

The article reflects on the struggle to establish the legal framework for prosecuting genocide, highlighting internal divisions among Jewish leaders when the UN's Genocide Prevention Convention was being developed. Despite these challenges, Lemkin's vision led to the recognition of genocide as a crime and the creation of international laws to prevent it.

Egoz concludes with a warning: anti-Semitism is a threat that must not be ignored, as history shows it can lead to violent and genocidal outcomes. The message is to remain vigilant and not let the world forget past atrocities to prevent future ones.

The Political Weaponization of the Genocide Narrative.

The dangerous 'virus' spread of the "genocide" narrative is gaining traction, but the evidence for such an accusation is remarkably zero. The claims from self-proclaimed humanitarian organizations and "leading genocide experts" are nothing more than a cycle of repetition—relying on Hamas casualty figures and selective quotes from Israeli officials, like Prime Minister Netanyahu's reference to Amalek and former Defense Minister Gallant’s description of Hamas as "human animals."

What is consistently ignored in these reports, however, is the reality that Israel is at war with an Islamist terrorist organization—a group that has embedded its military infrastructure within civilian areas, including hospitals, schools, and mosques, using hundreds of miles of tunnels to shield itself from retaliation. The only way the "genocide" narrative holds any weight is if Hamas is erased from the story entirely. Yet, this is precisely what many of these so-called reports do: conveniently omit Hamas and its role in the conflict.

Former US Ambassador Jack Lew:

"When I got to Israel in November of 2023, the country was shell-shocked. It was in a state of trauma from October 7th that any of us in New York on September 11th would understand in a very visceral way. So people were not making decisions based on long-term thinking."

Omer Bartov, a [biased] scholar, an ardent foe of Netanyahu, featured in The New York Times, had been "prepping" his genocide case against Israel for years—long before the current war began. This reveals what many suspected: the genocide accusation isn’t a legal finding. It’s a political weapon dressed in the language of international justice.

(BTW, Weeks after Oct 7 atrocities, he said

[Amanpour and Company, Nov 15, 2025]: "So, as long as these people are in government, the danger of that being ethnic cleansing[sic] or genocide[sic] or combination, is high, because that is the actual political goal." In other words, if Netanahu were to fire 2 conservatives, all is fine).

Despite Bartov's claims, quotes from Israeli officials (e.g., Netanyahu's Amalek reference) have been calls for unity, not extermination.

As a noted writer concludes that critics like Bartov shamefully invert victim and perpetrator roles.

In: "Truth under Siege: Omer Bartov, a Case Study", writer Sofer lays it out:

- Background and Bartov's Shift.

The article critiques Prof. Omer Bartov, a Brown University Holocaust and genocide studies expert, for abandoning academic rigor in favor of anti-Israel activism. Soffer, a recent GWU graduate researching scholar-activism, attended Bartov's April 7, 2025, lecture at the University of Maryland, where he admitted using "genocide" terminology strategically to counter denialism and influence Western audiences—despite its irrelevance to Gazans suffering from "war crimes" or otherwise. Bartov projected the 1948 UN Genocide Convention but confessed prioritizing political impact over precision. Historically, Bartov was pro-Israel: In a 2004 'New Republic' piece, he equated Hamas with Hitlerism, advocated forceful confrontation, and labeled anti-Israel protests as antisemitic. In 2010, he rejected genocide accusations against Israel's 1948 War of Independence as distortions fueling antisemitism, calling it a "just war." He also cautioned against diluting "genocide" or politicizing Holocaust memory.

- Current Views and Criticisms.

By 2024–2025, Bartov reversed course, likening Israel's Gaza operations to genocidal acts condemned by the Holocaust. He lectured at an antisemitic UPenn protest encampment (while disavowing the antisemitism), resigned from Yad Vashem's editorial board in 2024 over Israel's "carnage," and aligned with critics like Martin Shaw in deeming Gaza a "misnomer" as "war" and Zionism "exclusionary settler-colonialism." Soffer questions his cited justification—Hamas's 2017 charter—as it retains eliminationist anti-Zionist rhetoric, merely repackaged for Western appeal. The piece points out Bartov's claims bolster Palestinian resistance narratives that legitimize Hamas, reframing Israel via Soviet-era "Islamo-Marxist" tropes like so-called "apartheid" and colonialism, thus desecrating Holocaust memory. He disputes -without facts base- low civilian casualty ratios (e.g., Israel's 1:1.5 vs. urban warfare's 1:9 average, per Urban Warfare Institute) and ignores Hamas's genocidal intent and Iranian funding. In a 'New York Times' op-ed, Bartov infers genocidal "intent" from misrepresented or fabricated Israeli statements, while sidelining Hamas's embedded infrastructure and combat realities. 'The genocide scholar’s dismissal of facts is as troubling as his explicit dismissal of legal standards.

While acknowledging no legal consensus on genocide, he argues that we should call Israel’s actions genocidal anyway – because for “people being bombed,” it “doesn’t matter what you call it.” Yet it does matter. The pathological fixation on Israel in the academy, media, and public square has revealed the damage Bartov does. It matters...'

-Broader Implications.

Soffer warns that such "scholar-activism" erodes academic integrity, fostering libelous discourse that inverts facts and trivializes legal standards. This fuels real-world violence: campus harassment/assaults of Jewish students, the murder of Israeli embassy staff in Washington, an incendiary attack in Boulder killing an 82-year-old Holocaust survivor, and an assault on Rep. Max Miller. The article calls for rejecting this "charlatanry" to protect truth amid collapsing scholarly boundaries.

Activist Philips in an article, titled “I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It,” points out Bartov's piece is inflammatory, lacks new insights, and selectively ignores context, such as Arab Palestinian rejectionism and threats from Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran. He questions the Times’ decision to give Bartov, an Israeli-born Brown University professor, a platform, noting Bartov’s history of accusing Israel of “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide” even before the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks. "Bartov’s problem is not what is happening in the Gaza Strip. His problem is Israel’s very existence." He identifies Bartov as biased, not a neutral observer, and criticizes the Times for overlooking atrocities like the slaughter of Druze in Syria while amplifying Bartov’s claims. He argues Bartov’s rhetoric disrespects Holocaust victims and questions the credibility of his accusations given his pre-existing hostility toward Israel.

He criticizes The New York Times for publishing a 3,500-word op-ed by Omer Bartov on July 15, 2025, titled “I’m a Genocide Scholar...”. This length far exceeds the typical New York Times op-ed range of 750–800 words, with the Times suggesting 650 words as ideal. Phillips questions why the editors allowed such an exceptionally long article.

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"It is not genocide: A response to Omer Bartov", scholars author a direct rebuttal to Omer Bartov's claims. Berenbaum & Rosensaft:

Key Arguments Against Labeling Israel's Actions as Genocide:

- Legal Definition is Strict: The authors emphasize that genocide has a precise definition under the 1948 Genocide Convention (Article II), requiring specific acts (e.g., killing, causing serious harm, inflicting conditions of life leading to destruction, preventing births) committed with 'specific intent' ('dolus specialis') to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.

- Lack of Intent:

Israel's war aims to eliminate Hamas as a threat following the October 7, 2023, attacks (which included murders, rapes, and hostage-taking), not to destroy Palestinians as a group. Evidence: Israeli leaders anticipate ~2 million Palestinians remaining in Gaza post-war.

- ICJ Precedent:

Cites the 2007 Bosnia v. Serbia case, where the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that intent must be convincingly proven, and ethnic cleansing alone does not equate to genocide without that intent.

- Distinctions from Other Crimes: Acknowledges possible war crimes, crimes against humanity, or disproportionate actions by Israel, but insists these are distinct from genocide. Criticizes Bartov for blurring lines and ignoring Hamas's responsibility (e.g., using civilian infrastructure for military purposes, exploiting suffering for propaganda).

- Condemnation of Extremists:

Denounces inflammatory statements by some far-right Israeli officials and settler violence, but argues these do not represent official policy or intent.

- Shared Horror but Balanced Empathy: Expresses outrage at Palestinian civilian deaths (especially children) but faults Bartov for lacking similar compassion toward Israeli victims of October 7.

- Path Forward:

Supports a two-state solution but notes failures in past negotiations and the need for changes in leadership/mindsets on both sides. Palestinians have agency, and civilian tolls stem partly from Hamas's tactics.

The authors position themselves as experts (Berenbaum in Jewish studies/Holocaust; Rosensaft in genocide law) who condemn excesses but reject the genocide label as inaccurate and unhelpful.

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Professor writes in 'Genocide is a grave crime, let's not politicize it,' that the term "genocide" should not be misused as a political tool, particularly in accusations against Israel regarding its actions in Gaza. He emphasizes that genocide, as defined by the 1948 Genocide Convention, requires clear intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group, not just widespread destruction or civilian suffering. Bartov's piece lacks evidence of genocidal intent and overlooks Hamas’s military tactics, such as using civilian infrastructure and human shields, which complicate Israel’s operations. While acknowledging the humanitarian toll and the need for scrutiny of all parties, Dubnov warns that conflating war crimes or disproportionate force with genocide dilutes the term’s legal and moral weight, undermines global genocide prevention efforts, and distorts Holocaust remembrance. He accuses Bartov of ideological bias, noting the irony of Bartov’s stance given his father’s Zionist beliefs, and calls for preserving the clarity of legal terms to foster justice and peace.

Holocaust historian Norman J. W. Goda:

There was Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s comments about “human animals.” Yair Rosenberg wrote in The Atlantic about how Gallant was clearly referring to Hamas. [Two days after October 7th, Gallant referred to a fight against human animals, and a day later he said that Hamas, ‘the ISIS of Gaza,’ are human animals. In the October 9th remarks, he also called for a “complete siege,” including cutting off food and aid.] There were President Isaac Herzog’s comments about how people in Gaza were responsible for October 7th. (PS by editor, actually the celebration of the massacres were in public openly and polls later showed most Arab Palestinians approve of it). Herzog was answering a very specific question, but, if you looked at his entire speech, he was saying, “We will scrupulously follow the laws and customs of war and try to minimize civilian casualties.” [Herzog has claimed that his quote was taken out of context because in the same press conference he rejected the idea of harming innocent civilians. He did however say that “it’s an entire nation out there that is responsible.”] In every genocide accusation, they all use the shortened edited comments in order to try and prove genocidal intent.

Holocaust historians:

Holocaust historian Norman J. W. Goda wrote a long essay titled “The Genocide Libel,” in which he points out that the "genocide" accusation about Gaza “is political, designed not so much to describe a crime, but to place Israel, its military, its citizens, and its supporters as outside the realm of decency and human values.”

Later, he wrote another piece, with the historian Jeffrey Herf, about “why it’s wrong to call Israel’s war in Gaza a ‘genocide.’ ” Genocide is defined by the Genocide Convention of 1948 as the “intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such.”

Rejected by Genocide Experts: AJC’s Rebuttal.

AJC summarized why the events in Gaza are not "genocide":

1. “Genocide” refers to the physical destruction of an entire group in whole or in part that has been targeted on the basis of its identity. This is not Israel’s objective in Gaza.

2. Israel’s war is against Hamas. Is Genocide Happening in Gaza? No. Israel is responding to a genocidal attack by Hamas.

3. Israel’s actions reflect its desire to spare Palestinian civilians from harm, not to deliberately harm them.

4. Hamas’ actions are designed to cause harm to Palestinian civilians and blame Israel.

5. The “facts” of the genocide charge don’t add up.

The Truth Behind the Propaganda: A Counter-Narrative.

Former British Army officer, Andrew Fox, wrote a piece:

"The only thing being genocided in Gaza is truth itself. We are living through the largest propaganda assault in modern history."

He points out that the ongoing situation in Gaza is not just a military conflict, but the focal point of a massive global propaganda campaign designed to delegitimize Israel and spread antisemitism. He describes this as "Israel Derangement Syndrome," a pathology that has taken hold across the West, where Israel is unfairly demonized and subjected to a double standard.

The Distortion of Genocide: A Weapon Against Jewish Sovereignty.

Even some traditionally critical voices are pushing back. Amnesty InternatiDecember 30onal’s own Israel branch rejected the genocide conclusion of its parent organization, calling it predetermined and biased. Yad Vashem, the world’s preeminent Holocaust memorial, condemned the accusation as a grotesque abuse of Holocaust memory. As Bernard-Henri Lévy wrote, there is no genocide in Gaza. What exists is a tragic war, initiated by a terror group that hides behind its own civilians. The accusation of genocide, he says, is not a judgment. It’s an ideological verdict without evidence.

DEBUNKED

A comprehensive study titled “Debunking the Genocide Allegations: A Reexamination of the Israel-Hamas War (2023-2025)

A comprehensive study titled “Debunking the Genocide Allegations: A Reexamination of the Israel-Hamas War (2023-2025),” published by the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, challenges claims of Israeli genocide, war crimes, and deliberate starvation in Gaza. Led by Prof. Danny Orbach, the 311-page report uses quantitative analysis and forensic documentation to dispute narratives from international organizations and media.

Key Findings:
1. Starvation Narrative:
The study refutes claims of deliberate starvation, asserting more food entered Gaza during the war than before October 7, 2023. It disputes the UN’s claim of a need for 500 daily aid trucks, citing pre-war data of 73 trucks per day. COGAT reported 101 trucks daily, and UNRWA data showed 83. Looting by Hamas and inflated agricultural self-sufficiency claims (12% vs. alleged 44%) contributed to perceived shortages.

2. Casualty Data:
The study criticizes Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry figures for manipulating data by labeling all deaths as civilian, inflating numbers with natural deaths, and obscuring combatant casualties. It notes safer evacuation zones like al-Mawasi had fewer deaths (under 4%), blaming higher casualties elsewhere on UN non-cooperation.

3. Humanitarian Bias:
The report introduces “humanitarian bias,” where aid organizations accept alarming claims to spur action, creating a feedback loop that resists corrections. Examples include UNRWA’s unannounced data corrections and a retracted UN claim of 14,000 imminent baby deaths.

4. IDF Conduct:While acknowledging isolated incidents of potential negligence, the study finds no evidence of systematic civilian targeting. It praises IDF measures like early warnings and precision targeting, noting a lower non-combatant-to-combatant casualty ratio compared to other Western armies in urban conflicts.

5. Critique of International Reporting:
The study highlights flawed UN and NGO reporting, including circular citations and opaque assessments, drawing parallels to past conflicts like the 2008-2009 Gaza War and 1990s Iraq sanctions.

Proposed Framework:
The researchers advocate a new methodology for conflict analysis, emphasizing cross-referenced sources, transparency, and resistance to political narratives to ensure accurate humanitarian reporting.

Context and Implications:
Published ahead of a planned IDF operation in Gaza City and amid a resolution by the International Association of Genocide Scholars labeling Israel’s actions as genocide, the study warns that loosely applying the term “genocide” risks diluting its legal and moral weight. Despite legally binding ICJ measures, enforcement remains limited. The report stresses anchoring humanitarian discourse in verifiable facts to address civilian suffering without distorting conflict realities.

Media watchdog HR in: 'Fake Massacres, Skewed Stats & Misleading Claims: The 25 Lies The Media Told You About The October 7 War'.

The piece shows that mainstream media have spread 25 major falsehoods or distortions about Israel’s conduct in the Gaza war that began after the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, thereby promoting an anti-Israel narrative and whitewashing Hamas terrorism.

The 25 Media Lies & HonestReporting’s Rebuttals

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
No legal genocidal intent proven; accusations twist evidence and law.
Israel is responsible for famine/starvation
No widespread famine occurred; August 2025 UN famine declaration methodologically questionable.
Gaza has 9 million people / is one of the most densely populated places
Actual population ~2 million; not in global top 200 by density.
Israel bombed civilians fleeing northern Gaza
No evidence of Israeli strikes on evacuation convoys; likely Hamas IEDs or accidents.
Israel bombed Al-Ahli Hospital, killing 500
Misfired Islamic Jihad rocket hit the parking lot.
Israel deliberately targets Palestinian journalists
Many killed journalists were terror-affiliated or died in crossfire.
500 aid trucks per day are needed (pre-war baseline)
Pre-war 500 trucks were mostly commercial; only ~100 were humanitarian (same as wartime average).
Evidence of Hamas using Al-Shifa Hospital is weak
IDF provided extensive proof (tunnels, weapons, hostages, testimonies).
UNRWA is a neutral humanitarian organization
1,200 staff tied to Hamas/Jihad; teaches antisemitism; ignores terror infrastructure.
“Flour Massacre” – Israel slaughtered aid-seekers
Most deaths from crowd crush or being run over; ~10 shot by IDF.
IDF raped and murdered civilians at Al-Shifa (Mar 2024)
Claim admitted as fabrication by the interviewee.
Mass graves at hospitals = Israeli executions
Graves pre-dated IDF arrival or dug by Palestinians; no independent evidence of executions.
Hamas Health Ministry casualty figures are reliable
Numerous statistical anomalies and inconsistencies.
ICJ ruled “plausible genocide” and full halt in Rafah
Former ICJ president clarified no genocide finding; Rafah order was limited.
Israel deliberately burned Rafah tent camp
Tragic accident from secondary explosion (likely Hamas munitions/fuel).
Israel massacred 200+ during Nuseirat hostage rescue
Heavy fighting with Hamas; no evidence most casualties were civilians.
Lancet studies prove far higher death toll
Both papers heavily criticized/flawed; one author admitted it was illustrative only.
Ismail Haniyeh was a moderate/pragmatic leader
Celebrated Oct 7, called for violence, accepted civilian deaths.
NYT essay proved Israel targets children
Medical/forensic experts disputed bullet evidence; possible Palestinian fire.
Israel burned Kamal Adwan Hospital (Dec 2024)
Fire in empty section; IDF investigation found no Israeli causation.
14,000 babies would die in 48 hours without immediate aid
UN official misrepresented a year-long malnutrition projection.
Israel plans internment camps for 600,000 Palestinians
Proposal was for a screened humanitarian city (never built).
Photos of malnourished children prove widespread starvation
Many had pre-existing conditions (e.g., cerebral palsy); not representative.
Israel systematically blocks all aid
Over 2 million tons entered; delays due to combat, Hamas theft, UN issues.
Israel massacres Gazans at GHF aid sites
Many reported incidents unfounded or misreported; some warning shots only.

Continuing (since the beginning) to dismantle the 'genocide' smear against Israel:

"The Genocide Lie"

This (Dec 2023) article by a lawyer asserts that what is happening in Gaza is not genocide. The author points out that if genocide were the goal, millions would have been killed immediately, and Israel would not risk its own soldiers’ lives. He states that most Palestinian casualties are due to Hamas embedding itself within civilian infrastructure, making military targets unavoidable. Historically, the Palestinian Arab population has grown, undermining the claim of systemic extermination. In contrast, the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israelis are framed as an attempted genocide against Jews.

Journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti on the "Genocide Accusation."

Clip presentation (Nov 2024) emphasizes that accusing Israel of genocide is deeply offensive and false. The speaker criticizes the use of the term against Jews, particularly given Jewish history with real genocides, and argues that the claim is politically motivated rather than based on evidence.

The Propaganda War on Israel – WSJ Editorial Board.

This (Dec 2024) editorial criticizes Amnesty International for accusing Israel of genocide, accusing the organization of distorting international law and reality , showing its agevda driven especially already in 2022. Showing that Israel is being vilified for defending itself against Hamas, which uses civilians as human shields. The piece highlights that casualty figures omit the distinction between fighters and civilians, and that Israel’s actions are misrepresented as genocidal despite efforts to minimize civilian harm.

"U.S. Special Forces Veteran Rebuts Genocide Claim."

A veteran shares (Mar 2025) firsthand analysis, asserting Hamas deliberately targets civilians and uses them as shields. He argues that Israel is fighting a terrorist organization, not a civilian population, and calls the genocide accusation propaganda detached from military realities.

Even Hamas’ Data Disproves the Genocide Lie.

This (Apr 2025) piece by noted writer analyzes casualty data reportedly published by Hamas, noting a disproportionate number of combat-age men among the dead. The author argues that if genocide were occurring, casualties would be more evenly distributed across age and gender. Civilian deaths are acknowledged as tragic, and potential war crimes are noted, but the data allegedly shows a pattern of combatant deaths, not indiscriminate slaughter.

"The Genocide Lie in 60 Seconds"

Media watchdog CAMERA's brief (Aug 2025).video summary asserts that the claim of Israeli genocide is a falsehood promoted by NGOs and media outlets. It points out that casualty numbers are misrepresented and that Israel’s military conduct does not align with the definition of genocide.

"The Genocide Lie’s Slow, Quiet Death"

National Review (Aug 2025) article discusses how famine and starvation claims against Israel have faded due to contradictory evidence. It critiques the media and activists for promoting false narratives, such as children dying from starvation who were later revealed to suffer from genetic conditions. It also notes political backtracking, with some officials now distancing themselves from the genocide label after further examination.

