Talk of Genocide

Genocide is the correct word to describe what is happening to Palestinians currently, but the word needs to be treated carefully and used wisely. Note: This is not an academic paper but Academia.Edu removed the distinction between papers and posts some years ago. Since then I have not uploaded blog posts, however I feel that the contents here are of interest to academics.

Words matter. No more so than in legal settings. Genocide is the word most associated with Israel's more than one-month-long assault on Gaza. In response to the October 7 Hamas attack against Israel, in which at least 1,200, mostly civilian, Israelis were killed. Genocide and Holocaust scholars, including those who believe that Israel has and is committing war crimes in its assault are divided about whether Israeli actions amount to genocide. Even so, they warn that Israeli actions could lead to genocide, if it not already has. What is certain is that optics streaming out of Gaza of the destruction and the plight of innocent Palestinian civilians, including large numbers of children and babies, explain the popular use of the term genocide when discussing the Israeli assault. To get some proper definitions and put things in perspective. I am joined today by Professor Omar Bartov, a world-renowned genocide and Holocaust scholar at Brown University in Rhode Island.

Not published, 2024

Understanding Genocide: Definitions and Criteria Genocide is defined by the United Nations Genocide Convention as "acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group." The International Criminal Court further defines genocide as the commission of specific acts with the intent to destroy a protected group, including killing members of the group, causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group, deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of the group, imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group, and forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. ## United Nations Reports and rulings from international courts provide compelling evidence to prove the occurrence of genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza by Israel. 1. In a report by the United Nations, it is stated that Israel's acts and omissions towards the Palestinian people in Gaza are genocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial, and ethnic group. These acts include the killing of Palestinians in Gaza, causing them serious bodily and mental harm, and inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction (source 1).

