by Caitlin Johnstone Jul 15, 2025

The New York Times has published an op-ed by a genocide scholar who says that he resisted acknowledging the truth of what Israel is doing in Gaza for as long as he could, but can no longer deny the obvious.

It’s an admission that may as well have come from The New York Times itself.

In an article titled “I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.”, a Brown University professor of Holocaust and genocide studies named Omer Bartov argues that “Israel is literally trying to wipe out Palestinian existence in Gaza,” and denounces his fellow Holocaust scholars for failing to acknowledge reality.

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[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago (9 children)

I don't think that's where we're failing.

It became very obvious, a couple of weeks into Israel's retaliation, that this wasn't ever about the Hamas attacks but about wiping out every single Palestinian from Gaza.

But the EU is still searching for a spine, the US condones it, and the rest of the world doesn't really care enough.

And here we are, with dozens and dozens of innocent people being massacred every single day. It makes me sick to my stomach...

[–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 days ago (8 children)

EU isn't "searching for a spine" they condone it as well.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (7 children)

It depends on the country.

Germany "unwaveringly supports" it (it's tradition for them to support large scale extreme Racist Genocides, I guess) as does Italy (though there it seems more of a "brotherhood of Fascists" thing between their ruling coalition and the Zionists), whilst Spain and the Republic Of Ireland ~~condone~~ condemn it, and a bunch of others like The Netherlands and France make some noises of discomfort about it but still keep on selling weapons to Israel.

There really is no EU-wide agreement on this, though most of its member countries are slowly shifting against Israel.

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

...whilst Spain and the Republic of Ireland condone it...

Either you meant to say condemn, or I have seriously misread the situation.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Oops!

Thanks, corrected it now.

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