Is Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza? | The Ezra Klein Show
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In December 2023, when South Africa accused Israel of genocide before the International Court of Justice, I thought it was wrong to do so. Israel had been attacked. Its defense was legitimate. The blood was on Hamas’s hands. But over the last year, I have watched a slew of organizations and scholars arrive at the view that whatever Israel’s war on Gaza began as, its mass assault on Palestinian civilians fits the definition of genocidal violence. This is a view now held by Amnesty Internationa...
Mentioned in This Episode
- Israel (location)
- Gaza (location)
- Ministry of Health (Gaza) (company)
- The Lancet (book)
- Detroit, Michigan (location)
- Dresden (location)
- Hamburg (location)
- London (location)
- B'Tselem (company)
- Human Rights Watch (company)
- Amos Goldberg (person)
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (company)
- Melanie O'Brien (person)
- International Association of Genocide Scholars (company)
- Judge Frank's father (person)
- International Court of Justice (company)
- Philippe Sands (person)
- University College London (company)
- East West Street (book)
- Raphael Lemkin (person)