10 Questions 'Genocide in Gaza' Accusers Cannot Answer.

Scholar and author Salo Aizenberg elaborated (Aug 2025):

Only days after October 7, a chorus of so-called “genocide scholars,” NGOs, and activists began hurling the charge of genocide at Israel. In reality, this accusation functions as a deliberate inversion of 10/7 itself. Hamas carried out mass killings with openly genocidal intent, yet the charge has been flipped onto Israel to whitewash those crimes and blame their victim. In the months since, the charge has only accelerated, turning into a kind of groupthink repeated through recycled slogans ("Israel is targeting healthcare"), canned storylines ("intentional starvation"), and misrepresented quote snippets ("remember Amalek"). These claims are delivered with an air of authority, but they collapse under even basic scrutiny. If Israel truly had a national policy to exterminate the Palestinian people, the evidence would be overwhelming and undeniable. The ten questions that follow cut through that haze. They cannot be answered honestly without exposing the genocide accusation as false, which is precisely why the accusers never confront them directly.

1. If extermination of the Palestinian people is Israel's goal, why hasn’t it happened?

2. Why are millions of Palestinians safe under full Israeli control?

3. Why are Palestinians in the West Bank untouched?

4. How does the legal standard for proving genocidal intent fit here?

5. How does “intentional starvation” fit the actual food data?

6. Where is the famine, where are the starvation deaths?

7. Why does the IDF risk soldiers’ lives in door-to-door combat?

8. Why is the civilian-to-combatant casualty ratio lower than in other recent urban wars?

9. Why are IDF tactics often consistent with avoiding civilian harm?

10. Why facilitate mass medical care if the goal is extermination?

'Conclusion.

These ten questions show that the genocide accusation is not just weak but unsustainable. A charge as serious as genocide requires clear and overwhelming evidence, yet the record is full of contradictions: millions of Palestinians remain unharmed under Israeli authority; casualty ratios resemble other modern wars rather than mass extermination; food, medicine, and vaccinations have continued to reach Gaza throughout the conflict; and the supposed statements of "genocidal intent" by Israeli leaders collapse under scrutiny. In reality, the genocide charge is a deliberate inversion of 10/7 itself: Hamas carried out mass killings with genocidal intent, yet the accusation is flipped onto Israel to whitewash those crimes and recast Israel as the villain. When facts so consistently point away from intentional extermination, persisting in the genocide narrative is no longer scholarship. It is propaganda posing as scholarship.'

More: key themes across the following:

1. Definition of Genocide: All sources emphasize that genocide requires intent to destroy a group, which Israel’s actions—targeting Hamas, issuing warnings, providing aid—do not demonstrate.

2. Hamas’s Role: Hamas’s genocidal intent, human shield tactics, and aid theft are cited as the primary causes of civilian suffering.

3. Blood Libel and Antisemitism: The genocide accusation is likened to historical blood libels, fueling antisemitism and delegitimizing Israel.

4. Evidence-Based Rebuttals: Israel’s low civilian-to-combatant casualty ratio, massive aid deliveries, and population growth contradict genocide claims.

5. Gaza's casualties reflect the tragedy of war, not genocide, and misusing the term dilutes its meaning, undermining efforts to prevent true genocides. It is also lower than other urban warfare.

6. Rising death toll in Gaza is tragic, but Holocaust scholars should know it's not genocide.

7. Israel's humanitarian efforts: Genocide perpetrators don’t aid other nations.

8. Misuse of the Term: Biased sources (e.g., U.N., IAGS) manipulate legal definitions for political purposes, undermining the term’s gravity.

9. Media and Activist Bias: Media, NGOs, and activists amplify false claims, often ignoring Hamas’s actions and Israel’s humanitarian efforts.

Rising death toll in Gaza is tragic, but Holocaust scholars should know it's not genocide.

(Preston, November 2023)

David Lee Preston (reporter, columnist and editor for The Philadelphia Inquirer, child of survivors) argues that the term "genocide" is being misused against Israel in the context of its military actions in Gaza following Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack, which killed 1,500 Israelis and took over 200 hostages. He invokes the legacy of Holocaust scholar Franklin Littell, who defined genocide as a deliberate attempt to destroy a nation or ethnic group, as coined by Raphael Lemkin. Preston highlights that the Palestinian population has grown from 1.4 million in 1948 to 6.6 million, suggesting no intent to annihilate. Scholars like Michael Berenbaum and Richard Libowitz support this, noting Israel's aim is to target Hamas, not civilians, despite tragic civilian deaths (over 9,000 reported by Hamas-run health ministry). They argue that Israel's actions, including warnings to civilians and treating wounded terrorists, do not align with genocidal intent, unlike Hamas's explicit goal to destroy Israel. Preston warns that mislabeling Israel's actions as genocide undermines the term's meaning and the field of Holocaust studies.

What’s Happening in Gaza is No Genocide.

(Zweiback, January 2024)

Lecturer: that labeling Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide insults the memory of true genocides like the Holocaust and Cambodian atrocities. Israel’s military campaign targets Hamas, not civilians, guided by an ethical code. Hamas’s use of human shields increases civilian casualties, which are unintended by Israel. Accusing Israel of genocide equates it with history’s worst perpetrators, fueling antisemitism and potentially justifying violence against Jews.

The Real Genocides the World Ignores.

(Bryen, January 2024)

Activist asserts that genocide accusations against Israel are baseless, distracting from actual genocides in Darfur, Rwanda, Bosnia, Cambodia, East Timor, Guatemala, Armenia, Syria, Yemen, Congo, and China’s Uyghur persecution. Genocide requires intentional destruction of a group, which Israel’s actions against Hamas do not meet. The International Court of Justice accusations are a blood libel to delegitimize Israel, with Germany rejecting the claim as a misuse of the U.N. Genocide Convention.

Letter to the Editor: Questioning the Claims of a Genocide in Gaza.

(East, May 2024)

A letter challenges a student newspaper for publishing unchallenged genocide claims in Gaza. He argues Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack and stated goal to destroy Jews show its genocidal intent. Israel’s precise military response aims to minimize civilian casualties, despite Hamas’s human shield tactics. East criticizes the media for not questioning the genocide label, which he sees as propaganda obscuring Hamas’s role in Gaza’s suffering.

There is no warrant to Israel genocide claim.

(Korn, April 2024)

Eugene Korn (an ethicist, author) argues there is no statistical or factual basis for labeling Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide. He defines genocide, per Raphael Lemkin and the 1951 Genocide Convention, as the intentional destruction of a group based on ethnicity, nationality, religion, or race. Despite the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health reporting 33,137 deaths (including 13,000 combatants) by April 6, 2024, Korn compares Gaza's casualty rates (1.52% of population, 0.92% civilians) to historical wars and genocides. These rates are significantly lower than non-genocidal wars like World War I (e.g., 8.57% Russian civilian deaths) or genocides like the Armenian (80%) or Jewish (67%) genocides. The civilian-to-combatant death ratio in Gaza (1.54:1) is also lower than other urban warfare (e.g., 9:1 in Mosul). Korn argues that Gaza's casualties reflect the tragedy of war, not genocide, and misusing the term dilutes its meaning, undermining efforts to prevent true genocides.

Israel is Not Conducting a Genocide in Gaza.

(Hausdorff, June 2025)

Writer: the genocide accusation inverts the truth, as Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Jews was genocidal. Israel’s war targets Hamas, not Palestinians, evidenced by 1.79 million tonnes of aid and a low civilian-to-combatant casualty ratio. Hamas steals aid, and NGOs discourage access to it. The genocide charge, rooted in disinformation, misuses international law and echoes historical blood libels against Jews.

Debunking the Gaza ‘Genocide’ Blood Libel Won’t Dissuade Israel-Haters.

(Tobin, December 2024)

Journalist points out that the genocide narrative persists despite evidence, like a New York Times investigation showing Israel’s rigorous targeting and low civilian casualty ratios. Hamas’s human shields and aid theft, plus U.N. refusal to secure aid routes, cause civilian suffering. The genocide claim, rooted in woke ideologies labeling Israel as an oppressor, fuels antisemitism, requiring a fight against such narratives.

Israel's humanitarian efforts: Genocide perpetrators don’t aid other nations.

(Schwaeber-Issan, April 2025)

Cookie Schwaeber-Issan (former school principal, author) defends Israel against genocide accusations by highlighting its extensive history of humanitarian aid. Israel has provided rapid disaster relief to countries like Peru, Turkey, Mexico, Armenia, Rwanda, and Haiti, sending medical teams, supplies, and rescue units for earthquakes, floods, and other crises. Examples include IDF missions to Mexico City (1985), Armenia (1988), and Haiti (2016), and Eye from Zion's medical interventions in places like Kyrgyzstan. Following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Thailand in March 2025, Israel sent rescue experts. Schwaeber-Issan argues that a nation committed to saving lives globally cannot logically be accused of systematic murder in Gaza. She calls on nations that benefited from Israel's aid to counter unfounded genocide claims by groups like the International Criminal Court and South Africa, emphasizing Israel's consistent humanitarian commitment despite global criticism.

In mid-April 2025, as Hamas rejected, again, Israel's offer to end the war, activist posted:

'Forget the fact that Hamas itself has repeatedly admitted that it fabricated casualty numbers.

Forget the fact that if Israel wanted to commit genocide, Gaza would have been no more long ago.

Forget the fact that Israel has sent in thousands of trucks of aid, something it would never do if it wanted to kill all Gazans, which is what genocide means.

Forget the fact that Israel has sent in, and lost so many of its heroes, something that it would never have done if it was looking to commit genocide. It would have used its Air Force and not sent in a single infantry soldier.

Forget all of that.

How is it that Israel is presumably committing genocide and yet, countless times, Israel has offered Hamas a deal to end the war and Hamas has rejected said deal? Time and time again. Including today.

CNN just reported that Hamas rejected the Israeli proposal for six weeks of cease-fire in Gaza, which included a demand for disarmament.

Can you name a single genocide in history that the people being killed could end in an instant and choose not to?

If Hamas wanted, this war could be over by the time I hit Publish on this post. Release the hostages and put down your weapons, and BAM, the war ends, the so-called genocide ends.

What kind of genocide can end in a second by the side being “genocided”, but they choose to not to end it?'

No Evidence of Genocide in Gaza, UK Lawyers Say in Arms Export Case.

(May 2025)

UK government lawyers, in a high court case on arms exports, stated there is no evidence of genocide in Gaza or IDF targeting of women and children. This legal stance supports that Israel’s military actions do not meet genocide criteria under international law.

No, Israel Is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza.

(Stephens, July 2025)

NYT's Stephens questions the genocide charge, noting that if Israel intended annihilation, the death toll would exceed the 60,000 reported by Hamas’s Health Ministry. Israel’s precision strikes and aid contradict genocidal intent. He attributes Gaza’s suffering to Hamas, which could end the war by surrendering, and sees the genocide label as a misapplication of a legal term.

Exposing Gaza Genocide Liars One Fact at a Time.

(Sinkinson, August 2025)

Activist refutes genocide accusations with evidence: Israel’s civilian warnings, 2 million tons of aid, and a 1.5:1 civilian-to-combatant casualty ratio (vs. 9:1 in typical urban wars). Gaza’s population has grown due to high birth rates, contradicting extermination claims. Hamas’s human shields and aid theft cause suffering, while the genocide label is a blood libel to delegitimize Israel.

'The Simple Truth About the War in Gaza'. (Hughes, August 2025)

Writer Coleman Hughes shows that in the Israel-Hamas conflict, Israel is the morally justified party, despite widespread media narratives that portray it as the aggressor. He contends that Hamas employs a deliberate strategy of maximizing Palestinian suffering to manipulate global opinion against Israel through information warfare. Western media, such as 'The New York Times', often amplify this narrative by publishing misleading or incomplete information, like images of emaciated children without context (e.g., a child with cerebral palsy presented as a starvation victim). Hughes highlights how Hamas’s tactics—such as withholding aid, using civilians as shields, and releasing propaganda videos of starving hostages like Evyatar David—are designed to pressure Israel and sway public sentiment.

Hughes acknowledges the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and criticizes some of Israel’s actions, like the temporary cutoff of aid and chaotic aid distribution, but emphasizes a moral asymmetry: Israel’s goal is to live in peace and eliminate Hamas, a group committed to war crimes and genocide against Jews, while Hamas’s strategy relies on civilian suffering to achieve its aims. He argues that blaming Israel for Gaza’s civilian death toll ignores Hamas’s role in creating those conditions.

Dismantling the "Genocide" Claim.

The accusation isnt just false but also 'absurd'. Genocide as the intentional destruction of a people, citing historical examples like the Holocaust (60% of European Jews killed), the Armenian Genocide (over 50% of Armenians), and the Rwandan Genocide (up to 80% of Tutsis). In contrast, Gaza’s reported death toll of ~60,000 (3% of its pre-war population, including ~20,000 Hamas fighters per Israel’s estimates) does not align with genocidal intent or scale. Hughes argues that if Israel intended genocide, its military capability could have caused far greater destruction, but it has not, despite having the power to do so.

He dismisses claims that Israel is restrained only by international pressure, noting that Israel is already a pariah in many circles, yet its actions focus on targeting Hamas, not annihilating Palestinians. Hughes contrasts the inflammatory rhetoric of fringe Israeli politicians with the broader Israeli policy, which seeks to neutralize Hamas, a group explicitly committed to Israel’s destruction. He concludes that the genocide accusation is a distortion fueled by Hamas’s propaganda and Western media’s credulity, urging readers to recognize the moral clarity of Israel’s defensive aims against a terrorist organization.

"Antisemitism Exposed. Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protests 'cheapen the concept of genocide,' says Jewish historian and author". (Lauren Green, Fox News, May 13, 2024)

This article by author Green, features an interview with Jewish historian and author Rick Richman (author of 'And None Shall Make Them Afraid: Eight Stories of the Modern State of Israel'). Richman argues that anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian protests, especially on college campuses, misuse and cheapen the term "genocide" by accusing Israel of committing it in Gaza following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack. He emphasizes that genocide requires intent to eliminate a people, which aligns with Hamas's charter and actions (explicitly genocidal toward Jews), not Israel's defensive response. Civilian deaths in Gaza, he says, stem from Hamas's war crime of using human shields.

Richman criticizes protesters for misinformation, ignorance of history, and caricaturing 'Zionism' as oppression rather than a legitimate national liberation movement modeled on American ideals of democracy, liberty, and freedom—contrasting it with destructive "isms" like fascism and communism. He notes historical Arab rejections of statehood opportunities (e.g., 1937, 1939, 1947 UN partition), calling the 1948 Nakba a self-inflicted tragedy. Jews, he warns, serve as a "canary in the coal mine" for broader threats from ideologies that reject dialogue and seek elimination.

"Genocide is a word that has lost all meaning since Gaza war" (Catherine Perez-Shakdam, Jerusalem Post, September 7, 2025)

Former Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society and consultant for the UNSC on Yemen, as well an expert on Iran, Terror and Islamic radicalisation, a prominent political analyst and commentator, Perez-Shakdam laments the debasement of "genocide" — a term coined by Raphael Lemkin and defined by the 1948 UN Convention as requiring deliberate intent to annihilate a group — into a casual, overused accusation against Israel in the Gaza war. She calls this "linguistic vandalism" and "moral laziness," as it equates high civilian casualties (without proven intent) to true genocides like the Holocaust, Rwanda, or Armenia, potentially encompassing Allied bombings in WWII or other conflicts.

She contrasts Israel's actions (e.g., warnings before strikes, treating Palestinians in hospitals) with Hamas's and Iran's explicit calls for Jewish/Israeli eradication, noting accusers' selective silence on the latter. This misuse, she argues, fuels antisemitism (e.g., harassment of Jews), shuts down debate, and creates moral imbalance — such as UK Parliament debating Israel far more than Sudan's famine killing half a million children. Perez-Shakdam urges precision (using terms like "war crimes" or "violations of humanitarian law" where appropriate), adherence to legal standards, and reverence for the word to preserve its power for real future genocides, without diminishing Palestinian suffering through exaggeration.

"Gaslighting Israel: How the Word Genocide Lost Its Meaning" (Julia Ben Tal Varady, Times of Israel, September 10, 2025)

Writet Tal Varady describes the application of "genocide" to Israel as a form of 'gaslighting' — a disorienting inversion where the term, historically tied to Jewish suffering (e.g., the Holocaust), is twisted and weaponized against the Jewish state and its people. She links this shift to academic influences like historian Dirk Moses's concept of "permanent security" in 'The Problems of Genocide', which reframes state policies (including Israel's existence and actions) as inherently aimed at eliminating threats through displacement or destruction, thus portraying Jewish sovereignty itself as genocidal.

This framework, she argues, delegitimizes Israel at its root, casts Palestinian resistance as endless and justified (echoing jihadist ideologies like Hamas's charter), and erases human agency by framing violence as structural inevitability. Statistics or aid arguments fail against this, as the accusation becomes existential. Varady sees it as an attack on Jewish self-naming and history, especially poignant during Elul (a time of repentance/teshuva), amid real attacks on Jews in Israel. She reflects personally on underestimating such intellectual radicalism earlier in life and calls for defending both Israeli sovereignty and the integrity of language, as both underpin Jewish safety and identity.

'Two Years of Lies'.

(Coté, October 2025)

In this impassioned essay marking the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, historian, writer Mike Coté condemns the atrocities committed and the subsequent global response. He describes the attack as an attempted antisemitic genocide, where Hamas and Gazan civilians breached Israel’s border, targeting civilians in a brutal rampage of murder, rape, torture, and kidnapping. The attack, which killed 1,200 and left 48 of 251 hostages still captive, was openly celebrated by perpetrators and their supporters worldwide.

The ongoing war, the longest in Israel’s history, persists due to Hamas’s refusal to surrender and release hostages. He highlights Hamas’s tactics, such as embedding military infrastructure in civilian areas, stealing aid, and using tunnels, which complicate Israel’s efforts to minimize civilian casualties. Despite these challenges, Coté praises Israel’s military restraint and success against Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran, rejecting claims that Israel desired the conflict.

His dominant emotion is anger at the global propaganda campaign that he believes distorts the conflict’s reality. Coté criticizes international institutions, media, and politicians for promoting false narratives of Israeli genocide, famine, and war crimes, which he sees as disrespecting true victims, including Holocaust survivors. He denounces the rise of antisemitism, fueled by both left-wing and right-wing actors, and the violence it has incited globally. Coté argues that the focus on exaggerated Gazan suffering overshadows the October 7 massacre, which he calls the only attempted genocide in this conflict.

He concludes that the moral clarity of the conflict—Hamas’s genocidal intent versus Israel’s defensive actions—is being inverted by false narratives. Coté calls for remembering the victims, the reasons for the war, and the necessity of defeating Hamas to achieve justice.

Some of Israel’s most pathologically hostile critics already tacitly admitted as much in their efforts to establish unconvincing moral equivalencies between the Gaza operation and the systematic extermination of Europe’s Jewish population.'Calling the War a ‘Genocide’ is a Blood Libel, Not Scholarship.

(Flatow, September 2025)

Activist criticizes the International Association of Genocide Scholars’ resolution accusing Israel of genocide as politically motivated, with only 30% of members voting. Genocide requires intent to destroy a group, which Israel’s actions—targeting Hamas, issuing warnings, allowing aid—do not meet. The accusation, likened to a blood libel, fuels antisemitism and protects Hamas’s genocidal intent.

Lies of Genocide Against Israel Distort Truth and Endanger Jews.

(The Focus Project, September 2025)

Activists assert that genocide accusations stigmatize Jews globally. Israel’s actions, including $473 million in aid, medical evacuations, and warnings, contradict genocidal intent. Hamas’s charter and October 7, 2023, attacks show its genocidal goals. The IAGS resolution, passed by a minority, relies on biased sources, undermining international law and fueling antisemitism.

‘People TOO STUPID To See There’s NO GENOCIDE In Gaza’.

(TalkTV, September 2025)

Kemi Badenoch warns that recognizing a Palestinian state now would reward Hamas’s terrorism. She criticizes genocide claims, pointing out Israel targets Hamas, not civilians, and the war could end if Hamas releases hostages. The genocide accusation misrepresents reality and ignores Hamas’s role in prolonging the conflict.

Battered in NY, Buoyed in DC.

(Keinon, September 2025)

Journalist notes that a U.N. report and IAGS resolution falsely accuse Israel of genocide, despite flawed evidence and biased sources. These claims gain global traction, reinforcing anti-Israel narratives. Israel’s civilian evacuations and aid contradict genocide claims, but media amplification fuels public misperception and hostility toward Israel.

There is No Genocide in Gaza Says US Ambassador to Israel.

(Channel 4, September 2025)

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee dismisses genocide claims, stating Israel could have caused greater destruction if that were its intent.

“There’s no genocide for the simple reason that if it were genocide, Israel could have accomplished that in about two and a half hours.”

Israel’s evacuations and aid are inconsistent with genocide, and responsibility for the conflict lies with Hamas.

It’s Not Israel That Should Be Charged with a Campaign of Genocide.

(Parsons, September 2025)

Attorney, author, journalist points out that genocide accusations misuse the term, defined as intentional group destruction. Israel’s warnings, aid, and peace offers show no genocidal intent, while Hamas’s charter and October 7, 2023, atrocities reveal its genocidal goals. The IAGS resolution, passed by a minority, is a biased attempt to malign Israel, diluting the meaning of genocide.

PM Netanyahu Addresses UN General Assembly.