The Systematic Destruction of Palestinian Memory, 2024

A DEAL OR NO DEAL? 20/10/2024 Genocide, Urbicide and Ecocide ?16/02/2024 SOUBRESAUTS ET TERGIVERSATIONS IDÉOLOGIQUES (2005-2024) : CONVERGENCE ET CONNIVENCE ENTRE NÉOCONSERVATEURS ÉTATSUNIENS ET NÉO-SIONISTES ISRAËLIENS Noha Khalaf* 03112024 Les dilemmes du monde arabe par Akram Belkaïd 31/10/2024 Nine days of horror as Israeli offensive on exhausted northern Gaza intensifies301024 La disparition de Yahya Sinwar n'est qu'un prélude The Biden administration has warned Israel that it faces possible punishment, including the potential stopping of US weapons transfers, if it does not take immediate action to let more humanitarian aid into Gaza. Israeli forces tightened their squeeze around Jabalia What is al-Mawasi and why did Israel attack a ‘safe zone’?11/09/2024 D. Noha Khalaf: Mahmoud Darwish and the “butterfly effect that never goes away” in Gaza! 31082024 Over the past fifteen years, Gaza has suffered five punitive expeditions: 2006 (“Summer Rain”); 03/02/2024 South Africa presents its case against Israël at the ICJ GENOCIDE CR 2024/1 International Court Cour internationale of Justice de Justice THE HAGUE LA HAYE YEAR 2024 The guerrilla is stronger than an occupying army 12/11/2023 SCANDALEUX ENLÈVEMENT DE MARIAM ABU DAQQA PAR LA POLICE FRANÇAISE HIER SOIR A MINUIT A PARIS 13ème 09/11/2023 L'article dans son intégralité: Enzo Traverso : la guerre à Gaza « brouille la mémoire de l’Holocauste » la « guerre génocidaire » menée par l’armée israélienne à Gaza. 08/11/2023 l'arrestation de la militante Ahed Tamimi 06/11/2023 Some images of the disaster in Gaza 31102023 Amnesty International is calling on 31102023 Palestinians storm a UN-run aid supply center 30102023 Mondialisation de la Colère ATLANTA ETATS UNIS SOURCE LE FIGARO 27102023 Je suis palestinienne Et ma demi- sœur est israélienne 21102023 Ons Jabeur recalled that Palestinians had been subjected to injustice for the past 75 years. 16102023 Jean-Paul Sartre : the only weapon of the Palestinians is terrorism (1972) It is a terrible weapon but the oppressed do not have one other 13102023 Jose Luis Garcia Vigil 13102023 WHO asks Israel to reverse evacuation order, says it amounts to 'death sentence' for vulnerable patients 13102023 WHY a big win for Hamas? 12102023 War and Natural Gas: The Israeli Invasion and Gaza’s Offshore Gas Fields by Michel Chossudovsky 11102023 War and Natural Gas: The Israeli Invasion and Gaza’s Offshore Gas Fields 10102023 In New York, we speak with Rashid Khalidi, author of The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine, 10102023 10 h 30 | L'ambassade d'Israël à Washington affirme que le nombre d'otages israéliens à Gaza s'élève à une centaine 08102023 Selon un dernier bilan publié sur X par l'ambassade d'Israël à Washington, plus de 300 Israéliens ont été tués et 1800 blessés. Elle affirme également qu'une centaine de civils et soldats israéliens ont été kidnappés par le Hamas. Le leader de la branche militaire du Hamas, Mohammed Deif, a déclaré que 5 000 roquettes avaient été tirées sur Israël tôt samedi pour lancer l’opération « Déluge Al-Aqsa » 07102023 Le Freedom Theatre pleure une de ses adolescentes 27062023 Violente bataille lors d'un raid israélien à Jénine, cinq Palestiniens tués LE 19 JUIN. 2023 À 08H08 (TU) Cette femme palestinienne n’existe pas: voici son portrait 15062023 En direct de Gaza Il est 12h à Gaza ce vendredi 12 mai 2023 08/04/2023 ALERTE La population de #Gaza est actuellement bombardée par l’aviation israélienne. #GazaUnderAttack 06/04/2023 MASSACRE A AL-AQSA 26/03/2023 À Gaza ou en Cisjordanie, la situation est totalement désespérée pour les jeunes Palestiniens 19/03/2023 International campaign to spread the historical map of Palestine from the river to the sea 13/03/2023 La mère palestinienne origine de notre savoir 08/03/2023 8 mars 2023 en Palestine Femmes palestiniennes 01/03/2023 Israelis still expect the Palestinians will surrender. They've never been more wrong Haaretz 28/02/2023 expédition punitive dans la ville d’Howwarah par des colons 24/02/2023 Nablus hit by deadly Israeli raid 26/01/2023 une dizaine de Palestiniens tués lors d'un raid israélien à Jénine The Palestinian and Levantine cuisine that Israel tries to appropriate Pourquoi la France doit-elle protéger le peuple Palestinien? Un projet qui commence par un rêve à Jénine et tente de devenir une réalité, rejoindre Gaza Femmes Palestiniennes en Résistance 020123 The Systematic Destruction of Palestinian Memory (NEW) 26122022 Christmas in Bethlehem, where it all started (NEW) 19122022 What in the World Is Happening in Israel? The New York Times (NEW) 08122022 Case Study: Har Homa (NEW) 04112022 « Gaza est un homme qui pleure et qui ne veut pas le dire » : l’enclave traversée du Nord au Sud, entre mer et mur Par Louis Imbert (Gaza, envoyé spécial) "أنا بنت القدس، وأحب أن أراها سعيدة"... أحدث لقاء إعلامي عفوي مع شيرين أبوعاقلة على درجات باب العامود نهاية رمضان الماضي REQUIEM POUR SHERINE