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‘I Believe That the Zionist Dream Is Not Viable as Long as It Is Based on Wrongs’

Rabbi Avidan Freedman, who lives in the West Bank settlement of Efrat, rejects what he sees as Israel’s sanctification of force, supports a hostage deal and sanctions against violent settlers, and is waging a battle against the country’s sale of arms to repressive regimes. Recommended reading: Rabbi Avidan Friedman, who heads a non-profit association in Israel

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What is Genocide? Did Israel Commit Genocide in Gaza?

Israel has gone too far in its legitimate response to the Hamas genocide, and it should restrain itself from reaching a genocidal peak  Israel W. Charny Executive Director Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide Jerusalem; Founder and Past President International Association of Genocide Scholars; Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopedia of Genocide  Something insane has happened in the world’s

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A PERSONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF THE ORIGINS AND BEGINNING YEARS OF GENOCIDE STUDIES AND AN OVERVIEW OF THE FIELD TODAY

A Special Legacy Article by Israel W. Charny The following is the complete article and contains materials that have not been included in the edited version published by Genocide Studies and Prevention (GSP) – Volume 17, No. 3, pp. 1-18. The major difference as noted in the journal article (p.16) is that a fuller description

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Gaza Fight is Humanly and Legally Just but Deserves Ceasefire If Hostages Freed

Israel W. Charny (February 2, 2024). Gaza Fight is Humanly and Legally Just but Deserves Ceasefire If Hostages Freed. Times of Israel. https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/gaza-fight-is-humanly-and-legally-just-but-deserves-ceasefire-if-hostages-freed/ GAZA FIGHT IS HUMANLY AND LEGALLY JUST BUT DESERVES CEASEFIRE IF HOSTAGES FREED A British sociologist-political scientist, has published a scathing article in the Journal of Genocide Research (JGR) accusing Israel of

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Israel Does Not Recognize the Armenian Genocide, but Once Again Uses it as a Diplomatic Tool with Turkey

Lis, Jonathan (January 14, 2024). Headline in Haaretz (Hebrew): Israel Does Not Recognize the Armenian Genocide, but Drew on it Again as a Tool to Do Battle Diplomatically with Turkey: (sub headline) Foreign Minister Spoke Officially More Firmly Against Erdogan When He Mentioned the Genocide that the Turks Executed, but a Formal Process Towards Recognition

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New York Times Bret Stephens Decries Genocide Charges Against Israel As Immoral

Stephens, Bret (January 18, 2024). The Genocide Charge Against Israel Is a Moral Obscenity. New York Times (excerpt) In recent decades, as many as three million people perished in a famine in North Korea that was mainly government-induced. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians were gassed, bombed, starved or tortured to death by the Assad regime,

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