(September 2025)

Netanyahu calls genocide accusations “ridiculous,” highlighting Israel’s civilian evacuations to safe zones, which no genocidal regime would do. He defends the war against Hamas as necessary to prevent further attacks, targeting terrorists, not civilians.

The Slow Death of the Genocide Lie – Brendan O’Neill.
(September 2025)

Noted columnist critiques the (sham) International Association of Genocide Scholars for passing a resolution accusing Israel of genocide. It mocks the group’s lack of credibility, citing spoof members and limited participation in the vote. The piece argues that the resolution ignores Hamas's role and Israeli humanitarian efforts, portraying the genocide accusation as politically driven and detached from the reality of war.

'The Genocide Lie Is Exposed'

(Rothman, October 13, 2025)

Writer Noah Rothman: 'The genocide lie was not merely a florid exaggeration meant to highlight the hardship inside war-ravaged Gaza that no one denied. It was designed to rob the Jewish people of their unique victimization in the Holocaust.

"The Abuse of the Term 'Genocide' is Appalling" by Daniel Clarke-Serret and Dave Rich

(October 2025)

The article, written by antisemitism expert Dave Rich and introduced by editor Daniel Clarke-Serret, critiques the misuse of the term "genocide" in relation to Israel’s military actions in Gaza, focusing on a flawed UN report. Published in the wake of an Islamist terror attack on a Manchester synagogue during Yom Kippur, the piece connects the inflammatory "genocide" narrative to rising antisemitism and violence against Jewish communities in the UK and beyond

The piece points out that the "genocide" accusation against Israel is a politically motivated distortion, lacking legal grounding and ignoring the complexities of the Gaza conflict. This narrative not only misrepresents the situation but also incites antisemitism, endangering Jewish communities and undermining prospects for peace.

Mosab Hassan Yousef — the son of a Hamas founder — says, when people shout “Israel is committing genocide”, they’re repeating Hamas’s biggest lie.

(Oct 5, 2025).

That the accusations of genocide against Israel are a reversal of reality: 'Hamas committed genocide (or attempted it) on October 7th', but lacked the power to continue. In response, Israel's actions amid the chaos and disorder in Gaza—described as the true essence of "Intifada"—are tragic but necessary. Humanitarian aid is abundant on the ground yet spoils undelivered due to Hamas's deliberate destabilization efforts, leaving the world with no option but to yield to Hamas's demands. This framing positions the conflict's hardships as a direct result of Hamas's tactics, not Israeli policy.

The genocide lie: What is really happening in Gaza. Repeating a falsehood again and again doesn’t make it true.

(Phillips, Nov 3, 2025)

Activist M. Phillips points out that accusations are false and misleading. It asserts that Israel's military actions following Hamas's October 7, 2023, attacks are aimed at dismantling the terrorist group, not destroying the Palestinian people, which lacks the intent required under the 1948 Genocide Convention.

Key points include:

- Hamas, elected in 2006 and supported by many Gazans, is a legitimate military target due to its history of attacks and use of civilians as human shields.

- Gaza is self-governing, not occupied, and its population has decreased by about 6% since the war began, largely due to evacuations and displacements rather than extermination.

- Casualty figures from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry are unreliable propaganda, often inflating numbers and not distinguishing combatants from civilians.

- Israel has facilitated evacuations (e.g., over 100,000 to Egypt, thousands to third countries) and issued warnings to civilians, actions inconsistent with genocide.

- The article criticizes Hamas for embedding in civilian areas to exploit media and international sympathy, and condemns the "genocide" label as distorting law, insulting Holocaust victims, and enabling terrorism.

- It concludes that the conflict is a war provoked by Hamas, and lasting peace requires Gazans to reject the group rather than blaming Israel.

Debunking the "Genocidal Intent" Claim – Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem.

It (Sep 2025) disputes the interpretation of statements made by Israeli officials as evidence of genocidal intent. It accuses critics of twisting and fabricating quotes—particularly those of Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant—to falsely attribute genocidal motivation. The post emphasizes that these officials were referring to Hamas, not all Arab Palestinians, and that claims of genocidal intent are baseless and dishonest.

After the ceasefire:

Belgian philosopher, Maarten Boudry's essay: "They Don’t Believe It Either: The Gaza Genocide as Ideological Performance" (Oct 21, 2025), points out that accusations of "genocide" lack evidence and function as an ideological performance on the left, similar to the "stolen election" claim on the American right.

Section I: Misinterpretations of Israeli Statements.

In the first section, Boudry examines alleged genocidal rhetoric by Israeli officials. He debunks the claim that Netanyahu's reference to "Amalek" was a call for Palestinian annihilation, noting it comes from Deuteronomy recalling an ancient ambush and serves as a Jewish cultural motif for remembering persecution—appearing on Holocaust memorials in The Hague and Yad Vashem. Critics persist in this interpretation despite corrections.

Boudry cites other distortions:

- Selective editing of Yoav Gallant's speech to omit references to eliminating Hamas

- Misattributing "human animals" to Palestinians rather than Hamas

- Fabricated or mistranslated threats

- Omitting clarifying remarks by President Herzog affirming innocent Palestinians are not targets and expressing regret for their suffering

He notes that abhorrent statements by fringe Israeli figures lack decision-making power and do not establish intent, unlike explicit chains of command required for genocide.

Section II: Lack of Evidence on the Ground.

In the second section, Boudry argues there is no evidence of genocidal intent in IDF actions. Israel's measures—such as evacuation warnings, humanitarian aid deliveries, pauses, polio vaccinations, and AI for minimizing civilian harm—are inconsistent with extermination goals. Casualties, per Hamas figures, are predominantly fighting-age males, and Israel sacrificed soldiers in ground operations to avoid indiscriminate bombing.

High civilian tolls stem from Hamas's strategy of using human shields, embedding in civilian sites, and soliciting casualties for propaganda, while building tunnels only for fighters. Boudry acknowledges Israeli errors, like aid blockades and mismanagement leading to chaos, but maintains these do not meet the UN genocide definition requiring intent to destroy a group.

He contrasts this with Allied WWII bombings, which were more brutal yet not labeled genocide, and identifies Hamas as the only party with genocidal aims in its charter.

Section III: Ideological Explanation.

In the third section, Boudry attributes persistent accusations—despite fabrications, population growth contradicting genocide claims, and reactions opposing peace proposals or refugee openings—to performative ideology rather than sincere belief. Accusers twist evidence to signal allegiance within progressive circles, inverting Holocaust narratives and applying settler-colonial theory that deems Israel's existence inherently genocidal .

This has become a shibboleth, suppressing dissent in academia and institutions.

Amb. Nikki Haley : "America Must Expose the Dangerous Falsehoods about Israel."

Snippet:

Surging antisemitism is among the most disturbing trends in our national life and around the world. But where is the corresponding defense of the truth about the Jewish people and the Jewish State of Israel?
There is an urgent need for elected officials to confront antisemitic falsehoods and declare without fear that America is right to stand with Israel for the sake of our own national security and theirs. Enemies of Israel loudly shout about its "occupation." In fact, not a single Israeli soldier or civilian was in Gaza after 2005. That's nearly 20 years of Palestinian governance with zero Israeli presence. Israel's actions in the Gaza War are denounced as genocide.
In fact, in the history of modern warfare, no army has taken more steps to avoid civilian casualties than Israel's has. Its troops have been killed because Israel has tried to save the civilians whom the terrorists hide behind. Worldwide protests against Israel began on Oct. 8, 2023. That's one day after Hamas invaded Israel and massacred over 1,200 innocent men, women and children, including 46 Americans, and took 254 hostages, including 12 Americans. These protests weren't in response to Israeli actions in Gaza. There hadn't been any yet. In reality, the cries of "occupation" are about the antisemitic belief that there should be no Jewish state whatsoever.
The criticism of Israel is a plain attempt to defame and delegitimize the country to promote its extinction. Israel is a military and intelligence juggernaut in a strategically vital region of the world. When America supports Israel, we are directly investing in the protection of our own citizens. Israel is fighting enemies that seek our destruction too. When we sell weapons to Israel, we spare our own troops from being sent into harm's way. The writer was U.S. ambassador to the UN.

Finally, writer sums up the conclusion:

'Closing the Book on ‘Genocide,’ ‘Deliberate Starvation’ and other Modern Libels':

No one’s having more trouble accepting the possibility of peace than the United Nations.

While Gazans are finishing school, opening cafes, and posting photos of their full chicken dinners, one UN agency is still banging the drum of “acute malnutrition”—this as the crossings are open and the aid is flowing. UN relief coordinator Tom Fletcher, the source of the “14,000 dead babies in 48 hours” lie—one of the more dangerous and consequential hoaxes of the war—is meeting with the Irish government, which has itself achieved a previously unimagined level of irrelevance. And the International Court of Justice, the UN’s pretend world court, is issuing new demands of Israel to give Hamas-adjacent UN activists more access in Gaza.

All of it is meaningless, of course, having long been overtaken by events. Palestinian social media is currently the UN’s worst nightmare: Gazans with big smiles and full bellies. As John Lennon and Yoko Ono famously said, war is over if you want it. It’s just that the UN doesn’t want it.

Thankfully, nobody cares what the UN wants. But it’s worth examining why the UN is so angry that the war has ceased and Palestinian lives are improving.

One reason is that the war’s end makes it possible to start compiling definitive statistics. And those statistics make it crystal clear that UN-affiliated agencies and their partner NGOs have conducted large-scale fraud, the blast radius of which has incinerated the credibility of much of Western academic and “humanitarian” institutions.

Let’s start with food. Salo Aizenberg—who probably deserves some sort of medal for his painstaking work compiling the true statistical toll of the war—pointed out this week that the UN-backed IPC declared a Gaza famine in August, and that we can now check the numbers against the prediction and verify exactly what the IPC got wrong.

Between the famine declaration and the cease-fire, there should have been 10,143 famine deaths in Gaza. Using Hamas’s own numbers of such deaths—which are obviously not undercounted—the total famine deaths in that period was 192.

That means the IPC predicted about 10,000 famine deaths and was short by about 10,000. The IPC is now at Candace Owens’s level of credibility and statistical reliability.

There was no famine. That’s not an opinion, it’s an indisputable fact. Also indisputable is that there was no near-famine. It wasn’t a close call.

That, by the way, is good news. Although the anti-Israel activist world was hoping for mass starvation, those of us who aren’t monsters are very happy that there was no famine in Gaza. Pay attention to those who dispute this and those who show their disappointment.

Then there is the main event: the accusation of “genocide.” While this has been debunked again and again and again throughout the war—to the extent that anyone accusing Israel of genocide has disqualified themselves from legitimate debate over matters of war and peace—now that there is a cease-fire, we can work with steady numbers.

Aizenberg noted in September that using Hamas’s own statistics, and subtracting natural deaths and fatalities caused by munitions fired by Gazan combatants, one gets a total of about 33,000 civilian casualties. The widely accepted number of combatant casualties is at about 25,000.

Every one of those 33,000 civilian casualties is a tragedy and a testament to the effectiveness and ruthlessness of Hamas’s human-shield strategy. That number also means that there are fewer than 1.5 civilian deaths for each combatant war death, an almost unheard-of level of care for civilians by the Israeli army.

Again, these are the numbers. A genocide didn’t happen—that we knew a long time ago. But it is now clear that there is no plausible case that Israel used excessive force against civilians or targeted noncombatants. The opposite is true: In pursuing Hamas, Israeli soldiers sacrificed their own lives to protect civilians. This is not an interpretation of some contextless video floating around social media; this is established fact…

And Aizenberg:

No, Gaza Is Not the Worst or Deadliest War by Any Measure.

A recurring claim pushed by anti-Israel activists and critics is that the Gaza war is a uniquely lethal and catastrophic conflict. They cite statistics such as total fatalities, casualty rates, the number or proportion of women and children killed, and the scale of destruction, often limiting the comparison to “the 21st century.” The aim is to depict Israel’s conduct as inherently criminal and to reinforce the false allegation of genocide by insisting that nothing in modern warfare compares. War is horrific and Gaza’s losses are tragic, but tragedy does not transform a conventional urban conflict into an unprecedented event. When these claims are examined against actual historical data, every one of them collapses. Gaza is not unprecedented, not the “worst,” and not an outlier in modern warfare, even this century. These claims depend on selective statistics, misrepresentation and a refusal to acknowledge far deadlier conflicts. This article dismantles the main arguments, though no one should expect those invested in this narrative to suddenly start telling the truth.

False Claim: Gaza is the "Most Deadly" War.

Claims that Gaza is the most deadly war of this century are demonstrably false. The Tigray War in Ethiopia, fought from November 2020 to November 2022, killed an estimated 800,000 people in two years. Every metric of displacement, starvation and civilian suffering in Tigray far exceeded anything in Gaza, even using Hamas's unreliable statistics.

The Syrian Civil War from 2011 to 2019 saw roughly 620,000 deaths. It could be even higher after mass graves were found this year near Damascus. The Syrian Network for Human Rights documented 30,600 children killed out of a subset of 234,000 fatalities, far surpassing Gaza’s child fatality numbers. Other deadlier conflicts this century include the Yemeni Civil War with 377,000 deaths and the South Sudan Civil War with 190,000 direct fatalities plus 193,000 more from famine.

Nothing compares to the Second Congo War from 1998 to 2003 in terms of total fatalities or rate of death. The war caused an estimated 5.4 million deaths, averaging 75,000 per month.
A 2008 report in The New York Times noted that even after the war ended, 45,000 people were still dying each month from the effects of the war.

There is also a current conflict far deadlier than Gaza: the Sudanese Civil War that began in April 2023, with an estimated 400,000 fatalities, 12 million displaced people and 25 million facing extreme hunger. Despite producing human suffering on a vastly larger scale, it receives almost no attention from the same “experts,” NGOs and humanitarians who claim Gaza represents a uniquely catastrophic event.

False Claim: Gaza has the Highest Percentage of a Population Killed.

Haaretz journalist Nir Hasson claimed that no war has seen 3% of its population killed within two years based on Hamas’s assertion that 70,000 Gazans have died out of a 2.1 million pre-war population. Setting aside that roughly 25,000 of these are combatants, Hasson is simply wrong, both for this century and the last.

The brutal three-month battle for Mariupol in 2022 offers a stark and recent benchmark that immediately disproves claims of Gaza’s unprecedented casualty rates. Ukrainian authorities initially estimated 25,000 civilian deaths, but an AP report suggested the real figure may be 75,000. With a pre-war population of 430,000, the lower estimate equals 6% of the city killed, while the higher estimate exceeds 17%, both far greater than Gaza. Critics may argue that Mariupol is just one city, not all of Ukraine, but Gaza is also just one territory where Palestinians live, with 3 million in the West Bank. But even setting Mariupol aside, many conflicts have exceeded the 3% threshold.

The Korean War was extraordinarily deadly. South Korea lost an estimated 1.3 million people out of a pre-war population of 20 million, a loss rate of 6.5%. North Korea’s losses were even more severe, with estimates ranging from 12%-15% of the total population killed. Other modern conflicts produced similarly devastating percentages. The Biafran War in Nigeria (1967–1970) saw about 4% of the population killed in direct fighting, and 15% when including deaths from the actual famine that occurred. Separately, under the Khmer Rouge and during the war with Vietnam (1975–1979), Cambodia lost 2 million people, more than 20% of its population. There are many additional examples, but the point is clear: Gaza is not even close to breaking statistical ground.

False Claim: Gaza has Highest Percentage of Women & Children Killed.

Claims that Gaza has seen the highest percentage of women and children killed, about 48% according to Hamas' latest figures, are also false. Recent conflicts show higher rates. The challenge is that in the deadliest wars reliable demographic data is generally unavailable, but where data does exist it contradicts the Gaza narrative.

In the Tigray War, a study of airstrikes across 24 districts found that approximately 28% of casualties were children and 30% were women, a combined 58%. A study of mortality from the Battle of Mosul, fought by US-led coalition and Iraqi forces against ISIS from 2016 to 2017, recorded that more than 54% of those killed were women and children. One does not need to reach back to obscure cases or actual genocides to find higher rates; a recent, well-documented battle involving Western militaries surpasses Gaza’s claims. Similar results appeared in the Battle of Raqqa. Among roughly 1,000 identified deaths, 51% were women and children, including 28% children.

The Battles of Mosul and Raqqa are particularly relevant comparisons to Gaza because each involved dense urban warfare against a terrorist force embedded within a civilian population. These battles were not labeled genocide or unprecedented crimes, but recognized as the harsh reality of urban combat against an enemy that used human shields. ISIS also did not have seventeen years to construct a 1,000-kilometer tunnel system, making the IDF’s results in Gaza even more consistent with the norms of Western warfare in unusually difficult circumstances.

False Claim: Gaza has Unprecedented Physical Destruction.

The destruction in Gaza is often cited as prima facie proof of genocide, with commentators insisting that such damage cannot result from lawful warfare. This claim ignores the extensive record of modern urban battles that produced equal or greater devastation. Gaza is severe but typical of high-intensity urban combat, not evidence of genocidal intent.
UNCTAD’s November 2025 report estimates that 70% of Gaza was damaged or destroyed. Certain areas remain mostly intact. Importantly, if 3% of Gazans were killed, including combatants, then the massive gap between the percentage of physical destruction and fatalities reflects highly successful evacuations by Israel, not an effort to exterminate a population.

Raqqa and Mosul demonstrate this clearly. Raqqa was assessed as nearly completely destroyed, with one estimate finding 80% of buildings uninhabitable.
A RAND study described the battle in ways that closely mirror Gaza, and UNOSAT imagery shows virtually the entire city destroyed or heavily damaged. ISIS had tunneled between buildings, rigged the city with explosives, concealed streets from aerial surveillance and used civilians as shields—the same conditions faced by the IDF.

Mosul suffered comparable devastation, particularly in the western and Old City districts, with destruction estimated at more than 80%.
A World Bank assessment of Iraqi cities after the war with ISIS found destruction levels of 94% in Bayji and 96% in Al-Ba’aj, with destruction and damage across sixteen governorates, an area far larger than Gaza, averaging 59%.

Outside the Middle East, the five-month Battle of Marawi in the Philippines in 2017 between government forces and 1,000 Islamic State militants caused massive destruction in a city of 200,000 people. Civilian casualties remained low due to effective evacuations, yet in a large area more than 95% of structures were destroyed or damaged. As a Stimson Center report noted, “Marawi thus illustrates that even when casualties are low and a population is evacuated, damage to infrastructure can still severely impact both the city’s people and those of surrounding areas.”

Mariupol further reinforces the point. The city, spanning 166 square kilometers (nearly half the size of Gaza), saw destruction or damage across almost its entire urban area.

True Statistic: Gaza has a Comparatively Low Civilian-Combatant Ratio.

Based on available data, the civilian to combatant ratio in Gaza is roughly 1.8 to 1 (and probably even lower), using Hamas’ claim of 70,000 total fatalities and an estimated 25,000 combatants killed. This ratio is far lower than in recent Western-led urban battles.
In Mosul, an estimated 10,000 civilians were killed compared to about 2,000 to 3,000 ISIS fighters, a ratio of 3 to 1 at the low end. Broader operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have produced ratios in the range of 3 to 1 up to 5 to 1. The Gaza ratio therefore contradicts accusations of genocide or indiscriminate targeting.

Critics who cannot accept this reality have attempted to manipulate both sides of the ratio to fabricate a higher figure. On the denominator, they undercount combatants by relying only on the number of fighters the IDF can literally identify by first and last name and match to a pre-war roster. By this absurd standard, any combatant the IDF could not fully identify in the midst of battle, combatants remaining in tunnels or beneath rubble, or any individual recruited by Hamas after the war began, is automatically labeled a civilian. This is how the false claim of “83% civilians killed” is manufactured.

On the numerator, these same critics assert, without evidence, that total fatalities are undercounted by some 40%. They never explain how this is possible when Gazans could and did report thousands of deaths without needing to present bodies, and given the compensation incentives to do so.

Two years into the conflict, the notion that thirty thousand or more deaths remain unreported by their families has no evidentiary basis.

Taken together, the credible data leaves Gaza’s civilian combatant ratio well under 2 to 1, low for high-intensity urban warfare. And tellingly, when this metric contradicts their genocide narrative, the same critics who inflated every other statistic suddenly work to discredit it, proving that accurate numbers were never the point; the manipulation exists solely to promote an anti-Israel agenda.

Conclusion.

When the facts invalidate the claims, the predictable response is to move the goalposts. After portraying Gaza as an unprecedented, genocidal conflict, critics suddenly dismiss all comparative evidence, insisting that previous catastrophic wars are too terrible to cite as data points. The impulse to portray Israel as uniquely criminal, rather than any commitment to truth, drives this constant reframing. It exposes the ideological goal driving the narrative: to cast Israel as uniquely criminal, even when the evidence shows otherwise. In the end, tragedy does not prove genocide, and facts still matter, even to those determined to ignore them.

"Describing Israel-Gaza war as ‘genocide’ trivialises term."

Britain's Chief Rabbi, Sir Ephraim Mirvis, has strongly criticized the use of the term "genocide" to describe Israel's military actions in Gaza, ppinting out that it trivializes and diminishes one of humanity's gravest crimes by turning it into a casual political insult.