par Noha Khalaf ASSASSINAT DE LA JOURNALISTE PALESTINIENNE A JÉNINE PAR L’OCCUPANT ISRAÉLIEN 11/05/2022 Emma Watson pro-Palestinian post sparks antisemitism row Palestinian prison break: Israel has every reason to fear this bold move Jonathan Cook I - Palestine Peace Movement (PPM) Creating One State for Palestinians and Jews in Palestine Mohamed Rabie II - Palestine, the Birthplace of Civilization When and where Civilization was born Prof. Mohamed Rabie III - APOCALYPSE IN WEST BANK IV - I cry my eyes out when I write about Gaza V - La suspension par Israël de la distribution de courrier en provenance et à destination de Gaza est une punition collective inacceptable VI - GAZA RECONSTRUCTION: TOWARD A SELF-DETERMINED MECHANISM VII - Alain Gresh présente « La Palestine n'a pas disparu », par Edward Said VIII - Guerres sans fin contre les Palestiniens - Une domination israélienne toujours plus brutale par Alain Gresh IX (PART 1)THE IMPERATIVE OF CHANGING THE TERMS OF REFERENCE in dealing with the situation in Palestine 22 May 2021 By: Dr. Noha Khalaf IX (Part 2) The imperative of transforming strategic concepts and philosophical mindsets by exchanging old biased allies with a different set of reliable allies 25 May 2021 By: Dr. Noha Khalaf* XI- Marwan Barghouti président de tous les Palestiniens ? XII - في يوم الأرض: وداعا سلمان ناطور الروائي المعجون بتربة الأرض XIII - DOCUMENTAIRES DE STÉPHANE VALENTIN Chapitre XIV- New ROAD MAP FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION The Palestinian issue to where?, 2020 XV-a استراتيجية لتصفية المشروع الصهيوني XV- b - A Strategy to end the Zionist Project in Palestine XV-c- Palestine Peace Movement (PPM) - Creating One State for Palestinians and Jews in Palestine XVI - Where to on Palestine? ...... Chapitre XX Mahmoud Darwichطباق عن إدوارد سعيد Chapitre XXI Volunteered at a Natural History Museum in Palestine [World Environment Day] Chapitre XXII COVID-19 pandemic in the State of Palestine Chapitre XXIII https://www.academia.edu/31928086/Le_patriote_palestinien_le_moins_connu_Ahmed_Hilmi_Pasha Chapitre XXIV : Le monde doit lutter contre l’annexion israélienne – qu’elle soit formelle ou non Chapitre XXV: HISTORIQUE DE L'APRÈS AL-NAKBA Chapitre XXVI : Hommage à l’écrivain Palestinien Salmane Natour Chapitre XXVII : L'Union européenne ne peut pas et ne doit pas inviter des Israéliens en Tunisie Chapitre XXVIII : LE MYTHE CHIRAC ET LA PALESTINE Chapitre XXIX: À Gaza, un peuple en cage Chapitre XXX APOCALYPSE GAZA (NOV.2012 DOCUMENTARY) Excerpt from PPM: The following points define the most important principles on which the movement is based, and the goals it seeks: 1. Establishing a single dual-identity state on all of Palestinian soil in which all Palestinian Jews and Arabs have the right to live in it as citizens with equal rights and duties. 2. The proposed state name is The Holy Land State of Palestine. 3. Writing a constitution for the state that guarantees the participation of the two peoples in power, and the sharing of executive power between the head of state and the prime minister. L’Université Brown inaugure « La Chaire Mahmoud Darwich EXCERPT from "L'énigmatique Ahmad Hilmi Pacha": https://www.academia.edu/31928086/Le_patriote_palestinien_le_moins_connu_Ahmed_Hilmi_Pasha "Le monde doit lutter contre l’annexion israélienne – qu’elle soit formelle ou non Par Ben White, le 20 mai 2020" Les graves violations du droit international et les politiques d’apartheid d’Israël ont persisté en grande partie parce qu’il n’en est pas tenu responsable internationalement. "À Gaza, un peuple en cage" À Gaza, un peuple en cage/In Gaza, a people in a cage Olivier Pironet Alors que les Israéliens sont appelés à élire un nouveau Parlement le 17 septembre, la bande de Gaza n'en finit pas de sombrer. Depuis treize ans, Tel-Aviv soumet le territoire palestinien dirigé par le Hamas à un blocus militaire dévastateur. Combien de temps la population pourra-t-elle tenir ?

2023

On 15 October 2023, over 800 scholars and practitioners of international law, conflict studies and genocide studies signed a public statement warning of the possibility of genocide being perpetrated by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Signatories include prominent Holocaust and genocide studies scholars, as well as many international law and TWAIL scholars.

This essay furthers the debate on the Palestinian case as it relates to Genocide Studies, questioning the lack of substantive discussion of this case to date in traditional Genocide Studies fora. It reemphasises the importance of the settler-colonial dimension to Zionist settlement in Palestine, which, it argues, has so far not been explored sufficiently. The paper suggests that the ‘Nakba’ of 1948, which was based on appropriation of the land of Palestine without its people, comprising massacres, physical destruction of villages, appropriation of land, property and culture, can be seen as an ongoing process and not merely a historical event.