On Aug. 31, the International Association of Genocide Scholars passed a “Resolution on the Situation in Gaza.” It declared 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)” and “constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity as defined in international humanitarian law and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.” First, spurious accusations that Israel engaged in the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s civilian population through March 25, 2025, were based on “false assumptions,” “inaccurate information,” and “erroneous data.” According to the authors, “throughout most of the war more provisions were delivered into Gaza than prior to Oct. 7, by a margin greater than any credible estimates of loss of Gazan agricultural production.” Nevertheless, and without minimizing Israel’s military considerations, the authors “strongly criticize” the government’s halting of aid to Gaza from late March to late May 2025. The authors “identify a significant number of tragic cases where innocent civilians were killed, some of which raise concerns about negligence, lack of caution, or even disregard for human life.” However, the IDF “employed numerous protective measures to minimize ‘collateral damage,’” including several that “are unprecedented in global military history and have come at a significant cost to the IDF, particularly in terms of losing military advantages such as the element of surprise.”
Author: RealClearWire
Published at: 2025-09-21 19:04:50
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