In an article published 'The Telegraph' on January 10, 2026 (with coverage following on January 11), Rabbi Mirvis stated that the accusation is now made too readily, often driven by hostility toward the Jewish state or a sincere wish to end the suffering in the conflict. However, he emphasized that regardless of motivation, the result is the same: the term is invoked casually without proper regard for its weight.

He highlighted the 'legal definition of genocide', which requires specific 'intent' to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. Rabbi Mirvis argued that this intent is absent in Israel's case, pointing out that "the clearest evidence that Israel did not intend to destroy the people of Gaza is that it did not in fact do so." He drew a comparison to the Allied strategic bombing of Nazi Germany, which caused massive civilian deaths but is not classified as genocide due to lacking genocidal intent.

The Chief Rabbi reminded, the war was one that 'Israel did not seek or start', with its objectives limited to returning hostages and disarming 'Hamas' — a group whose charter calls for Israel's destruction. He noted: "If Hamas lays down its arms, there will be no fighting and no suffering. If Israel were to lay down its arms, there would be no Israel."

While acknowledging the 'tragic suffering of Palestinians' in Gaza — stating that "no decent person could fail to be moved by it or wish to see its end" — he asserted there is no evidence of systematic massacres, mass executions, or targeted civilian killings as official policy.

Rabbi Mirvis also criticized some human rights organizations for what he called a "troubling moral deceit" in misappropriating and expanding the term. He warned that the overuse of "genocide" in this context harms the concept itself, leaving diminished language for genuine cases such as those affecting the 'Rohingya', 'Uyghurs', or victims in 'West Darfur'.

In conclusion, he reminds tjat the accusation as a "moral inversion" that undermines not only Israelis and Palestinians but "the very idea of human rights itself." This position echoes similar statements he has made in the past on the topic, but the January 2026 article represents his most recent intervention amid ongoing debates.

"Genocide Lie Enthusiasts Mourn the Collapse of the Genocide Lie" by Noah Rothman (National Review, December 23, 2025):

Columnist points out that persistent accusations of Israeli genocide in Gaza have been undermined by emerging on-the-ground reporting from Western journalists now accessing the area after major combat operations. He highlights a critique by [Qatar linked propaganda] ''Middle East Eye'' contributor Hamza Yusuf, who accuses British broadcasters (BBC, Sky News, and ITV) of distorting reality by framing Israel's actions as targeted military operations against terrorists rather than systematic ethnic cleansing or mass slaughter. Yusuf complains that these outlets quote Israeli officials claiming their goal is to combat terrorists hiding in civilian infrastructure, contextualize the conflict as complex warfare started by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and fail to aggressively pursue claims of genocidal intent or ceasefire violations by Israel alone.

Rothman points out that Yusuf ignores Hamas's own ceasefire breaches, including its failure to return the final hostage body, which has stalled President Trump's ceasefire deal. He notes that a UN Security Council resolution legitimized Israel's military presence in Gaza, rendering some activist talking points obsolete. Additionally, Rothman discusses the UN's Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, which recently confirmed that famine conditions in Gaza have abated, with no actual famine materializing despite earlier "imminent" warnings. He criticizes the IPC for overlooking Hamas's hoarding of aid, UN-affiliated partners' issues, and massive humanitarian assistance delivered by Israel, while never mentioning Hamas in its latest report.

Overall, Rothman exposes anti-Israel activists as experiencing cognitive dissonance, clinging to preconceived notions of genocide despite lacking evidence and now facing journalistic accounts and data that contradict their narrative. He suggests they attribute this shift to media corruption rather than accepting the facts.

Journalist, diplomat: "Antizionism = Hate" (Gochin, G. A., December 25, 2025)

Journalist identifies that criticism of Israel has evolved beyond legitimate political discourse into an irrational "antizionist hate movement" rooted in ancient antisemitic tropes, which denies Jewish indigenous rights and sovereignty while inverting victims and perpetrators. He deconstructs eight common accusations against Israel as baseless lies designed to delegitimize the Jewish state.

Key accusations addressed include:

- 'Apartheid': Israel differentiates rights by citizenship, not race; Arab citizens (20% of population) have full rights, including Knesset representation and judicial roles (e.g., an Arab justice convicting a Jewish president).

- 'Genocide': No intent or population decline exists; Palestinian numbers have grown dramatically from ~1.4 million in 1948 to over 15 million globally by 2025.

- 'Pinkwashing': Accusing Israel of using LGBTQ+ rights to distract from alleged wrongs is itself hateful, as Israel protects these rights while neighboring regimes execute gay people.

- 'Manufactured catastrophes': False claims like Israel opening nonexistent dams to flood Gaza (retracted by Al Jazeera in 2015).

- 'Animal espionage': Absurd accusations of using sharks, vultures, or dolphins as spies, ignoring Israel's advanced technology.

- 'Tokenism/self-hatred': Using fringe Jewish voices to claim "antizionism isn't antisemitism," often involving psychological issues.

- 'Famine blood libel': No famine occurred; December 2025 IPC data shows no famine classification, with malnutrition rates well below thresholds, despite aid delivery.

Gochin draws parallels to historical antisemitism (e.g., Black Death well-poisoning libels) and details Lithuania's state-sponsored Holocaust distortion as a modern blueprint for inversion—rehabilitating local murderers as heroes while casting perpetrators as victims—which he sees replicated in anti-Israel propaganda through NGOs and academia.

He concludes that antizionism is pure racism, targeting Jewish existence uniquely among nations, and reflects eternal patterns of projecting societal anxieties onto Jews. Proponents should be dismissed as bigots unless proven otherwise.

[Note that there is genuine anti-Zionism among certain sections of ultra-Orthodox Jews. Haredim, who overwhelmingly avoid serving in the IDF, are targeted by racist-Arab Islamic-bigotry terror just as much as other Jews. Yet the facts show that anti-Zionism outside these communities is overwhelmingly driven by pure hatred].

The Danger of Equating Genocide With Gaza.

Let’s be clear: civilians are dying in Gaza.

That is tragic. But tragedy is not genocide. The difference lies in intent, context, and fact. Hamas wants genocide. Israel does not. That distinction defines the moral landscape of this war. The genocide accusation is not a defense of Palestinian lives. It’s a weapon against Jewish sovereignty. And the world should recognize it for what it is—a lie.

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Notes

1. 'Pogroms in Palestine before the creation of the state of Israel (1830-1948)'. Georges Bensoussan, 'Fondapol'.

April 2024.

[https://www.fondapol.org/en/study/pogroms-in-palestine-before-the-creation-of-the-state-of-israel-1830-1948/]

2. 'Attacking Israel with the genocide lie'.

By dallasnews Administrator. 'Dallas News' July 16, 2014.

[https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2014/07/17/attacking-israel-with-the-genocide-lie/]

3. 'The genocide lie: Why do Israel’s critics keep repeating it?'

James Sinkinson, 'JNS', November 23, 2021.

[https://www.jns.org/the-genocide-lie-why-do-israels-critics-keep-repeating-it/]

4. 'The groundwork is being laid to accuse Israel of genocide (update)'.

EoZ, April 03, 2023.

[https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-groundwork-is-being-laid-to-accuse.html]

5. 'NGO Atrocity Inversion: False Accusations of Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing to Distract from Hamas Massacre'.

'NGO Monitor'. October 23, 2023

[https://ngo-monitor.org/reports/false-accusations-genocide-and-ethnic-cleansing/]

6. (US rejects the "genocide" claim).

* 'Austin: No proof Israel is committing genocide'. 'Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)', April 9, 2024. [https://www.jns.org/austin-no-proof-israel-committing-genocide/]

* 'White House sees no genocide in Gaza'. 'Reuters' Videos. Updated Mon, May 13, 2024.

[https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-sees-no-genocide-015411552.html]; 'Biden Declares Israel’s Military Operation in Gaza ‘Is Not Genocide’'.

'The New York Times', May 20, 2024.

[https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/20/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas-rafah]

* Schneider, Elena; Haberkorn, Jennifer; Stokols, Eli. 'Biden: What's happening in Gaza 'is not genocide''. 'Politico. May 20, 2024.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20250115004944/https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/20/biden-gaza-not-genocide-israel-00159020]

* 'Kamala Harris: What She’s Said About Israel-Hamas War'. 'Newsweek', July 22, 2024.

"Harris' office made clear she disagreed with the characterization of Israel's actions as a genocide".

[https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-israel-hamas-war-gaza-statements-foreign-policy-1928566]

* ' 'Not genocide': Biden rejects anti-Israel claims". 'JNS', Oct 7, 2024.

“Contrary to allegations against Israel made by the International Court of Justice, what's happening is not genocide,” Biden said on Monday.

[https://www.jns.org/not-genocide-biden-rejects-anti-israel-claims/]

* 'White House’s Kirby: No genocide in Gaza even though civilian toll is ‘unacceptably high’'.

Jacob Magid, 'Times of Israel', January 8, 2025.

[https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/white-houses-kirby-no-genocide-in-gaza-even-though-civilian-toll-is-unacceptably-high/]

* ' ‘They’re in a war there’: Trump rejects claims of genocide in Gaza'. 'The JC', August 4, 2025.

[https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/trump-no-genocide-gaza-ia35ifye]

7. 'Canada rejects genocide allegation made against Israel'. 'Toronto Star', January 12, 2024. [https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/justin-trudeau-breaks-silence-over-canadas-position-on-israel-genocide-allegations/article_613ade0a-b16b-11ee-b3e1-4b98cc95f239.html]

8. (Germany rejects the "genocide" claim).'

* Germany Rejects UN ’Genocide’ Charge Against Israel'. 'AFP via Barron’s', January 12, 2024. [https://www.barrons.com/news/germany-rejects-un-genocide-charge-against-israel-6af01195]; 'Gaza, German Economy Minister Habeck: "Israel is not committing genocide"'.

“Whoever would like to do it is Hamas”.

'Agenzia Nova', January 11, 2024.

[https://www.agenzianova.com/en/news/gaza-il-ministro-delleconomia-tedesco-habeck-israele-non-commette-genocidio/]

* 'German Chancellor: Israel’s actions in Gaza do not amount to genocide.'

Elad Benari. 'Israel National News', Sep 19, 2025.

[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/415177]; 'Merz: Germany still to decide whether to back sanctions on Israel'. 'Reuters', 'Jerusalem Post Staff', September 18, 2025. "Merz said Israel's actions in Gaza were not proportional to its stated goals, but said Germany did not share the view that the actions amounted to genocide."

[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-868041]

9. 'France Rejects Genocide Accusations Against Israel in Gaza'. 'New York Times', January 17, 2024. [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/world/middleeast/france-israel-genocide-gaza.html]

10. (UK rejects the "genocide" claim).

* 'UK says it has 'considerable concerns' about ICJ ruling, rejects genocide accusation'. The 'Times of Israel'. January 27, 2024.

[https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-says-it-has-considerable-concerns-about-icj-ruling-rejects-genocide-accusation/]

* ’UK Government Rejects Determination of Israeli ’Genocide’ in Gaza,’ 'Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)', September 11, 2025. [https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/09/11/uk-government-rejects-determination-of-israeli-genocide-in-gaza/]

11. 'Israel has hit civilians in Gaza but no genocide - Tajani'. 'Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata'. January 11, 2024.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20241228130536/https://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2024/01/11/israel-has-hit-civilians-in-gaza-but-no-genocide-tajani_05247bb7-3385-42c9-a907-565bdba33c12.html];

'No genocide in Gaza says Tajani'. Abnase. December 5, 2024.

[https://abnase.com/no-genocide-in-gaza-says-tajani/]

12. Austria's Strategic Neutrality, A Conversation with the Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer'.

'Groupe d'études géopolitiques'. April 8, 2024. [https://geopolitique.eu/en/2024/04/08/austrias-strategic-neutrality-a-conversation-with-the-federal-chancellor-karl-nehammer/]

13. 'Poland's new envoy rejects Gaza genocide claims, says democracies must back Israel'.

The 'Times of Israel', October 31, 2024

[https://www.timesofisrael.com/polands-new-envoy-rejects-gaza-genocide-claims-says-democracies-must-back-israel/]

14. 'Statement of Czechia on the UN resolution regarding the situation in Gaza - Explanation of Vote.' 'Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.

Stated by Ambassador to the United Nations, Jakub Kulhánek, on May 10, 2024.

[https://mzv.gov.cz/jnp/en/issues_and_press/mfa_statements/statement_of_czechia_on_the_un.mobi]

15. 'Hungarian FM to 'Post': Genocide claim at ICJ is nonsense, we back Israel.' Tova Lazaroff, 'The Jerusalem Post', January 26, 2025.

[https://www.jpost.com/international/article-783796]

16. 'Belgian PM rejects ‘genocide’ claim, cautions against recognizing Palestinian state'.

Canaan Lidor, 'JNS', May 1, 2025.

[https://www.jns.org/belgian-pm-rejects-genocide-claim-cautions-against-recognizing-palestinian-state/]

17. (EU VS Spanish Socialist Workers' Party's Ribera):

'EU Commission rejects VP Ribera’s remark that Israel’s Gaza war is genocide'

By Elena Giordano.l, 'Politico', September 5, 2025.

“It’s not up to the Commission to judge on this question and definition, but really for the courts,” says chief spokesperson.

[https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-commission-rejects-vice-president-ribera-genocide-remarks-israel-gaza/]; 'Why is the EU mostly silent on South Africa's genocide[sic] case against Israel?' 'Euronews'. January 12, 2024.[https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/01/12/where-do-eu-countries-stand-on-south-africas-genocide-case-against-israel]

18. 'Australian minister rejects “premise” of genocide in Gaza'. 'Newscop', January 17, 2024.

[https://newscop.com.au/2024/01/17/australian-minister-rejects-premise-of-genocide-in-gaza/]

19. 'Claudia Sheinbaum anuncia dos decretos para maestros y se niega a repudiar el genocidio en Gaza'. 'La Izquierda Diario'. June 23, 2025.

[https://www.laizquierdadiario.com/Claudia-Sheinbaum-anuncia-dos-decretos-para-maestros-y-se-niega-a-repudiar-el-genocidio-en-Gaza]

20. Milei: Israel não está cometendo excessos | CNN PRIME TIME.

CNN Brasil. Apr 1, 2024.

"Em uma entrevista à CNN, o presidente argentino, Javier Milei, criticou as declarações do presidente Lula sobre o conflito em Gaza. Milei disse que os socialistas têm dois pesos e duas medidas."

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4ELcte_CCE]

21. 'Paraguay rejects accusations presented against Israel at the International Court of Justice'. Agencia de Información Paraguaya. January 10, 2024.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20241228130538/https://www.ip.gov.py/ip/2024/01/10/paraguay-rejects-accusations-presented-against-israel-at-the-international-court-of-justice/]

22. 'El canciller Paganini negó que haya un holocausto[sic] en Palestina y reiteró que Uruguay está a favor de la paz.'

'Radio Monte Carlo'. February 1, 2024.

[https://www.radiomontecarlo.com.uy/2024/02/01/nacionales/embajadora-de-palestina-se-reunio-con-el-canciller-omar-paganini-para-conversar-sobre-la-situacion-en-la-franja-de-gaza/]; 'Uruguayan gov't says Israel entitled to self-defense.' 'Marco Press', October 8, 2024. [https://en.mercopress.com/2024/10/08/uruguayan-gov-t-says-israel-entitled-to-self-defense]

23. 'Guatemala gov't issues statement rejecting South Africa's genocide claims'.

The 'Jerusalem Post'. January 9, 2024.

[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-781345]

24. Salo Aizenberg, 'A strong consensus has formed: there is no genocide in Gaza'. 'X (formerly Twitter)', May 20, 2025. [https://x.com/Aizenberg55/status/1924827781449322924]

25. Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, 'International law scholar: There is no genocide in Gaza'. 'Jerusalem Post', July 28, 2025. [https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-862339]

26. '5 Reasons Why the Events in Gaza Are Not ’Genocide’'. 'American Jewish Committee (AJC)', July 22, 2025. [https://www.ajc.org/news/5-reasons-why-the-events-in-gaza-are-not-genocide]

27. Jeremy Sharon, Jacob Magid, and ToI Staff, 'Predetermined conclusions: Amnesty Israel workers slam parent group’s ’genocide’ charge'. 'Times of Israel', December 5, 2024. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/predetermined-conclusions-amnesty-israel-workers-slam-parent-groups-genocide-charge/]

28. 'Yad Vashem rejects genocide allegation against Israel'. 'JNS via Columbus Jewish News', July 28, 2025. [https://www.columbusjewishnews.com/jns/yad-vashem-rejects-genocide-allegation-against-israel/article_5e806ad9-0b74-5f07-8e22-19d527b91ab5.html]

29. Bernard-Henri Lévy, 'There Is No ’Genocide’ in Gaza'. 'New York Sun', November 21, 2024. [https://bernard-henri-levy.com/en/there-is-no-genocide-in-gaza/]

30. 'There is no starvation in Gaza caused by Israel, Hamas at fault: Consul general'. 'NewsNation', July 29, 2025. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VMLWiktY1g]

31. Charlie Kirk, 'No, Israel is NOT Starving Gazans: Debunking the Latest Propaganda Attacks Against Israel'. 'Facebook Video', July 28, 2025. [https://www.facebook.com/realCharlieKirk/videos/no-israel-is-not-starving-gazans-debunking-the-latest-propaganda-attacks-against/679765591775249/]

32. 'Aboriginal Australians go to bat for Israel'.

Rolene Marks, 'JNS', June 10, 2025

[https://www.jns.org/aboriginal-australians-go-to-bat-for-israel/]

33. Dennis Prager, 'The word ’genocide’ is losing its meaning'. 'Facebook', May 31, 2025. [https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1254178386065615&id=100044203970872]

34. Alan Dershowitz, 'Why ’Gaza genocide’ claims equal Holocaust denial'. 'New York Post', July 15, 2025. [https://nypost.com/2025/07/15/opinion/why-gaza-genocide-claims-equal-holocaust-denial/]

35. Maïa de La Baume, 'There is no clear intent to commit genocide in Gaza, top international law expert says'. 'Euro News', August 1, 2025. [https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/08/01/there-is-no-clear-intent-to-commit-genocide-in-gaza-top-international-law-expert-says]

36. 'New study debunks Gaza genocide claims, finds flaws in UN, int'l reporting on war'. 'Jerusalem Post', August 3, 2025. [https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-866183]

37. 'Debunking the genocide myth'.

"It doesn't take a scholar to understand that Israel isn't trying to eliminate the Palestinians."

David Friedman, 'JNS', September 6, 2025.

[https://www.jns.org/debunking-the-genocide-myth/]

38. 'Israel is not guilty of genocide in Gaza'.

Sherwin Pomerantz, 'The Jerusalem Post', July 22, 2025.

[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-861715]

39. Avraham Russell, Hamas' October 7th Genocide: Legal Analysis and the Weaponization of Reverse Accusations: A Study in Modern Genocide Recognition and Denial (March 17, 2025). Israel Law Review, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5183482 or [http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.518348] [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/5183482.pdf?abstractid=5183482&mirid=1]

40. 'I am a war scholar - there is no genocide in Gaza'.

John Spencer, 'The Jerusalem Post', July 27, 2025.

"I have reviewed their orders, watched their targeting process, and seen soldiers take real risks to avoid harming civilians. Nothing I have seen or studied resembles genocide or genocidal intent."

[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-862390]

41. (More on Omer Bartov):

* Rachel O’Donoghue, 'I’m a Genocide Scholar... And I’ve Been Prepping My NYT Genocide Case Against Israel for Years'. 'Honest Reporting', July 17, 2025. [https://honestreporting.com/im-a-genocide-scholar-and-ive-been-prepping-my-nyt-genocide-case-against-israel-for-years/]

* '‘The New York Times’ genocide scholar is no neutral observer'. Moshe Phillips, 'JNS', July 21, 2025.

[https://www.jns.org/the-new-york-times-genocide-scholar-is-no-neutral-observer/]

* 'Genocide is a grave crime, let’s not politicize it.'

"It is not a synonym for horror, but a distinct legal concept that must remain separate from the politics of outrage."

Shlomo Dubnov, 'JNS', July 23, 2025.

[https://www.jns.org/genocide-is-a-grave-crime-lets-not-politicize-it/]

* 'Truth under Siege: Omer Bartov, a Case Study'. Sabrina Soffer. 'Jerusalem Post', August 19, 2025.

[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-864564]

(Omer Bartov & Shira Klein).

* 'The Elephant Outside the Room'.

By Mitchell Bard, Washington Jewish Week, September 27, 2023.

[https://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/the-elephant-outside-the-room/]

42. 'Israel Chooses Survival over Surrender' Dr. Fiamma Nirenstein, 'JCPA', September 18, 2025.

"Peace will come when Hamas is defeated. If Europe insists on saving Hamas, Europe will pay the price."

[https://jcpa.org/israel-chooses-survival-over-surrender/]

43. 'Israel's war is many things, but it is not genocide'.

