There is NO genocide in Gaza.

Michal Cotler-Wunsh @CotlerWunsh: There is NO genocide in Gaza.

There is war - waged by genocidal terrorists for whom human tragedy is the strategy; who use own people as human shields/sacrifices; who use int’l ‘humanitarian aid’ & civilian infrastructure to construct hundreds of km of underground hell.

A war that would be over on October 8 if the 251 human beings stolen & held in standing violation of law & morality - 4 of them since 2014 - were returned; & if Hamas war criminals were held to account & prevented from openly declared intent to perpetrate genocidal October 7 atrocities again & again.

But @nytimes will platform those that claim there is, partaking in systematic demonization, de-legitimisation, & application of double/invented standards to 🇮🇱’the Jew’ among nations.

Then again…they also publish blood libellous ‘facts’ from genocidal Hamas terror proxy of a criminal Islamic regime in Iran, including allegations that Israel struck a hospital killing hundreds 11 days after October 7 massacre…only to publish ‘retraction’ when it turns out it was an errant rocket launched by PIJ, another genocidal terror proxy of same murderous regime. #NeverAgainIsNow.
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Aizenberg@Aizenberg55
· May 20
🧵A strong consensus has formed: there is no genocide in Gaza. Over 50 leading international law, genocide & military experts have rejected the claim. A false narrative pushed by a minority of loud voices falls apart under factual and legal scrutiny. Detail & sources below: 1/

Jul 15, 2025
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Aizenberg55 Jul 20 • 7 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X 🧵Many “genocide scholars” alleging genocide in Gaza didn’t reach that view through careful analysis of the war. They called Israel genocidal long before 10/7. For example, Martin Shaw, now often cited, called Zionism and Israel’s 1948 founding genocidal years ago. Details: 1
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“I’m a Genocide Scholar”… And I’ve Been Prepping My NYT Genocide Case Against Israel for Years.
Rachel O’Donoghue. HR, July 17, 2025

“I’m a genocide scholar,” proclaims the headline of Omer Bartov’s recent guest essay in The New York Times. And therefore, he assures us, “I know it when I see it.”

Except this isn’t the first time Bartov, a professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University, has thought he saw genocide, or something like it, in Israel’s actions toward the Palestinians. In fact, it’s not even the first time since last year.

Although Bartov opens the piece by saying that “a month after the Hamas-led terrorist attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023,” the situation “did not seem to me to rise to the crime of genocide,” a quick review of his public record suggests he had been laying the groundwork for this accusation long before the war in Gaza began.

July 2025 wasn’t some dramatic moral epiphany revealed to readers of The New York Times. Bartov had already publicly declared Israel’s actions a genocide back in December 2024 in an interview with fringe website Democracy Now! His NYT op-ed is simply a polished retread of that declaration.

In the NYT piece, Bartov writes:

“By May 2024, the Israel Defense Forces had ordered about one million Palestinians sheltering in Rafah […] to move to the beach area of the Mawasi, where there was little to no shelter. The army then proceeded to destroy much of Rafah, a feat mostly accomplished by August.”

He concludes that at this point, “it appeared no longer possible to deny” that Israeli operations matched what he calls statements “denoting genocidal intent.”

But Bartov’s definition of genocide has always been suspiciously elastic, at least when it comes to Israel. And his eagerness to draw Holocaust analogies long predates this war.

In 2019, Bartov signed an open letter in The New York Review of Books attacking the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum for criticizing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s use of the phrase “concentration camps” to describe U.S. immigration detention centers. The Museum had objected to invoking Holocaust-era language for partisan ends. Bartov disagreed, calling the Museum’s stance “fundamentally ahistorical” and claiming it undermined Holocaust memory and education.

In other words, Bartov has a habit of defending far-fetched analogies, so long as they point in the direction he favors.

This pattern continues in his commentary on Israel. In May 2021, during a short war triggered by a Hamas rocket barrage on Israeli civilians, Bartov wasn’t focused on terrorism, incitement, or Hamas’s genocidal charter. Instead, he urged American universities to “teach about Israeli state violence against Palestinians” and to feature “Palestinian scholars and activists” in conferences on genocide and mass violence. He has used the term “Nakba” (catastrophe in Arabic) to describe modern Israel’s founding in 1948, when it was attacked by a coalition of neighboring Arab armies.

