Britain knows Israel isn’t committing genocide –but lets the lie spread anyhowBy refusing to say so publicly, the government leaves the field open to MPs and activists who weaponise the charge against the Jewish state and stoke antisemitismBy Alex Hearn3 min read
United NationsIsraeli officials hit back after UN inquiry says Gaza war amounts to genocideThe chair of the commission was previously accused of anti-Israel biasBy JC Reporter2 min read
David LammyLammy: ‘UK does not believe Israel is committing genocide’A former attorney-general called on the government to ‘abandon its harmful plan to recognise a Palestinian state’ in the wake of the reported admissionBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
GenocideBody of ‘experts’ accusing Israel of genocide admits its members include activists and artistsJust 28 per cent of the roughly 500-strong body, which is open to anyone willing to pay a fee – voted in favor of the resolution charging Israel with the gravest war crimesBy Daniel Ben-David5 min read
By Alessandro SpinilloThe Genocide Scholars Association’s Gaza statement twists law and factsThe accusation against Israel collapses under scrutiny, muddling legal standards, factual errors and whitewashing Hamas’s war7 min read
ICJGermany to intervene at ICJ in support of IsraelGovernment officials say they oppose the ‘political instrumentalisation’ of the Genocide Convention against the Jewish stateBy Felix Pope1 min read
Israel Hamas war 2023UK says South Africa’s genocide case ‘endangers peace’Sunak’s spokesman said the push to prosecute Israel was ‘completely wrong’By David Rose1 min read
My quest to find a forgotten historyOne of our most renowned human rights lawyers on the roots of genocideBy Philippe Sands7 min read||May 12, 2016 13:02
