World’s Leading Genocide Scholars Association says Israel Authorities are Committing Genocide in Gaza

9/1/25 Israeli occupation forces commit a new massacre The Israeli occupation has carried out deadly attacks in Gaza, killing a total of 14 Palestinians. Ten were killed when Israeli aircraft struck a residential building in Tal Al-Hawa, west of Gaza City. Meanwhile, four more were killed and others injured after Israeli aircraft hit a home in Sheikh Radwan, north of the city.

The world’s largest association of genocide scholars has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, passing a resolution making the determination with the approval of 86% of its members.

The International Association of Genocide Scholars, which has about 500 members, said in the resolution that Israel’s “policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948).”

The resolution recognized that since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, the Israeli government has committed “systematic and widespread crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide, including indiscriminate and deliberate attacks against the civilians and civilian infrastructure.”

It said that Israel’s actions against Palestinians have included “torture, arbitrary detention, and sexual and reproductive violence; deliberate attacks on medical professionals, humanitarian aid workers, and journalists; and the deliberate deprivation of food, water, medicine, and electricity essential to the survival of the population.”

The resolution recognized Israeli officials making “statements of ‘intent to destroy’, characterizing Palestinians in Gaza as a whole as enemies and ‘human animals’ and stating the intention of inflicting ‘maximum damage’ on Gaza, ‘flattening Gaza,’ and turning Gaza into ‘hell.'” [MORE]