Accusations of genocide not only misrepresent the legal definition but also ignore the reality of how Israel wages this war. A state plotting genocide does not stop military operations for hostage exchanges, allow in hundreds of aid trucks, tolerate open dissent among its top leaders, or permit its own policies to be publicly challenged in real time.

Zina Rakhamilova, 'Israel Hayom', August 11, 2025.

[https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/08/11/israels-war-is-many-things-but-it-is-not-a-campaign-to-annihilate-a-people/]

44. 'How is the PA's agenda not genocide?' 'JNS', Mar 26, 2024.

"Washington wants an entity that requires terrorists be paid for killing Israelis to rule post-war Gaza."

[https://www.jns.org/how-is-the-pas-agenda-not-genocide/]

45. (Re IAGS):

* 'Want to be a renowned genocide scholar? Pay $30'. Joe Brown, 'i24NEWS', September 3, 2025.

[https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy/artc-want-to-be-a-renowned-genocide-scholar-pay-30]

* 'Hundreds of academics call on IAGS to retract declaration of genocide in Gaza'.

In a letter finalized on Friday, the scholars charge the association with “critical errors” in its resolution, including failing to consider Hamas’ role in the deaths in Gaza.

By Grace Gilson/JTA. September 6, 2025.

[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-866527]; 'Genocide experts demand ‘scholars’ group rescind accusation against Israel'.

By Luke Tress. 'Times of Israel'. 6 September 2025.

[https://www.timesofisrael.com/genocide-experts-demand-scholars-group-rescind-accusation-against-israel/]; 'More than 500 experts sign demand that genocide scholars group retract accusation against Israel'. The 'Times of Israel', September 9, 2025.

[https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/more-than-500-experts-sign-demand-that-genocide-scholars-group-retract-accusation-against-israel/ The Times of Israel] - '... finalized with 537 signatories.

The signees include experts in the field of law, antisemitism, history, the Holocaust and genocide, as well as former prosecutors and government officials. The IAGS has a membership of around 500, although only 129 voted on the genocide resolution, most of those in favor. The IAGS also has an open-door policy for members, with no qualifications needed to join, and did not release the names of those who voted to accuse Israel of genocide.

The list finalized today includes the name and affiliation of the signatories.

They include Eli Rosenbaum, a former US Department of Justice war crimes prosecutor; Jeffrey Mausner, a former Nazi war crimes prosecutor for the US; Bruce Einhorn, a former US federal judge; Irwin Cotler, a former Canadian minister of justice; and prominent lawyer Alan Dershowitz.

Other signatories include faculty at universities across the US, the Holocaust Museum of South Florida and the Vermont Holocaust Memorial...

“Scholarship must be guided by rigorous standards of empirical accuracy and academic integrity, not distorted for ideological ends,” said the group’s director, Miriam Elman.'

* 'False Genocide Claims Put Jews in Danger.' 'Mercaz USA'.

September 3, 2025

[https://www.mercazusa.org/2025/09/focusfalsegenocideclaimsputjewsindanger090325/]

* 'ABC’s Selective and One-Sided Coverage of the IAGS Genocide Libel'. 'CAMERA', September 5, 2025

[https://www.camera.org/article/abcs-selective-and-one-sided-coverage-of-the-iags-genocide-libel/]

* 'Genocide scholar says group pushed through Israel condemnation without debate'. The 'Times of Israel', September 2, 2025.

[https://www.timesofisrael.com/genocide-scholar-says-group-pushed-through-israel-condemnation-without-debate/]

* 'The Charade of Academic Garb'. The 'Washington Institute', September 2, 2025.

[https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/charade-academic-garb]

* 'Only 28% of Scholars Association’s Members Voted on Gaza Genocide Resolution, but Global Media Missed the Story'. The 'Media Line', September 4, 2025.

[https://themedialine.org/top-stories/only-28-of-scholars-associations-members-voted-on-gaza-genocide-resolution-but-global-media-missed-the-story/]

*'Body of ‘experts’ accusing Israel of genocide admits its members include activists and artists'.

The 'JC'. September 5, 2025.

"Just 28 per cent of the roughly 500-strong body, which is open to anyone willing to pay a fee – voted in favor of the resolution charging Israel with the gravest war crimes."

[https://www.thejc.com/news/body-of-experts-accusing-israel-of-genocide-admits-its-members-include-activists-and-artists-f412cfiz]

* 'The PR Jihad'. The 'Times of Israel' Blogs, September 7, 2025.

"The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) membership criteria was exposed on X by Salo Aizenberg of Honest Reporting. Soon after, people began joining under fake names, real names, their pets joined, and even “Adolf Hitler” joined. Actual genocide scholar, Professor Mia Bloom, Ph.D., one of the founding members of IAGS, and others, exposed the voting process as a sham vote without transparency, without the standard debate, and any dissent was blocked."

[https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-pr-jihad/]

46. (Re al-Jazeera):

* 'Fatah: Al-Jazeera is a mouthpiece for Hamas'.

The Jerusalem Post, Mar 9, 2008.

[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/fatah-al-jazeera-is-a-mouthpiece-for-hamas]

* 'Al-Jazeera's pro-Hamas mouthpiece'.

By Roi Kais.

'Ynetnews', Nov 8, 2014 — "The al-Jazeera network has chosen a clear side in the Gaza–Israel conflict, and anchorwoman Ghada Owais is taking the lead in the network's one sided-coverage."

[https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4557111,00.html]

* 'How Qatar became a key world player and fed the Hamas beast.'

"Qatar has used its wealth to buy friends on every side of every conflict. This has helped it give money to fund Hamas."

By Shlomo Maital. The Jerusalem Post,

December 23, 2023.

[https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-779058]

* 'Journalists in the service of Hamas.'

Ben-Dror Yemini. 'Ynetnews', January 10, 2024.

[https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/sywu00psop]

* 'Knesset approves bill to shut down Al Jazeera in Israel'.

Ynetnews, April 1, 2024 — "The time has come to remove Hamas' mouthpiece from our country."

[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b17yvd00yr]

* 'Captured Documents Show Al Jazeera Ties to Hamas, Islamic Jihad.'

Ahmad Sharawi, FDD, October 29, 2024.

[https://www.fdd.org/analysis/policy_briefs/2024/10/29/captured-documents-show-al-jazeera-ties-to-hamas-islamic-jihad/]

* 'Palestinian Authority freezes Al Jazeera operations in West Bank'.

"The freeze in operations follows Fatah's December 23 announcement that they will ban the media giant after inciting during clashes in Jenin."

'The Jerusalem Post', January 1, 2025

[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-835752]

* 'Palestinian Articles: Al-Jazeera Is A Hamas Mouthpiece That Spreads The Movement's Lies'.

MEMRI, February 20, 2025

[https://www.memri.org/reports/palestinian-articles-al-jazeera-hamas-mouthpiece-spreads-movements-lies]

* 'IDF kills Hamas terrorist doubling as journalist'. 'The Jerusalem Post', August 11, 2025

[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-863836]

'The Evidence Says That Al Jazeera Collaborates With Hamas'.

By Toby Dershowitz. 'Algemeiner', November 20, 2025.

[https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/11/20/the-evidence-says-that-al-jazeera-collaborates-with-hamas/]

47. 'Gaza Chief’s Brutal Calculation: Civilian Bloodshed Will Help Hamas'.

"Yahya Sinwar’s correspondence with compatriots and mediators shows he is confident that Hamas can outlast Israel."

Ahmed Deeb for The Wall Street Journal

By Summer Said and Rory Jones. 'Wall Street Journal'. June 10, 2024.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20240611011538/https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/gaza-chiefs-brutal-calculation-civilian-bloodshed-will-help-hamas-626720e7]; 'Gaza Chief Sinwar Is Confident that Hamas Can Outlast Israel'. Daily Alert', June 11 2025

[https://www.dailyalert.org/rss/Mainissues.php?id=90618]; The Brutal Calculation of Hamas’s Leader'. 'Wall Street Journal'. June 17, 2024.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20240617235041/https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal/the-brutal-calculation-of-hamass-leader/d3c7ec22-1b1d-4980-a930-f337156b2031]

48. (Re Hamas using its people as human shields):

* 'Hybrid Threats: Hamas’ use of human shields in Gaza'. StratCom | NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence Riga, Latvia. Stratcomcoe.org. June 6, 2019. [https://stratcomcoe.org/publications/hybrid-threats-hamas-use-of-human-shields-in-gaza/87]

* 'Hamas attack: Israel will protect its people and its future'.

The Boston Globe. October 8, 2023.

[https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/08/opinion/hamas-attack-israel-deaths/]

* 'Israel Can Defend Itself and Uphold Its Values'. October 14, 2023 .

The Editorial Board. 'The New York Times'.

..."Hamas is using the people of Gaza as human shields against Israel’s bombing campaign."

[https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/14/opinion/israel-gaza-war.html]

* 'Biden: Civilians in Gaza 'Being Used as Human Shields''. 'Times of Israel', Oct 15, 2023.

[https://www.timesofisrael.com/biden-says-hamas-using-innocent-gazans-as-human-shields-calls-netanyahu-pas-abbas/]; 'Biden: Civilians in Gaza 'Being Used as Human Shields'' | WSJ News. YouTube. October 14, 2023. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3H47vTKh3E].

* 'EU nations condemn Hamas for what they describe as use of hospitals, civilians as ‘human shields’'. 'AP', November 13, 2023.

[https://apnews.com/article/european-union-condemn-hamas-human-shields-2c0d1c04cb38fc4acce37d8d624e1a3f]

* 'We can’t ignore the truth that Hamas uses human shields'.

Jason Willick, 'The Washington Post', November 14, 2023

[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/14/hamas-human-shields-tactic/]

* 'The Anti-Israel Mind in Profile: Elizabeth Warren'.

By Rhe Editorial Board,

Oct. 7, 2024.

[https://www.wsj.com/opinion/elizabeth-warren-israel-oct-7-statement-hamas-hezbollah-ab185be2]

* 'A Hostage Deal Is a Poison Pill for Israel'.

Bret Stephens, 'The New York Times', September 3, 2024.

[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/03/opinion/israel-hostages-gaza.html]

* 'Hamas cannot be allowed to use hospitals as fortresses'.

"Using patients as human shields is despicable. It must be prevented." Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, 'The Telegraph',

November 14, 2023.

[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/14/hamas-hospitals-israel-war-gaza-fortresses/]

* 'Hamas are cruelly turning hospitals into targets'. Arsen Ostrovsky, 'The Telegraph'

November 16, 2023.

"The international community should direct its outrage at the terrorists systematically using civilians as human shields."

[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/16/hamas-are-cruelly-turning-hospitals-into-targets/]

* 'Shifa Hospital anticlimax: 200 Hamas forces evaporate into thin air? - analysis'

'The Jerusalem Post', November 13, 2023.

"Why did the IDF find more traces of hostages and more powerful weapons at the Rantisi Hospital only a few days ago?"

[https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-773432]

* 'IDF uncovers, destroys explosive devices in UNRWA kindergarten in West Bank'.

'Jerusalem Post' Staff, January 4, 2024.

"Many weapons and other pieces of military equipment were confiscated and destroyed besides those found in the kindergarten."

[https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-780826]

* 'Hamas uses civilians as human shields, Gazan journalist states'. 'The Jerusalem Post', February 15, 2024.

"Saftawi says it's the first time in a decade that he's been able to speak on this publicly."

[https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-787028]

* 'A Tunnel Offers Clues to How Hamas Uses Gaza's Hospitals'.

'The New York Times', February 12, 2024. "Al-Shifa, Israeli officials have argued, is an example of Hamas's willingness to use hospitals as cover and turn civilians into human shields."

[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/02/12/world/middleeast/gaza-tunnel-israel-hamas.html]

* 'Inside Hamas: How the terrorist organization uses guerrilla tactics to wage war'.

Darcie Grunblatt, 'The Jerusalem Post', July 13, 2024.

"Hamas uses civilian homes to stockpile weapons, dresses its fighters as civilians and moves through an extensive tunnel network to sneak up on and ambush Israeli soldiers."

[https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-810162]

* 'Human shields? UN, you’re blaming the wrong side - editorial'

"Hamas has used the human shield tactic at least since 2007."

'JPost' Editorial, June 23, 2024.

[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-807264]

* 'WATCH: IDF reveals Hamas launched rockets from humanitarian area in civilian clothes'.

'Jerusalem Post' Staff. August 14, 2024.

"Hamas deliberately embedded its military assets used to carry out attacks against Israel next to humanitarian infrastructure and the civilian population."

[https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-814639]

* 'Hamas terrorists use Gaza schools as refuges, and refugees as human shields'. 'Ynet', August 11, 2025.

"Thousands of Palestinians have found refuge in Gaza's schools, despite poor conditions and severe overcrowding; however, the increasing use of UN facilities by Hamas operatives for terror activities has led to a corresponding rise in IDF airstrikes."

[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bkyhnpiq0]

* 'Hamas Used Gaza Hospital as a Command Center, U.S. Intelligence Says'.

Julian E. Barnes, 'The New York Times', January 2, 2024.

[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/us/politics/gaza-hospital-hamas.html]

* 'How Hamas Uses Brutality to Maintain Power.'

Julian E. Barnes, Adam Rasgon, Adam Goldman and Ronen Bergman. 'The New York Times', September 13, 2024.

"The group has abused hostages and Palestinians in its efforts to maintain control of Gaza and wage an insurgent war".

Hamas’s practice of operating from civilian areas of Gaza has drawn sharp criticism from Palestinians.

“Those launching rockets and firing bullets from civilian areas don’t care about civilians,” said Abu Shaker, whose family has been repeatedly displaced. He asked to be identified by his nickname. “If you want to fight Israel, you should go do that. But why are you coming to hide among the civilians?”

At the beginning of the war, he said, militants fired rockets at Israel from the busy towns of Deir al Balah and Nuseirat in central Gaza. Residents hurried indoors in anticipation of retaliatory Israeli strikes.

It is notoriously difficult to assess public opinion in Gaza. Mobile phone networks have been spotty. Polling is extremely complicated. Interviews are challenging to conduct, especially during a war. And speaking out against Hamas is risky.

Still, Palestinians interviewed by The New York Times expressed frustration with Hamas, particularly over its practice of embedding in civilian areas. The Palestinians interviewed said that while Israel bore enormous responsibility for the suffering the war has brought upon them, Hamas did too.

Hamas built access points to its extensive tunnel network inside homes. An aerial photo recovered by the Israeli military from a Hamas commander’s post shows three dozen hidden tunnel entrances marked with color-coded dots and arrows in one crowded neighborhood.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20240913160055/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/13/us/politics/hamas-power-gaza-violence-israel.html]

* 'IDF operates against Hamas terror hub near Jabalya hospital'.

'Jerusalem Post' Staff. December 24, 2024.

Terrorists had planted explosive devices and booby traps in the area surrounding the hospital’s compound.

[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-834740]

* 'Leaked documents expose Hamas's exploitation of Gaza hospitals'

Jacob Laznik, 'The Jerusalem Post', September 10, 2025.

"Hamas also tracked UNRWA, WHO, Doctors Without Borders, and Red Cross staff inside Gaza hospitals, framing aid groups as potential intelligence threats."

[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-867031]

* 'Hamas, not the IDF, endangers Gazan civilians'.

"International law makes Hamas, not Israel, responsible for civilian harm, yet much of the world continues to misjudge the situation."

Eric R. Mandel, 'The Jerusalem Post', September 11, 2025.

[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-866996]

49. (Re Hamas blocking evacuation):

'Hamas tells Gaza residents to stay put as Israel ground offensive looms'.

By 'Reuters', October 13, 2023.

[https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-tells-gaza-residents-stay-home-israel-ground-offensive-looms-2023-10-13/]; 'Hamas Tells Civilians Not to Evacuate to the South'. 'Wall Street Journal', October 13, 2023. [https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-war-gaza-strip/card/hamas-tells-civilians-not-to-evacuate-to-the-south-T9TX4p5KHl930OHJDyfp]; 'Hamas seen blocking evacuation routes in Gaza - IDF'. 'The Jerusalem Post', October 15, 2023. [https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-768382]

* 'Hamas blocks Gazans from evacuating to safe zones". 'Israel Hayom', October 14, 2024.

"Fresh evidence has come to light regarding Hamas' ruthless exploitation of Gaza civilians as human shields."

[https://www.israelhayom.com/2024/10/14/hamas-blocks-gazans-from-evacuating-to-safe-zones/]

* 'WATCH: Hamas prevents evacuation from Gaza City with threats and attacks on civilians".

"60,000-80,000 out of one million have left the city, with the majority still staying because of threats from Hamas terrorists."

Yonah Jrremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post',

September 3, 2025.

[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-866195]

50. 'Two Americans Injured by Direct Hamas Attack at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Aid Site'.

July 5, 2025.

"GHF Distribution Site Attacked..

GHF Bypasses Hamas to Deliver Aid..

Hamas Threatens GHF, Gazans Seeking Aid.."

[https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/07/05/two-americans-injured-by-direct-hamas-attack-at-gaza-humanitarian-foundation-aid-site/]

51. Ironic Much? "Hamas attacks UN workers, then cries about Israel blowing up APC's in Gaza'. Gila Isaacson, 'Jfeed'. Sep 20, 2025.

"Hamas gunmen allegedly opened fire on UN aid teams in southern Gaza, seizing vehicles and blocking a new aid corridor, as the group simultaneously accused Israel of deploying explosive APCs."

[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/hamas-un-aid-attacks-gaza]

52. 'Hamas losing iron grip on Gaza as US-backed group gets aid to Palestinians in need'.

Rachel Wolf, 'Fox News', July 17, 2025.

"Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has delivered over 76 million meals since May despite criticism from the international community."

[https://www.foxnews.com/world/hamas-losing-iron-grip-gaza-us-backed-group-gets-aid-palestinians-need]

53. (Re Hamas' "Health Ministry" Are Untrustworthy).

* 'UN blames ‘fog of war’ for major overcounting of Gazan child deaths'.

Mike Wagenheim, 'JNS', May 12, 2024.

[https://www.jns.org/un-blames-fog-of-war-for-major-overcounting-of-gazan-child-fatalities/]

* 'How the Gaza Ministry of Health Fakes Casualty Numbers'.

"The evidence is in their own poorly fabricated figures."

Abraham Wyner, 'Tablet Magazine',

March 6, 2024

[https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/how-gaza-health-ministry-fakes-casualty-numbers]

* 'Gaza Fatality Data Has Become Completely Unreliable'.

Gabriel Epstein, The Washington Institute, March 26, 2024.

[https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/gaza-fatality-data-has-become-completely-unreliable]

* 'Women and children of Gaza are killed less frequently as war’s toll rises, AP data analysis finds.'

By Josef Federman and Larry Fenn. 'AP', June 10, 2024

[https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-casualties-toll-65e18f3362674245356c539e4bc0b67a]

* 'Not one person found under the rubble in Gaza for four months - there are still exactly 10,000 missing (if you believe Hamas, which the UN does)'.

EoZ, September 1, 2024.

[https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2024/09/not-one-person-found-under-rubble-in.html]

* 'UK think tank: Gaza death toll inflated to defame Israel for targeting civilians."

"Hamas figures appear to include thousands who died of natural causes, Henry Jackson Society finds, accusing international media of being too quick to accept terror group's numbers."

By ToI Staff, December 15, 2024.

[https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-think-tank-gaza-death-toll-inflated-to-defame-israel-for-targeting-civilians/]; 'New study shows: Gazan civilian death toll deliberately exaggerated to vilify Israel.'

"Study by the Henry Jackson Society think tank finds the number of civilians reported killed in the Gaza conflict has been manipulated by Hamas-run authorities in Gaza for propaganda purposes, with international media often repeating the claims without scrutiny."

'Israel National News'. December, 15, 2024.

[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400739]

54. COGAT Humanitarian Efforts in the Gaza Strip (Gov.il). August 2025. https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/news/mfa-response-to-ipc-report-22-aug-2025/en/English_Swords_of_Iron_DOCUMENTS_COGAT_Humanitarian_Efforts_in_the_Gaza_Strip%25E2%2580%2593Response_to_recent_IPC_publication-August_2025.pdf

55. 'What's for lunch in Gaza today?'

"COGAT’s viral video of a fully stocked Gaza supermarket has ignited fierce debate online, with Israel using the clip to dispute UN famine reports and critics accusing it of propaganda."

Gila Isaacson, 'JFeed', September 2, 2025.

[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/gaza-food-security-debate]

56. (COGAT exposing UN):

* UN misrepresents Gaza aid flow, Israel says nearly 6,000 trucks not counted (Ynet News). August 19, 2025. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1wd5bzfll

* COGAT: UN massively undercounts Gaza aid trucks (JNS.org). August 19, 2025. https://www.jns.org/cogat-un-boosted-gaza-aid-collection-sharply/

* Humanitarian Aid in Gaza: What’s Really Happening (AJC). June 11, 2025. https://www.ajc.org/news/humanitarian-aid-in-gaza-whats-really-happening

* Evidence Of UNRWA Aid To Hamas On And After October 7th (UN Watch). February 27, 2025. https://unwatch.org/evidence-of-unrwa-aid-to-hamas-on-and-after-october-7th/

* Israeli intelligence docs detail alleged UNRWA staff links to Hamas, including 12 accused in Oct. 7 attack (CBS News). January 29, 2024 (updated context in 2025 reports). https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-hamas-unrwa-un-staff-intelligence-dossier-oct-7-terror-attack/

* UN misrepresents Gaza aid flow, Israel says nearly 6,000 trucks not counted (Ynet News). August 19, 2025. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1wd5bzfll

* UN Reports 88 Percent of Aid Trucks Slated for Delivery in Gaza Since May Looted Along Routes (FDD.org). August 5, 2025. https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/08/05/un-reports-88-percent-of-aid-trucks-slated-for-delivery-in-gaza-since-may-looted-along-routes/

57. 'Some 80% of Gaza fatalities are Hamas or family members.'