When the New York Times Needs a (Jewish-Israeli) Genocide Scholar
When The New York Times wants to amplify accusations of genocide against Israel, it doesn’t turn to fringe activists or anonymous social media accounts. It finds a Jewish Israeli professor willing to say it in their pages. Bonus points if he’s spent years blurring the definition of genocide and repurposing “Never Again” for unrelated political causes.

Let’s also be honest. Identity politics plays a role here. The Times knows that featuring a Jewish Israeli lends the accusation a veneer of credibility and “internal dissent.” It’s not subtle. It’s strategic.

But if we’re going to talk about genocidal intent, we have to look at the actual statements Bartov cites. HonestReporting board member Salo Aizenberg has done just that, and found Bartov’s examples either wildly out of context or plainly misrepresented. Phrases like “the enemy will pay a huge price” or “turning Hamas strongholds into rubble” are spun as genocidal, despite clearly referring to Hamas. Warnings for civilians to evacuate are presented as evidence of extermination. Even Netanyahu’s use of the biblical phrase “Amalek,” found on memorials at Yad Vashem and The Hague, is treated as uniquely sinister. Bartov’s case, in short, relies on selective quoting and distortion. (Full breakdown embedded below.)

And when the main Israeli leadership fails to meet even the loosest standard for genocidal intent, Bartov simply pivots to fringe figures with no operational control, like Smotrich or Nissim Vaturi. That move alone concedes how weak his central thesis really is.

The New York Times wants readers to see Bartov’s genocide declaration as a bold moral stand. But it isn’t. It’s the culmination of years of unfair and unfounded accusations against the Jewish state, now rebranded as expert opinion.

What else is new?

https://honestreporting.com/im-a-genocide-scholar-and-ive-been-prepping-my-nyt-genocide-case-against-israel-for-years/

A Message From Pastor Tom
Hope For Our Times Newsletter - July 23, 2025

I want to personally invite you to a very important night happening on Sunday, August 3rd at 412 Temecula Valley. I’ll be presenting a special message that’s been heavy on my heart—the increasing rise of antisemitism, especially within the church.

Yes, you read that right. Antisemitism is no longer just a problem out in the world—it’s making its way into the pulpits and pews. People are falling for lies about Israel and the Jewish people, and sadly, those lies are being repeated in churches that should be standing on the truth of God’s Word.

We’re going to combat this deception head-on using Scripture. God has not abandoned His people, and we must not stay silent as hatred toward them grows.

After the message, I’ll be joined by my good friend David Tal from The Balagan Connection—an Israeli believer who brings a unique and powerful perspective. Together, we’ll have a conversation and open up for Q&A, so come ready with your questions.

The evening begins at 5:00 PM Pacific, and if you’re not able to join us in person, we will livestream the entire event on the Hope For Our Times YouTube channel and website.

PM Pacific, and if you’re not able to join us in person, we will livestream the entire event on the Hope For Our Times YouTube channel and website.

This is more than a teaching—this is a call to stand with truth in an age of deception. I hope you’ll join us and invite others to watch with you.

Until he Comes
Pastor Tom

The Gaza genocide lie isn’t just wrong—it’s deadly.
Gedalia Gillis, Times of Israel. Jun 24, 2025.
As I scrolled through some of the most popular pro-Palestinian Twitter profiles, seeing their ecstasy at images of residential neighborhoods in Tel Aviv being bombed, I realized the true danger and malicious intent behind the greatest blood libel of the 21st century: the so-called “Genocide in Gaza.”

Accusing Israelis of committing genocide is clearly absurd to anyone honest enough to adhere to the actual definition of genocide and to confront the realities of the war in Gaza. Therefore, I will spare you the details—it’s a straightforward rebuttal. The most concerning aspect of this libel is not its factual incorrectness; the architects of this deception have a far more insidious goal. Labeling Israel as genocidal isn’t meant to end an actual genocide—they are fully aware that no genocide exists. Instead, the intent is to systematically dehumanize Israelis and delegitimize Zionism, the Jewish liberation and de-colonization movement, ensuring the world has no qualms about targeting Jews or Israeli Jews specifically.
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-gaza-genocide-lie-isnt-just-wrong-its-deadly/

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