'JNS', Oct 7, 2024.

"Israel has estimated that 17,000 combatants have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023.

Hamas is privately admitting that 80% of the Palestinians killed during the year-long war in Gaza are Hamas members or their families.."

[https://www.jns.org/eighty-percent-of-gaza-fatalities-are-hamas-or-family-members/]

58. (Deceiving "shocking' images)

'They Became Symbols for Gazan Starvation. But All 12 Suffer from Other Health Problems.'

"A Free Press investigation found that the viral photos lacked important context: The subjects have cystic fibrosis, rickets, or other serious ailments."

Olivia Reingold and Tanya Lukyanova. 'The Free Press', August 17, 2025.

[https://www.thefp.com/p/they-became-symbols-for-gazan-starvation]

[https://archive.is/HtNhw]

* 'With EVERY photo of a ‘starving’ Gazan proving fake, how can you believe the famine claims?'

By Post Editorial Board. 'New York Post'. August 18, 2025

[https://nypost.com/2025/08/18/opinion/with-every-photo-of-a-starving-gazans-proving-fake-beware-of-claims-of-gaza-famine/]

59. 'TIME's 'Starving Gazans' Cover Under Fire: Photographer Linked to Shocking BILD Exposé'.

"TIME magazine is under renewed scrutiny after emotional testimony from Gaza-based photographer Ali Jadallah, whose deeply personal losses raise concerns over potential bias in conflict imagery. Critics question whether his work, used on TIME’s August 1 cover, reinforces a pro-Palestinian narrative amid allegations of staged photos and links to Anadolu Agency, the same outlet tied to a BILD exposé." 'JFeed', Aug 7, 2025.

[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/time-gaza-photo-controversy]

60. (Re Shukeiri):

* 'Behind the British Conspiracy.' 'B'nai B'rith Messenger⁩', 12 July 1946⁩.

[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/bbh/1946/07/12/01/article/47].

* 'Antiwar Group Warns Public of PLO Leader Shukairy.'

The Detroit Jewish News. Friday, February 03, 1967, p.9.

[https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.1967.02.03.001/9].

* Kedourie, E. (2012). Arabic Political Memoirs and Other Studies. Taylor & Francis, p. 189.

[https://books.google.com/books?id=JX8sBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA189].

* Lipstadt, D. E. (2016). 'Holocaust: An American Understanding'. United Kingdom: Rutgers University Press.

From the MidEast to Moscow: Holocaust Redux?

[https://books.google.com/books?id=mXxRDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT90].

* New Outlook, Volume 16, Issue 1. Volume 17, Issue 1, 1973, p. 28.

[https://books.google.com/books?id=cWThAAAAMAAJ&q=shukeiri].

61. 'PLO Leader Admits Support for Nazis, Says They Saw Zionism as Common Enemy (VIDEO)'.

'The Algemeiner', December 18, 2013.

[https://www.algemeiner.com/2013/12/18/plo-leader-admits-support-for-nazis-says-they-saw-zionism-as-common-enemy-video/]

62. The Sydney Morning Herald. May 19, 1974.

[https://books.google.com/books?id=oQtiAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4]

'GENOCIDE[SIC] CLAIM BY ARABS'.

"BEIRUT, Saturday.-Palestinian guerilla leaders have pledged to step up their operations against Israel despite the heavy casualties suffered in last Thursday's Israeli air attacks.

Mr Farouk Kaddoumi, head of the political department of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, said the "barbaric raids showed that Israel was adopting a policy of genocide[sic] against the Palestinians." He said 53 refugees were killed and 20 were wounded in the raids. Another guerilla organisation, the Eagles of the Palestinian Revolution, which carried out an operation in Vienna last year and forced the closure of Schoenau transit camp for Jewish immigrants, warned it would not spare women, children or old men in future operations";

Larry Coben @LarryCoben:

'The genocide lie has been around for a long time. For many, Israel’s existence is a “genocide”

Quote:

Captain Allen @CptAllenHistory. Sep 18, 2025

Here is the PLO claiming a Palestinian “genocide” back in 1980!

Once you realize the Palestinian claim is that Israel’s very existence is “genocide,” you will understand why these obscene, false accusations go back at least 57 years.

- Philadelphia Inquirer, July 23, 1980'.

Sep 19, 2025

[https://x.com/LarryCoben/status/1969035301885493343]

The Windsor Star Jul 23, 1980. 'PLO Condemns Carter In UN'.

[https://books.google.com/books?id=e1Y_AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA37]

63. 'From Genocide to Apartheid: Debunking the Lies Used Against Israel.' [Propaganda vs. Reality].

Eliana Fleming, 'JFeed', July 8, 2025.

[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/israel-hamas-conflict-terminology-debunked]

64. 'From Streicher to the 'genocide experts': Why Israel must start fighting defamation'.

Elina Bardach-yalov, 'The Jerusalem Post', September 18, 2025.

"History has warned what happens when propaganda cloaks itself in the language of law."

[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-867946]

65. 'The UN Can’t Resist Antisemites'.

David M. Litman, 'Algemeiner', December 21, 2022.

[https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/12/21/the-uns-inability-to-resist-antisemites-reflects-on-the-credibility-of-the-anti-israel-industry/]

66. 'Britain knows Israel isn’t committing genocide –but lets the lie spread anyhow'.

Alex Hearn, 'The JC', September 16, 2025.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20250916152010/https://www.thejc.com/opinion/britain-knows-israel-isnt-committing-genocide-but-lets-the-lie-spread-anyhow-ds8n3mdh]

67. Debbie Hall. 'The PR Jihad'. Times Of Israel. September 7, 2025.

[https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-pr-jihad/]

68. Captain Allen @CptAllenHistory:

"Why was the “moderate” Mahmoud Abbas accusing Israel of genocide at the UN … on September 26, 2014?!

That was 11 YEARS AGO - long before the post-October 7 War.

It’s simple, to Abbas and his ilk, it’s Israel’s very existence that is a “genocide.”"

Jul 14, 2025.

[https://x.com/CptAllenHistory/status/1944842960308449376]

[https://archive.is/8PgQY]

69. 'UN must fire 'anti-Zionist, antisemite' legal envoy Francesca Albanese - SWC'.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center wrote on Wednesday that Albanese "must be removed...if the UN hopes to retain credibility."

You have the right to resist,” UN Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese speaking at a Hamas-affiliated conference in Gaza on November 30th.

By 'Jerusalem Post' Staff. December 16, 2022.

[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-725032]

70. Imogen Garfinkel, ’Dismissing October 7 Gang Rape and Comparing Israel to the Third Reich: Who is UN ‘Special Rapporteur’ Francesca Albanese?' 'The JC', November 28, 2024.

"Her genocidal accusations against Israel can be traced to as early as 2014, when she shared an article entitled “Incremental genocide” on her X/Twitter."

[https://web.archive.org/web/20241129114816/https://www.thejc.com/news/world/dismissing-october-7-gang-rape-and-comparing-israel-to-the-third-reich-who-is-un-special-rapporteur-francesca-albanese-mc3h514n]

71. U.S. Officials Chide ‘Antisemitism’ of UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese.

'FDD', November 1, 2024 | Flash Brief.

[https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/11/01/u-s-officials-chide-antisemitism-of-un-rapporteur-francesca-albanese/]

72. 'Human Rights Expert: 'Francesca Albanese is the 21st-century Joseph Goebbels'. 'Human Rights Voices', January 13, 2025.

[https://hrvoices.org/?post_type=article&p=393670]; Human Rights Expert: 'Francesca Albanese uses Nazi textbook to produce Oct. 7 denial'. 'Human Rights Voices', July 9, 2025.

[https://hrvoices.org/?post_type=article&p=393985]

73. 'Francesca Albanese: The Goebbels of Our Time'.

'Ayn Rand Centre' UK. Apr 1, 2025.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CExLMD-Ap8]

74. 'Unmasking genocide accusations: Israel and the Palestinians'.

Yishai Gelb, 'Ynetnews', October 11, 2024

[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjo100m8y1l]

75. [https://unwatch.org/tag/navi-pillay/ Navi Pillay Archives - UN Watch]

76. 'Sydney Peace Prize honours long record of twisted morality'.

"Australia has long prided itself on fairness, integrity and moral courage. To honour Navi Pillay under the banner of ‘peace’ is to betray those very values."

Arsen Ostrovsky, 'The Australian', November 5, 2025.

[https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/sydney-peace-prize-honours-long-record-of-twisted-morality/news-story/

ace-prize-honours-long-record-of-twisted-morality/]

77. 'UN Watch Rebuttal: Legal Analysis of Pillay Commission’s September 2025 Report to Human Rights Council.'

'QUN Watch', September 16, 2025. [https://unwatch.org/un-watch-rebuttal-legal-analysis-of-pillay-commissions-september-2025-report-to-human-rights-council/]

78. 'Rebutted: UN Inquiry Report Falsely Accuses Israel of “Genocide” '.

'Honest Reporting', September 17, 2025

[https://honestreporting.com/rebutted-un-inquiry-report-falsely-accuses-israel-of-genocide/]

79. 'The only thing being genocided in Gaza is truth itself.'

"We are living through the largest propaganda assault in modern history."

Andrew Fox, 'Israel National News', Sep 16, 2025. [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/415019]

80. 'UN panel that determined genocide in Gaza made up of ‘Hamas proxies,’ Israel says.'

"A new U.N. report relies “entirely on Hamas falsehoods, laundered and repeated by others,” without identifying Hamas as the problem, critics say."

Mike Wagenheim, 'JNS', September 17, 2025.

[https://www.jns.org/un-panel-that-determined-genocide-in-gaza-made-up-of-hamas-proxies-israel-says/]

81. 'The U.N. Genocide Report Against Israel Is an Assault on Critical Thinking.'

John Spencer, 'Washington Free Beacon'.

September 17, 2025

[https://freebeacon.com/israel/the-u-n-genocide-report-against-israel-is-an-assault-on-critical-thinking/]

82. 'Google's Co-founder Sergey Brin Slams UN Over 'Genocide' Claims'.

'JFeed' Staff, July 9, 2025.

"With all due respect," Brin wrote, "the use of the term 'genocide' in relation to Gaza deeply offends many Jewish people who have suffered from actual genocides. I would also be cautious about citing transparently antisemitic organizations like the UN on such matters."

[https://www.jfeed.com/news/google-sergey-brin-un-gaza-report-antisemitism]

83. 'The UN Didn’t Just Fail, It Became Hamas’s Loudspeaker'.

Jay Engelmayer. 'The Judean', September 17, 2025.

[https://thejudean.com/index.php/opinions/featured-editorials/4063-the-un-didnt-just-fail-it-became-hamass-loudspeaker]

84. 'No Genocide in Gaza. UN fires expert Alice Nderitu after she says "No Genocide in Gaza'.'

Gila Isaacson, 'JFeed', November 26, 2024.

"Nderitu said that Israel is fighting a terror organization, not committing genocide– and she was fired for not bowing to the UN's pressure."

[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/snkfsl]

85. 'Famine Fraud: IPC "Expert" Longtime Anti-Israel Radical'.

Avi Woolf, 'JFeed', August 24, 2025

"Dr. Andrew Seal, one of the experts used to justify the IPC report on famine, has a years-long track record of supporting Hamas and opposing Israel."

[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/ipc-expert-anti-israel-bias]

86. Polls: It’s not just Hamas – it’s all Palestinians. 98% said Oct. 7 events “made them proud”'.

Itamar Marcus, 'PMW', Oct 7, 2024

[https://palwatch.org/page/35535]

87. Goda, Norman JW. 2025. "The Genocide Libel: How the World Has Charged Israel with Genocide." ISCA Research Paper 2025-3.

[https://isca.indiana.edu/publication-research/research-paper-series/norman-jw-goda-research-paper.html] [https://isca.indiana.edu/documents/ISCA%20research%20papers/isca-paper-2025-3-goda.pdf]

88. 'Why it’s wrong to call Israel’s war in Gaza a ‘genocide’'.

"Critics have always been quick to hurl the word at Israel. It’s more aptly applied to Hamas."

By Norman J.W. Goda and Jeffrey Herf, The Washington Post, June 3, 2025.

[https://archive.is/N2QjP]

[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/03/israel-gaza-genocide-allegations/]

89. 'Gaza Fight is Humanly and Legally Just but Deserves Ceasefire If Hostages Freed'.

Israel W. Charney, 'Times of Israel'.

Feb 2, 2024

[https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/gaza-fight-is-humanly-and-legally-just-but-deserves-ceasefire-if-hostages-freed/]

'Leading genocide scholar Israel Charny on Gaza war'. 'Genocide Watch', Match 28, 2024. [https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/leading-genocide-scholar-israel-charny-on-gaza-war]

90. (On organized wikibias):

* 'How Hamas sympathizers took over Wikipedia'. 'Reddit' April 2024. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Israel/comments/1c8dvus/how_hamas_sympathizers_took_over_wikipedia/]

* 'Wikipedia’s Islamist Vandals'. A. von Sternberg, 'American Dreaming',, November 22, 2024.

[https://americandreaming.substack.com/p/wikipedias-islamist-vandals]

* 'Wikipedia editor clique adding anti-Israel, antisemitic bias to pages, ADL study finds'. Michael Starr, 'The Jerusalem Post'. [https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-84656]

* 'Pretending that Hamas does not exist

To the UN, Hamas’s attempts at genocide are completely justified, while Israelis commit genocide just by living.'

Gary Willig. 'Israel National News'. September 18, 2025.

[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/tags/50035]

91. (On B'tselem)

* 'Is B’Tselem Israel’s ‘Leading Human Rights Organization’?'

Tamar Sternthal, 'CAMERA', January 20, 2021.

[https://www.camera.org/article/is-btselem-israels-leading-human-rights-organization]

* 'Breaking the Silence Gets Failing Grade in Channel 10’s Fact-Check'.

Gidon Shaviv, 'CAMERA', July 18, 2016

[https://www.camera.org/article/breaking-the-silence-gets-failing-grade-in-channel-10-s-fact-check/]

* '"We want to burn you alive. That is all we are working for" – message from Palestinians who burned swastika/Star of David effigy to Israelis', 'Palwatch', Aug 16, 2021.

[https://palwatch.org/page/26079]. 'No, the struggle of the residents of Beita is not anti-Semitic.The images of the burning swastika that have been featured in all Israeli media are horrifying. At the same time, it is impossible to ignore the villagers' desire to hold up a mirror to the soldiers and settlers and to dismiss it as anti-Semitism...'

By: Orly Noy, Local Call (in Heb.). 16.8.2021.

[https://dfc6li5hv8ir1h.archive.is/5lPsx/e7fc12cca3f177232452336a0ed8a2daab25ca08.png].

* FIDH Declares Total Political War Against Israel.

December 17, 2023

[https://ngo-monitor.org/reports/fidh-declares-total-political-war-against-israel/]

* Kann News:

B'Tselem fired Oved for insisting on including the phrase "for the protection of civilians on both sides" in the organization's statement. Roy Yellin, former director of B'Tselem's public affairs department, spoke with

@MoavVardi and explained the change the organization has undergone since the beginning of the war and its transformation from a human rights organization to one that places responsibility solely on Israel.

Mar 21, 2024.

[https://x.com/kann_news/status/1770855607051993243]

[https://archive.is/0wckR]; 'Former senior official at B'Tselem claims: "I was fired because I did not agree to a unilateral call for a ceasefire"'.

Shlomi Heller. (In heb.). Walla: 21.3.2024.

The organization's former director of public affairs, Roy Yellin, is suing the B'Tselem management, Haaretz newspaper reported. He claims this after he was fired for disagreeing with a statement calling for a "ceasefire now," which did not include a call for the protection of civilians on both sides. "I was accused of supporting genocide"

[https://dgmy71m9cn924r.archive.is/5o0QS/27dde3acbd58e458c753922e4fd8976880652c71.png].

* Oh, just ‘ask’ the “Palestine” butchers if they were “abused”. 'XJust sayin''', Aug 14, 2024.

[https://justsayingitoutloloud.blogspot.com/2024/08/oh-just-ask-palestine-butchers-if-they.html]

* 'From apartheid to genocide: B’Tselem’s new gambit'. Eliyahu Sapir. 'Times of Israel'. Aug 1, 2025.

[https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/from-apartheid-to-genocide-btselems-new-gambit/]

92. NGO Monitor - Omar Shakir.

[https://ngo-monitor.org/topics/omar-shakir/]

93. (Re BBC recent scandals):

* 'BBC ‘censors’ interview with Herzog'. 'JNS', November 1, 2023.

"His spokesperson released footage that the UK broadcaster chose to omit, including parts about Churchill, the BBC's conduct and the criticism of Israel."

[https://www.jns.org/bbc-censors-interview-with-herzog/]; 'BBC Censored Another Herzog — in 1944'. Rafael Medoff, 'Jewish Journal', November 8, 2023.

"The BBC last week censored parts of its interview with Israeli president Isaac Herzog, cutting out sections in which he cited uncomfortable facts about British policy. Remarkably, he’s not the first Herzog to be censored by the BBC."

[https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/364952/bbc-censored-another-herzog-in-1944/]

* 'BBC apologizes for claim Israel targeted medical staff, Arabic speakers in Gaza'.

“What we should have said is that IDF forces included medical staff and Arabic speakers for this operation”.

'JNS', November 15, 2023.

[https://www.jns.org/bbc-apologizes-for-claim-israel-targeted-medical-staff-arabic-speakers-at-shifa-hospital/]

* 'BBC’s Gaza documentary narrated by Hamas official’s teen son violated editorial guidelines, probe finds'.

Mikki Mascali Roarty, New York Post, July 14, 2025.

[https://nypost.com/2025/07/14/media/bbcs-gaza-documentary-narrated-by-hamas-officials-teen-son-violated-editorial-guidelines/]

* 'Leaked BBC internal email stirs controversy over Gaza aid reporting and Hamas's role - report'.

By 'Jerusalem Post' Staff, August 1, 2025.

"The email instructs staff to state that "the argument over how much aid has crossed into Gaza is irrelevant" and asserts that the current distribution system "doesn't work.""

[https://www.jpost.com/international/article-862935]

* 'Senior BBC staff told to 'step back' after broadcast of Bob Vylan's ‘Death to the IDF’ chant.'

"Bob Vylan's act was one of seven rated “high risk” by the BBC in advance of the show."

The 'Jerusalem Post' Staff, July 5, 2025.

[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-860030]; 'BBC director of music steps down after Bob Vylan Glastonbury controversy'.

David Mouriquand, 'Euro News', July 7, 2025.

[https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/07/07/bbc-director-of-music-steps-down-after-bob-vylan-glastonbury-controversy]

* 'BBC documentary ‘ignored evidence Hamas killed Gazans in aid queues’.

Patrick Sawer, 'Daily Telegraph', October 4, 2025.

"Panorama attributed majority of 1,300 Palestinian deaths outside Gaza Humanitarian Foundation centres to IDF."

[https://web.archive.org/web/20251006185602/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/04/bbc-documentary-gaza-killings-hamas-aid-queues/]

* 'Antisemitism 'spiked' day after Bob Vylan Glastonbury chants.'

Aine Fox and Josh Payne PA & Jordan Coussins. Birmingham Live, August 6, 2025.

[https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/antisemitism-spiked-day-after-bob-32214094]

* 'BBC apologises for calling October 7 attacks an ‘escalation’'.

Genevieve Holl-Allen.

Political Correspondent. The 'Daily Telegraph'. October 7, 2025.

"Corporation facing fresh accusations of anti-Israel bias following controversial email to staff."

[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/07/bbc-apologises-for-calling-oct-7-attack-an-escalation/]

* ''BBC Arabic’ cited Gaza witness it knew had hailed Hitler'.

Canaan Lidor, 'JNS', September 7, 2025.

A watchdog blasted the broadcaster for citing Samer Elzaenen, a Palestinian journalist who called to “burn Jews like Hitler” and praised terrorists.

[https://www.jns.org/bbc-arabic-cited-gaza-witness-it-knew-had-hailed-hitler/]

* 'BBC Scandal: Producer Calls Charlie Kirk's Widow a 'Zionist Handler'. Lara Sukster' Mosheyof, 'JFeed', Oct 21, 2025.

[https://www.jfeed.com/news-world/bbc-producer-zionist-handler-controversy]

* 'BBC’s bias ‘pushed Hamas lies around the world’'.

"Leaked dossier says corporation’s Arabic service boosted terror group’s claims and minimised Israeli suffering.

BBC Arabic gave large amounts of space to statements from Hamas."

Gordon Rayner. Associate Editor. The 'Telegraph', November 1, 2025.

[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/04/bbc-arabic-bias-pushed-hamas-lies/]

* 'BBC chief Tim Davie resigns after criticism of Trump speech edit, amid Gaza war coverage'.

"BBC Director-General Tim Davie and news chief Deborah Turness resigned after backlash over a Trump speech edit and claims of 'systemic bias' in the broadcaster’s coverage of Trump, Gaza, and transgender issues.

'Ynet', November 9, 2025

[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjcjew0yzx]

* 'This is a crisis point for the BBC. Its gaslighting of Jews must end'.

By Danny Cohen, 'Telegraph', November 9, 2025.

[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/09/bbc-gaslighting-jewish-community-davie-resignation/]

* 'BBC slammed for rejecting all CAMERA appeals against Arabic-language Gaza coverage - report'.

"BBC’s complaints unit rejected all CAMERA appeals over BBC Arabic’s Israel Hamas war reporting, sparking criticism from UK political figures over bias concerns."

By Jerusalem Post Staff. November 14, 2025.

[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-873836]

94. 'How Former Biden Officials Defend Their Gaza Policy'. By Isaac Chotiner. The 'New Yorker', August 26, 2025.

"The former President’s support for Israel abetted a humanitarian catastrophe. But Jacob Lew, who served as U.S. Ambassador to the country, still thinks that the Trump White House could learn from its predecessor."

[https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-former-biden-officials-defend-their-gaza-policy]

95. (More debunking):

* 'Rising death toll in Gaza is tragic, but Holocaust scholars should know it's not genocide'.

By David Lee Preston, 'The Jerusalem Post', November 4, 2023.

"Since Israel’s founding in 1948, the Palestinian population in what now includes Israel, the West Bank and Gaza has risen from 1.4 million to 6.6 million."

[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-771634]

* Adam Hummel, 'The Genocide Lie. What it is, and what it most certainly is not."
at 'Substack', Dec 27, 2023.
[https://catchjcp.substack.com/p/the-genocide-lie]

* 'Hamas’s Useful Idiots'.

"South Africa’s accusation of genocide against Israel is a travesty of justice."

Mona Charen, The Bullwark, January 25, 2024.

[https://www.thebulwark.com/p/hamass-useful-idiots-israel-genocide]

* 'There is no warrant to Israel genocide claim'.

By Eugene Korn, 'The Jerusalem Post', April 27, 2024.

"There is no statistical warrant to justify the claim that Israel is committing genocide."

[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-798738]

* 'Jonathan Sacerdoti confronts the genocide lie levelled at Israel'. November 25, 2024.
"The use of this word against us the Jewish people in response to what is happening is not just outrageous for us it is outrageous." On 'YouTube'.
[https://youtu.be/6nfftZPaIGo]

* 'The Propaganda War on Israel Never Stops'. "Amnesty International lends its once-good name to the genocide lie." The 'Wall Strert Journal'. The Editorial Board, December 5, 2024.
[https://www.wsj.com/opinion/amnesty-international-report-israel-genocide-hamas-gaza-811acf05]

* 'Israel provides humanitarian relief to other nations, not genocide'.

'The Jerusalem Post', April 1, 2025.

"Israel's humanitarian efforts: Genocide perpetrators don’t aid other nations.

Can anyone argue that the same country, which wastes no time sending emergency relief assistance to save the lives of people globally, is guilty of systematic murder?"

[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-848387]

* Hiller Fuld - Linkedin: 'The genocide lie: Israel offers Hamas a deal, but Hamas rejects it.' April 15, 2025.

[https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hilzfuld_ya-know-there-are-still-some-fools-out-there-activity-7317943527999500288-Sk-e]

* Ben-Dror Yemini, 'Deconstruction Zone: Even Hamas’ data disproves genocide lie'. 'AIJAC', Apr 28, 2025.
[https://aijac.org.au/australia-israel-review/deconstruction-zone-even-hamas-data-disproves-genocide-lie/]

* 'U.S. Special Forces Veteran DESTROYS the 'Genocide' Lie About Gaza with PROOF.' Stand Tall Israel, On 'YouTube', March 2, 2025.
"Hamas actively seeking targeting and killing women and children because they believe it's perfectly morally Justified taking hostages.."
[https://youtu.be/HJ_ctarEV3E]; 'Nick Freitas Destroys Gaza "Genocide" Claims | WATCH'. [A voice of reason].

"Green Beret Veteran Argues Urban Warfare Realities and Hamas Tactics Undermine Genocide Accusations."

Gila Isaacson, 'JFeed', July 9, 2025.

[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/combat-veteran-gaza-genocide-claims]

* 'Ex-British Commander DESTROYS the ‘Genocide’ Lie About Gaza with PROOF'. 'Stand Tall Israel'. On 'YouTube', Mar 11, 2025.
[https://youtu.be/4GPAbk1PHKc]

* 'Video: The genocide lie in 60 seconds'. 'CAMERA', August 7, 2025.
"Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza? That’s the charge made by major NGOs and news outlets — but it’s a lie."
[https://www.camera.org/article/video-the-genocide-lie-in-60-seconds/]

* Aizenberg @Aizenberg55:

'10 Questions 'Genocide in Gaza' Accusers Cannot Answer'. August 18, 2025.

[https://x.com/Aizenberg55/status/1957443108397781234]

* 'Hamas' own data contradicts genocide allegations against Israel'.

Ariel Kahana, 'Israel Hayom', August 10, 2025.

"Research reveals decreasing civilian casualties over time as IDF operations became more targeted toward fighting-age men rather than women, children and elderly."

[https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/08/10/hamas-own-data-contradicts-genocide-allegations-against-israel/]

* 'Hamas admits 72% of combat-aged fatalities are men, quietly reduces civilian death toll - report'. 'Jerusalem Post' Staff. April 2, 2025.

"A similar report by the Henry Jackson Society in December also concluded that Hamas had inflated the number of casualties in the war."

[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-848592]

* 'The 'Genocide' Lie's Slow, Quiet Death'. By Noah Rothman. 'The National Review', August 20, 2025.
[https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-genocide-lies-slow-quiet-death/]

* 'The slow death of the genocide lie'.
"Israelophobic claims about the ‘genocide’ in Gaza are finally crashing against the shores of truth."
Brendan O'Neill, 'Spiked Online', September 8. 2025.
[https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/09/08/the-slow-death-of-the-genocide-lie/]

* "The fake “genocide” claim depends entirely on twisting and falsifying Herzog and Gallant’s words to invent a supposed “special intent.” Every report, article, scholar and UN commission pushing this narrative knowingly lies about their words."
indigenousembassyjerusalem: On 'Instagram', Sep 18, 2025.
[https://www.instagram.com/p/DOr4qQ4kkvq/]

* 'No, Israel Is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza'.

By Bret Stephens. 'The New York Times'.

Jul 22, 2025.

[https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/opinion/no-israel-is-not-committing-genocide-in-gaza.html]

* No evidence of genocide in Gaza, UK lawyers say in arms export case.

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor. 'The Guardian'. May 13, 2025.

"No evidence has been seen that a genocide is occurring in Gaza or that women and children were targeted by the IDF, UK government lawyers have claimed, as a high court case opened into the handling of arms exports controls to Israel."

* 'The war in Gaza is no genocide, and labeling it as such contributes to the most virulent type of Jew-hatred'.

Yoshi Zweiback, 'Jewish Journal'. January 5, 2024.

[https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/366986/whats-happening-in-gaza-is-no-genocide/]

* 'The real genocides the world ignores'.

"Instead of standing up to genuine crimes against humanity, the international community hurls blood libels at Israel."

Shoshana Bryen, 'JNS', January 18, 2024.

[https://www.jns.org/the-real-genocides-the-world-ignores/]

* 'Letter to the Editor: Questioning the claims of a genocide in Gaza'.

Student Life Newspaper. Forum | Letter to the Editor.

[https://www.studlife.com/forum/2024/05/02/letter-to-the-editor-37]

* 'Israel is not conducting a genocide in Gaza'.

Natasha Hausdorff, 'The Spectator', June 2025.

[https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/israel-is-not-conducting-a-genocide-in-gaza/]

* 'Debunking the Gaza ‘genocide’ blood libel won’t dissuade Israel-haters'.

"Hamas casualty and famine claims continue to be exposed as lies. But as long as much of the world accepts the canard that the Jewish state is illegitimate, that won’t matter."

Jonathan S. Tobin, 'JNS', December 27, 2024.

[https://www.jns.org/debunking-the-gaza-genocide-blood-libel-wont-dissuade-israel-haters/]

* 'Exposing Gaza genocide liars one fact at a time'.

"Contrary to popular assertions, nothing in Israel's actions these past 22 months shows that it intends to harm the civilian population."

James Sinkinson, 'JNS', August 27, 2025.

[https://www.jns.org/exposing-gaza-genocide-liars-one-fact-at-a-time/]

* 'Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protests 'cheapen the concept of genocide,' says Jewish historian and author'.

Protesters need to 'understand what Zionism actually is, which is nothing like the caricature of these demonstrations'.

By Lauren Green. 'Fox News'. May 13, 2024.

[https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/anti-israel-pro-palestinian-protests-cheapen-concept-genocide-jewish-historian-author]

* 'Genocide is a word that has lost all meaning since Gaza war'.

We live in a time when Parliament in the UK can debate Israel 10 times more than Sudan, where half a million children have starved to death.

By Catherine Perez-Shakdam. The 'Jerusalem Post', September 7, 2025.

[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-866555]

* 'Gaslighting Israel: How the Word Genocide Lost Its Meaning'. Julia Ben Tal Varady, 'Times of Israel', September 10, 2025.

[https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/gaslighting-israel-how-the-word-genocide-lost-its-meaning/]

* 'Calling the war a ‘genocide’ is a blood libel, not scholarship'.

"A group of activists masquerading as scholars has rushed to brand Israel with history’s darkest crime."

Stephen M. Flatow, 'JNS', September 8, 2025.

[https://www.jns.org/calling-the-war-a-genocide-is-a-blood-libel-not-scholarship/]

* 'Lies of genocide against Israel distort truth and endanger Jews'.

"Anti-Israel activists take a lesson from the Nazis, repeating monstrous falsehoods often enough so that people would eventually believe them."

'The Focus Project'. Sept. 5, 2025.

[https://www.jns.org/wire/lies-of-genocide-against-israel-distort-truth-and-endanger-jews/]

* ' 'People TOO STUPID To See There's NO GENOCIDE In Gaza' | Keir Starmer To Recognise Palestinian State '.

'TalkTV'.

Sep 21, 2025.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_In2I2y214]

* 'Battered in NY, buoyed in DC: Israel faces split-screen reality ahead of Netanyahu's UNGA trip'.

By Herb Keinon. 'The Jerusalem Post', September 19, 2025.

[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-868037]

* 'It’s not Israel that should be charged with a campaign of genocide'.

"The dilution of the core meaning of word is an affront to both history and the true victims of this heinous crime."

David Parsons, 'JNS', September 25, 2025.

[https://www.jns.org/its-not-israel-that-should-be-charged-with-a-campaign-of-genocide/]

* 'Live: PM Netanyahu Addresses UN General Assembly | WATCH'.

Gila Isaacson, 'JFeed', Sep 26, 2025 .

[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/t376z7]

* 'Coleman Hughes: The Simple Truth About the War in Gaza'. By Coleman Hughes, The 'Free Press' August 4, 2025.

"Hamas’s strategy is to maximize suffering on its own side—and then have the world blame Israel. Our moral confusion is its chief asset."

[https://www.thefp.com/p/coleman-hughes-the-simple-truth-about]

'Fake Massacres, Skewed Stats & Misleading Claims: The 25 Lies The Media Told You About The October 7 War'.

Chaim Lax, 'Honest Reporting', October 6, 2025.

[https://honestreporting.com/fake-massacres-skewed-stats-misleading-claims-the-25-lies-the-media-told-you-about-the-october-7-war/]

* 'Two Years of Lies'.

Mike Coté, Rational Policy, October 8, 2025.

"For the second anniversary of the October 7 massacre, a rant."

[https://www.rationalpolicy.com/p/two-years-of-lies]

* 'The Genocide Lie Is Exposed'. By Noah Rothmanm, 'National Review',

October 13, 2025.

[https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-genocide-lie-is-exposed/]. Noah Rothman @NoahCRothman (Oct 13, 2025): [https://x.com/NoahCRothman/status/1977793926389027209]

* 'The abuse of the term "genocide" is appalling'. Daniel Clarke-Serret and Dave Rich. October 03, 2025.

"Antisemitism expert Dave Rich dismantles the UN report on "genocide" and examines the motives behind those that make this claim."

[https://danielclarkeserret.substack.com/p/the-abuse-of-the-term-genocide-is]

* 'You're repeating Hamas’s biggest lie'.

'Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs',

October 5, 2025.

As Mosab Hassan Yousef — the son of a Hamas founder — says in our latest East to West episode, when people shout “Israel is committing genocide”, they’re repeating Hamas’s biggest lie.

(All those who went to accuse Israel of genocide, they are accusing Israel of the crime that Hamas committed on October 7th. That was a genocide or attempted genocide. At least if they had the power to keep going. What's happening is a tragedy. It's tragic. There is disorder. There is chaos. And that's the very definition of Intifada. For those who say Intifada ... Look at Gaza. You see the chaos where we have tremendous amount of humanitarian aid on the ground that is getting rotten and we cannot distribute it to the people because of the chaos Hamas continues to create to destabilize the region. So the world has no choice but to submit to their demands).

[https://youtu.be/1GdoSrhMpu0?si=k9RzCpPxroMjNn1J]

* 'The genocide lie: What is really happening in Gaza'.

"Repeating a falsehood again and again doesn’t make it true."

Moshe Phillips, 'JNS', Nov 3, 2025.

[https://www.jns.org/the-genocide-lie-what-is-really-happening-in-gaza/]

* 'It is not genocide: A response to Omer Bartov'. (Let's Be Clear).

By Michael Berenbaum. Menachem Z. Rosensaft, eJewishPhilanthropy, July 21, 2025

[https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/not-genocide-a-response-to-omer-bartov/]

* 'They Don’t Believe It Either. The Gaza Genocide as Ideological Performance'. Maarten Boudry, Substack Oct 21, 2025.

[https://maartenboudry.substack.com/p/they-dont-believe-it-either?r=17uk7]

96. 'Public Broadcasting Corporation Declares Israeli Berlin Award Speech "Anti-Semitic"...' 'Walla' Culture.

Last Updated: 2.26.2024.

[https://e.walla.co.il/item/3646740]

97. 'DEBUNKED: The Guardian claims 83% civilian death in Gaza'. 'JFeed', August 21, 2025.

[https://www.jfeed.com/analysis/gaza-civilian-casualties-analysis]

98. 'Yuval Avraham may have won an Oscar – but did he mean what he said?'

"Body language analysis leads to the hypothesis that there are strong interests motivating Avraham's behavior."

Maayan Bashan. 'Mako' health. Published: 03.04.2025.

[https://www.mako.co.il/health-magazine/Article-ed68f893c406591026.htm]

99. 'How South Africa uses anti-Israel rhetoric in the ICJ – report'.

The 'Jerusalem Post' Staff, November 16, 2024.

'A recent report from the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy finds links between South Africa's ruling party and Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran."

[https://www.jpost.com/international/article-829360]

100. 'For Immediate Release: The South African ANC Government’s Dangerous Alliances with Iran, Qatar, and Hamas'.

'ISGAP', November 15, 2024.

[https://isgap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SA_Report_Final_121124-2.pdf]

[https://isgap.org/post/2024/11/for-immediate-release-the-south-african-anc-governments-dangerous-alliances-with-iran-qatar-and-hamas/]

101. '‘Plausibility’ in the South African genocide case against Israel is not what it seemed'.

Jeremy Sharon, 'Times of Israel', May 6, 2024.

"The ICJ's ruling found that the Palestinians had a 'plausible right' to be protected from genocide under the Genocide Convention, not that genocide was plausibly taking place."

[https://www.timesofisrael.com/plausibility-in-the-south-african-genocide-case-against-israel-is-not-what-it-seemed/]

102. 'Sudanese Paramilitary Group Committed Genocide, U.S. Says'.

By Declan Walsh, The New York Times, Jan. 7, 2025.

"A force fighting Sudan’s army in a brutal civil war committed massacres and rape that amount to genocide, the Secretary of State said, two decades after a finding of genocide in the same region."

[https://web.archive.org/web/20250107223218/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/world/africa/sudan-rsf-genocide-us-sanctions.html]

103. 'Nigeria - World Without Genocide'.

Updated by Evelyn Middleton, December 2024.

[https://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/nigeria]; 'WATCH: Bill Maher Exposes Western Media Hypocrisy - Nigeria's Christian Genocide Ignored Because 'The Jews Aren't Involved.'

Eliana Fleming, 'JFeed', September 28, 2025.

[https://www.jfeed.com/news-world/nigeria-christian-genocide-media-bias]

104. 'Testimonies from Syria: First the genocide, now the famine'.

Danielle Greyman-Kennard, The 'Jerusalem Post', October 3, 2025.

[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-869278]

105. 'Hollywood hypocrites Why aren’t all the Israel-bashing celebrities celebrating cease-fire?'

By Kirsten Fleming, 'NY Post', October 10, 2025.

[https://nypost.com/2025/10/10/opinion/why-arent-all-the-israel-bashing-celebrities-celebrating-ceasefire/]

106. '1,200 Hollywood stars pledge to boycott Israeli film institutions'. Andrew Lapin, 'JWeekly', September 9, 2025.

[https://jweekly.com/2025/09/09/gael-garcia-bernal-ayo-edebiri-among-1200-hollywood-stars-pledging-to-boycott-israeli-film-institutions/]

107. 'Arab states expanded cooperation with Israeli military during Gaza war, files show'. By David Kenner, The 'Washington Post', October 11, 2025.

"Israeli and Arab military officials have come together for meetings and trainings, facilitated by U.S. Central Command, on regional threats, Iran and underground tunnels."

[https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/11/us-israel-arab-military-leaked-documents/]; 'The Arab states that screamed “genocide” at Israel were simultaneously deepening security ties with the IDF — because they all knew it was a lie'. ArchitectGuy on Israel, October 11, 2025. [https://architectguy.me/2025/10/11/arabs-and-israelis-talking/]; 'At the height of the war and despite condemnations: Cooperation between Israel and Arab countries is expanding'. N12, October 12, 2025.

"Despite strong condemnations from the Arab world towards Israel's military activity in the Gaza Strip, the State of Israel, and especially the IDF, have actually used the last few months to deepen cooperation with the senior and important Arab countries in the region. Leaked American documents reveal a different picture than what is seen in the public arena: not only has cooperation continued, but it has even expanded, including with Arab countries that are considered particularly hostile to Israel."

[https://www.mako.co.il/news-world/2025_q4/Article-192b0be81f6d991027.htm]

108. 'Who is paying for the American campus protests?'

Simon Sherman, 'JNS', May 3, 2024

"There has been an undeniable influx of money from overseas into the most prestigious universities in the United States."

[https://www.jns.org/who-is-paying-for-the-american-campus-protests/]

109. 'Iran funding anti-Israel protests, US intelligence chief says'.

Andrew Bernard, Akiva Van Koningsveld, 'JNS', July 9, 2024

"Actors with Iranian ties are “posing as activists online, seeking to encourage protest, and even providing financial support to protesters,” Avril Haines said... Iran is trying to gain influence over anti-Israel protests in the United States, Avril Haines, the US director of national intelligence, said on Tuesday."

[https://www.jns.org/iran-funding-anti-israel-protests-us-intelligence-chief-says/]; 'Bloomberg Markets : BLOOMBERG : July 10, 2024.

[https://archive.org/details/BLOOMBERG_20240710_160000_Bloomberg_Markets]

110. 'University Leaders Say ‘Organized Networks,’ Including Iran, Drove Anti-Israel Campus Unrest'.Alana Goodman, 'Washington Free Beacon', October 28, 2025.

[https://freebeacon.com/campus/university-leaders-say-organized-networks-including-iran-drove-anti-israel-campus-unrest/]

111. 'US Drone Observes Aid Truck Looted by Hamas in Gaza'. 'USCENTCOM', November 1, 2025..

[https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/STATEMENTS/Statements-View/Article/4327585/us-drone-observes-aid-truck-looted-by-hamas-in-gaza/]; 'US footage shows: Hamas operatives loot humanitarian aid truck'. 'Israel National News', November 1, 2025.

[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/417133]

112. 'Guardian “83%” civilian death toll claim is farcical'.

by Adam Levick, CAMERA, August 24, 2025.

[https://camera-uk.org/2025/08/24/guardian-83-civilian-death-toll-claim-is-farcical/]

113. ICC/ICJ Case:

ICJ?

* 'The ICJ’s New Chief Judge Has a History of Bias Against Israel'.

Orde Kittrie, February 19, 2024. 'The Wall Street Journal'.

"Nawaf Salam has also been a candidate for Lebanese prime minister twice since joining the bench in 2018."

[https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/02/19/the-icjs-new-chief-judge-has-a-history-of-bias-against-israel/]

* 'The Insidious Anti-Israel Agenda of the International Court of Justice'.

The International Legal Establishment Is Inherently Prejudiced.

Lt.-Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch, 'JCPA', June 5, 2024.

[https://jcpa.org/the-insidious-anti-israel-agenda-of-the-international-court-of-justice/]

* 'International Court of Justice South Africa v Israel.' Genocide Lie.

"If the ICJ had considered it plausible that there was a genocide happening, they would have had to issue a ceasefire order — and they haven't."

[https://genocidelie.com/]

Iran, Qatar, and Hamas Backing for South Africa's ICC/ICJ Case, Including Islamist Activists.

* ISGAP Report: "South Africa, Hamas, Iran, and Qatar: The Hijacking of the ANC and the International Court of Justice" (Nov. 2024) – Details ANC-Hamas meetings, Iranian praise for South Africa's efforts, and Qatar's role in positioning Pretoria as a terror-financing hub. [https://isgap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/South-Africa-Hamas-Iran-and-Qatar-The-Hijacking-of-the-ANC-and-the-International-Court-of-Justice.pdf]

* JNS.org: "Did Iran and Qatar Pay ANC to Prosecute Israel at the ICJ?" (Nov. 24, 2024) – Covers Hamas delegations to ANC HQ post-Oct. 7 and Iran's "blow to Zionism" rhetoric. [https://www.jns.org/did-iran-and-qatar-pay-anc-to-prosecute-israel-at-the-icj/]

* Ynet News: "Iran and Qatar Behind South Africa’s World Court Case Against Israel" (Nov. 16, 2024) – Notes 45 of 574 citations in South Africa's filing from anti-Israel NGOs linked to Hamas/PFLP (e.g., Al-Haq). [https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1msjxlfje]

* Washington Free Beacon: "Iran and Qatar Have Their Fingerprints All Over South Africa's Anti-Israel 'Genocide' Case" (Nov. 14, 2024) – Hamas mediation in South Africa-Qatar ties. [https://freebeacon.com/israel/iran-and-qatar-have-their-fingerprints-all-over-south-africas-anti-israel-genocide-case-report-finds/]

* All Israel News: "South Africa’s Gaza Genocide Case Against Israel is Funded by Iran – Report" (Nov. 2024) – ANC's strategic ties with Hamas/Hezbollah. [https://allisraelnews.com/south-africas-gaza-genocide-case-against-israel-is-funded-by-iran-report]

* HonestReporting: "Exposing the Corruption Behind South Africa’s ICJ Case" (Dec. 12, 2024) – Islamist agitators leveraging ANC's anti-Israel stance. [https://honestreporting.com/exposing-the-corruption-behind-south-africas-icj-case-an-interview-with-isgap-executive-director-dr-charles-asher-small/]

Stimulus Bribes to South Africa's Economy via ANC's Near-Insolvency Resolution.

* Ynet News: "Report Alleges Iranian, Qatari Influence in South Africa’s ICC Case" (Nov. 15, 2024) – ANC's $30M debt resolved days after ICJ filing, estimated $10.5M-$79M costs. [https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1ffkqhf1e]

* Daily Maverick: "Fact Check — Did Iran Fund South Africa’s Approach to the ICJ?" (Feb. 26, 2024) – ANC's unexplained financial stabilization post-filing. [https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-01-25-iran-fund-south-africa-icj-israel-palestine-fact-check/]

* Washington Examiner: "South Africa Accused of Dancing to Iran's Tune" (Nov. 18, 2024) – Quid pro quo with Iran's BRICS entry evading U.S. sanctions. [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign-policy/3233560/south-africa-accused-iran-israel-human-rights-genocide/]

* The Jewish Chronicle: "Was South Africa Bribed by Iran?" (May 22, 2024) – 160 lawyers urge U.S. Magnitsky sanctions for ANC bribery. [https://www.thejc.com/news/world/was-south-africa-bribed-by-iran-to-bring-genocide-case-against-israel-sxtyq756]

Naledi Pandor:

* 'DIRCO Minister Naledi Pandor reveals her true colours scoffing at Jewish concerns over antisemitism'.

'South African Jewish Board of Deputies, July 27, 2022.

[https://www.sajbd.org/index.php?p=media/dirco-minister-naledi-pandor-reveals-her-true-colours-scoffing-at-jewish-concerns-over-antisemitism]

* 'Putin’s mouthpiece, Iran’s attack dog'.

The 'Jerusalem Post', June 1, 2024

[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-810815]

* 'South African Jews felt betrayed even before the UN genocide case'. 'The Sunday Times' (UK), January 28, 2024

[https://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/article/how-south-african-jews-feel-about-the-israel-genocide-ruling-pxh8r2vhx]

* 'South African Minister Naledi Pandor At Cape Town Mosque'. 'MEMRI', May 28, 2024.

[https://www.memri.org/tv/south-africa-minister-intl-relations-naledi-pandor-countries-officials-fund-arm-israel-war-liable-prosecution-icc]

* 'Pandor justifies jihad as sometimes ‘necessary’'.

SA Jewish Report, September 4, 2025.

[https://www.sajr.co.za/pandor-justifies-jihad-as-sometimes-necessary/]

* 'Trump Admin Revokes Visa From South African Official Who Spearheaded ‘Genocide’ Case Against Israel'. 'Washington Free Beacon', November 21, 2025.

[https://freebeacon.com/trump-administration/trump-admin-revokes-visa-from-south-african-official-who-spearheaded-genocide-case-against-israel/]

Karim Khan's Islamist Background and Anti-Israel Bias.

* JCPA: "Another Travesty of Justice at the ICC" (Jun. 15, 2025) – Khan's Ahmadiyya ties and mentor's anti-Zionism; conflicts with judges. [https://jcpa.org/another-travesty-of-justice-at-the-icc/]

* AIJAC: "Why ICC’s Ingrained Bias Ensures No Fair ‘Trials’ for Israel" (May 26, 2024) – Decades of anti-Israel tilt under Khan's predecessors. [https://aijac.org.au/op-ed/why-iccs-ingrained-bias-ensures-no-fair-trials-for-israel/]

* Sen. Chuck Schumer Statement (via Jewish Insider, Nov. 15, 2024) – Decries Khan's "decades of anti-Israel bias" in warrants. [https://jewishinsider.com/2024/11/icc-karim-kahn-sexual-misconduct-arrest-warrants-netanyahu-gallant/]

Rushed Warrants Amid Sexual Crimes Accusations (Timeline: Late April 2024 Complaint, May 20 Warrants)

* Times of Israel: "Sexual Allegations Against Khan Spurred Israeli ICC Arrest Warrants" (May 11, 2025) – 2.5 weeks after late-April complaint; canceled Israel trip May 19. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/sexual-allegations-against-khan-spurred-israeli-icc-arrest-warrants-report-suggests/]

* Wall Street Journal (via CBS News, Oct. 25, 2024) – Repeated assaults alleged; Khan on leave May 2025. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/karim-khan-icc-war-crimes-charges-israel-netanyahu-hamas-sexual-misconduct-claims/]

* New Yorker: "The Tangled Case of Karim Khan and the I.C.C." (Oct. 5, 2025) – Warrants as deflection; accuser coerced. [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/10/13/the-hague-on-trial]

* Times of Israel: "Second Woman Alleges Sexual Misconduct by ICC Prosecutor" (Aug. 29, 2025) – Multiple incidents; Khan on leave amid backlash. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/second-woman-alleges-sexual-misconduct-by-icc-prosecutor-karim-khan/]

* Times of Israel: "ICC Prosecutor Facing Accusations of Retaliation Over Sexual Misconduct Claim" (Apr. 3, 2025) – UN probe into coercion. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/icc-prosecutor-facing-accusations-of-retaliation-over-sexual-misconduct-claim/]

* Ynet News: "Israel Seeks to Dismiss ICC Arrest Warrants: 'Rape Allegation is Explosive'" (May 12, 2025) – Accelerated process post-complaint. [https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h13yvd1wxx]

* Times of Israel: "What Are the Accusations Against the ICC Chief Seeking to Charge Netanyahu?" (Oct. 25, 2024) – Scandal explodes pre-warrants. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-are-the-accusations-against-the-icc-chief-seeking-to-charge-netanyahu/]

* JFeed: "Sex Scandal: ICC's Karim Khan Accused of Sexual Assault" (May 10, 2025) – Ties to anti-Israel push. [https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/icc-prosecutor-sex-scandal-israel-arrest-warrants]

Staff Removed for Criticizing Anti-Israel Bias.

* Reuters (via Times of Israel, Apr. 3, 2025) – Khan demoted four staff for reporting misconduct or bias critiques. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/icc-prosecutor-facing-accusations-of-retaliation-over-sexual-misconduct-claim/]

* Times of Israel: "Sexual Allegations Against Khan Spurred Warrants" (May 11, 2025) – Accuser coerced via threats linking to Israel probe. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/sexual-allegations-against-khan-spurred-israeli-icc-arrest-warrants-report-suggests/]

114. 'Washington Post Pushes Fake Anti-Israel Poll by Fake Jews'.

Daniel Greenfield, FPM, October 5, 2025.

"People who don't think being Jewish is at all important don't like Israel."

[https://www.frontpagemag.com/washington-post-pushes-fake-anti-israel-poll-by-fake-jews/]

115. 'Jews buying the genocide lie betray Israel and themselves'.

Gil Troy, The 'Jerusalem Post', Oct 8, 2025.

"I’m even more ashamed of those American Jews swallowing these antisemitic “war crimes” libels, betraying themselves, not just their people."

[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-869593]

116. 'New York Times 'by far' had the worse Israel-Hamas coverage in US media, Jerusalem Post editor says'. Joseph A. Wulfsohn, 'Fox News', October 21, 2025.

[https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-times-by-far-worse-israel-hamas-coverage-us-media-jerusalem-post-editor-says]

117. 'Closing the Book on ‘Genocide,’ ‘Deliberate Starvation’ and other Modern Libels'.

By Seth Mandel, 'Commentary', October 23, 2025.

[https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/closing-the-book-on-genocide-deliberate-starvation-and-other-modern-libels/].

118. 'WHO discussed use of term ‘famine’ to pressure Israel in December 2023, doctor reveals'.

'Jerusalem Post', October 27, 2025.

[https://www.jpost.com/international/article-871851]

119. 'UNICEF data show there was no famine in Gaza'. Mike Wagenheim, 'JNS', October 29, 2025.

[https://www.jns.org/unicef-data-show-there-was-no-famine-in-gaza/]

120. 'Wikipedia's 'Gaza Genocide' article an example of how neutrality needs to be improved, founder says'.

Jimmy Wales warned the "Gaza Genocide" article needed immediate attention, as it "failed to meet the neutrality standards of Wikipedia."

By Michael Starr, 'Jerusalem Post', November 3, 2025.

[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-872598]

121. 'Meet the lecturer: Prof. Amos Goldberg.' (In Heb.)

[https://political-campus.co.il/lecturers/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4-%D

7%A2%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A1-%D7%92%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%92/]

122. 'X location feature reveals origin of anti-Israel, antisemitic, and Gaza scam accounts'.

Michael Starr and Mathilda Heller, 'Jerusalem Post', November 23, 2025

[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-874946]

123. 'Most X accounts claiming to post from Gaza are run abroad, ministry says'.

Analysis by the Diaspora Affairs Ministry finds most X accounts claiming to post from Gaza or the West Bank are actually operated abroad or from unverifiable locations, fueling concerns of coordinated propaganda against Israel.

Itamar Eichner, 'Ynet', November 29, 2025.

[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1xmm5owzg]

124. Hamas ‘hoarded baby milk to manufacture hunger crisis’:

* Baby formula stashed away 'deliberately' by Hamas during Gaza hunger crisis, Palestinian activist says.

Courtney Greenberg. National Post.

Wed, December 10, 2025.

[https://nationalpost.com/news/world/baby-formula-hidden-hamas-palestinian-activist-says]

* 'Hamas ‘hoarded baby milk to manufacture hunger crisis’ '.

"Footage purports to show boxes of formula strewn around a warehouse in plot to heap diplomatic pressure on Israel, says expert."

Henry Bodkin, The Telegraph', December 10, 2025.

[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/10/hamas-hoarded-baby-milk-to-manufacture-hunger-crisis/]

* 'Baby formula stashed away 'deliberately' by Hamas during Gaza hunger crisis, Palestinian activist says'.

"Activists in Gaza are now documenting 'the waste and deliberate disposal of tons of infant formula, nutritional children’s shake, and children’s powdered milk, which Hamas had hoarded away,' says Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib."

By Courtney Greenberg, 'National Post', December 10, 2025

[https://nationalpost.com/news/world/baby-formula-hidden-hamas-palestinian-activist-says]

* 'Islamism’s strategic scarcity: hoarded baby formula exposes the economy of martyrdom'.

"A viral video from Gaza exposes Hamas stockpiling baby formula and aid as civilians starve, shattering Western illusions and indicting an ideology that weaponizes suffering for global sympathy."

Amine Ayoub, YNet, December 13, 2025

[https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/rym142cmzg]

* 'Dec. 11: Hamas Hid Baby Formula To Advance Child Starvation Propaganda Narrative'.

By Adam Lehrer, Tablet Magazine, December 11, 2025.

[https://www.tabletmag.com/the-scroll/articles/dec-11-hamas-hid-baby-formula-child-starvation-propaganda-narrative]

125. 'There is No Genocide in Gaza Says US Ambassador to Israel'.

'Channel 4', September 25, 2025

‘There is no genocide’ in Gaza says US ambassador to Israel.

[https://www.channel4.com/news/there-is-no-genocide-in-gaza-says-us-ambassador-to-israel]

126. When words become weapons: How ‘genocide’ and ‘racism’ were turned against Israel.' (Extract of speech by co-CEO Alex Ryvchin delivered at the Queensland Holocaust Museum and published in The Australian on 1 November 2025).

1 November 2025. 'ECAJ'.

[https://www.ecaj.org.au/when-words-become-weapons-how-genocide-and-racism-were-turned-against-israel/]

127. 'Genocide Lie Enthusiasts Mourn the Collapse of the Genocide Lie'.

By Noah Rothman. December 23, 2025.

[https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/12/genocide-lie-enthusiasts-mourn-the-collapse-of-the-genocide-lie/]

128. 'Antizionism = Hate'.

Grant Arthur Gochin, Dec 25, 2025.

[https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/antizionism-hate/ TOI]

129. 'UN bigot out at Georgetown'.

By Fox News Staff. 'Fox News'. December 25, 2025.

[https://www.foxnews.com/us/fox-news-antisemitism-exposed-newsletter-un-bigot-out-georgetown]; "Georgetown University severs ties with UN’s Francesca Albanese over antisemitic remarks'. By Shoshanna Baker.

"Georgetown University has removed Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur, following her antisemitic remarks, including justifying the October 7 attacks, after a campaign by UN Watch."

The Jerusalem Post, December 25, 2025. [https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-881294]

130. '80 years have passed since the Nuremberg Trials, it's time to talk about the Nukhba Trials'.

Ori Egoz, Kipa, January 1, 2026

[https://www.kipa.co.il/%D7%97%D7%93%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%93%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%AA/1217400-0/]

131. Aizenberg @Aizenberg55:

'No, Gaza Is Not the Worst or Deadliest War by Any Measure'.

Dec 1, 2025

[https://x.com/Aizenberg55/status/1995511859273691191]

[https://archive.is/MiA5Y]

132. 'I see a pattern: Amnesty made up its own definitions of "occupation," "apartheid" and "genocide" just for Israel.' EoZ, December 5, 2024.

[https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2024/12/i-see-pattern-amnesty-made-up-its-own.html]

133. '.@Amnesty further expands the definition of "genocide" to keep Israel guilty forever. We've already seen how Amnesty International.' EoZ, January 7, 2026

[https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2026/01/amnesty-further-expands-definition-of.html]

134. 'America Must Expose the Dangerous Falsehoods about Israel'.

Amb. Nikki Haley.

'Fox News', December 16, 2025.

[https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/nikki-haley-america-must-expose-lefts-dangerous-falsehoods-about-israel]

135. 'The Syrian Genocide Should Embarrass Pro-Hamas Protesters'.

By Emily Washburn. 'Daily Citizen'. January 7, 2025.

[https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/syria-genocide-hamas-protests/]

136. 'Amnesty International Refuses to Admit That Hamas Wants to Kill All Jews and Annihilate Israel'. By Darcie Grunblatt, 'Algemeiner'. January 8, 2026.

[https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/01/08/amnesty-international-refuses-to-admit-that-hamas-wants-to-kill-all-jews-and-annihilate-israel/]

137. Re Hamas linked Euro-Med:

'CNN & Other Media Give Voice to Anti-Israel "Human Rights" Organization.'

'Honest Reporting', Dec 31, 2023 — 'Euro-Med Monitor has published articles that accuse Israel of “apartheid,” “genocide,” and “ethnic cleansing,” and has issued calls for an arms embargo.. Founder Ramy Abdu has been accused of being one of Hamas’ “main operatives” in Europe, Chief of Progammes Muhammad Shehada (who was previously profiled by HonestReporting) has a history of whitewashing Palestinian terrorism, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Richard Falk is a former UN Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian Territories who has promoted 9/11 conspiracy theories and has compared the Jewish state to Nazi Germany.'

[https://honestreporting.com/cnn-other-media-give-voice-to-anti-israel-human-rights-organization/]

* Did Gazan who held Israeli hostages work for Al Jazeera and US-based charity?

'Abdallah Aljamal, who worked for the Palestine Chronicle, a pro-Hamas outlet led by ex-Al-Jazeera official Ramzi Baroud, was later confirmed by the IDF to be a Hamas activist.

Ramy Abdu, a Europe-based Hamas operative designated by Israel who heads the Euro-Med Human Rights monitor, may have unintentionally revealed that one of those related or in charge of keeping Israeli hostages on behalf of Hamas had worked for a US-based 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization.'

By Ohad Merlin. The Jerusalem Post, June 9, 2024.

[https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-805525]

* Thoughts on this post from r/Destiny?

r/Destiny.

How Hamas supporters are influencing Wikipedia.

Introduction.

Since 7/10 there have been cadres of ultra-pro-Palestine editors on Wikipedia who have been singularly focused on painting Israel as the evil aggressor. Certain prominent editors with more than 100,000 edits to Wikipedia openly support Hamas.

Euro-Med Monitor's disinformation campaign

These pro-Palestine Wikipedia editors know that..

On Reddit. Apr 20, 2024,

[https://www.reddit.com/r/wikipedia/comments/1c8gksl/thoughts_on_this_post_from_rdestiny/]

* NGO Monitor @NGOmonitor:

'NGO Monitor told @Jewishonliner that “For over a decade, Euro-Med’s current and former directors, Ramy Abdu and Mazen Kahel, have been identified by Israel as Hamas operatives who use NGOs to advance the terror group’s agenda.”'

Quote:

Jewish Onliner@JewishOnliner. Oct 30, 2025.

Replying to @JewishOnliner:

The Hamas official’s defense of Abdu presents a significant credibility problem for those denying the alleged connections between EuroMed and the terror group.

[https://jewishonliner.org/p/head-of-hamas-media-office-defends-ramyabdu-euromed-ismailalthawabta]

On X. Nov 4, 2025.

[https://x.com/NGOmonitor/status/1985788601628500027]

* Danny Orbach:

On FB, December 13, 2025.

'Euromed Monitor is a Hamas mouthpiece. Remember it next time they are quoted by a UN agency or a “human rights” organization.'

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib.December 12, 2025:

'Hamas's chief legal officer & "human rights lawyer," Ramy Abdu, who was literally sent to Europe by the terror organization to create a fake organization (EuroMed Monitor) to launder propaganda, received instructions from his Hamas handlers to lie & clean up the mess my post has caused them!'

[https://www.facebook.com/danny.orbach/posts/euromed-monitor-is-a-hamas-mouthpiece-remember-it-next-time-they-are-quoted-by-a/10162722917804227/]

* Alleged Hamas Front Group Opens Registration for Wikipedia Editing Training Course.

'Euro-Med, whose chairman and senior staff have professional and familial ties to Hamas, plans to teach participants how to edit Wikipedia articles about the "genocide" in Gaza'.

'Jewish Onliner'. Dec 22, 2025.

[https://jewishonliner.org/p/alleged-hamas-front-group-opens-registration-euromed-wearenotnumbers-wikipedia-training-course]

138. 'Describing Israel-Gaza war as ‘genocide’ trivialises term, says Chief Rabbi.'

Sir Ephraim Mirvis warns that assigning concept to war on Gaza reduces ‘humanity’s gravest crime to political insult’.

Gabriella Swerling. Social and Religious Affairs Editor. 'Daily Telegraph', January 10, 2026.

[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/10/israel-gaza-war-genocide-trivialises-term-chief-rabbi/];

'Britain's Chief Rabbi: Calling Gaza genocide trivializes the word.'

Britain's Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, denounced accusations of genocide in Gaza as being motivated only by hostility to the Jewish state. 'Israel National News', January 11, 2026.

[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420742]

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