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Category: Israel / Palestine
The International Court of Justice on Gaza: ‘Good, but Not Good Enough’
My new piece for Byline Times.
Inescapably Genocidal: my article opens new open-access Journal of Genocide Research forum on Gaza
Full article: 'Inescapably Genocidal' — Read on http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14623528.2023.2300555
Statement of Scholars in Holocaust and Genocide Studies on Gaza
I've signed this Statement of Scholars in Holocaust and Genocide Studies on Mass Violence in Israel and Palestine since 7 October. — Read on contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-currents/statement-of-scholars-7-october/
The Uses and Abuses of ‘Genocide’ in Gaza – my latest
The Uses and Abuses of ‘Genocide’ in Gaza — Read on mailchi.mp/newlinesmag/genocide-in-gaza
Response to claims of ‘bias’ in genocide research
I have coauthored the following article: Goldberg, Amos; Kehoe, Thomas J.; Moses, A. Dirk; Segal, Raz; Shaw, Martin; and Wolf, Gerhard (2016) "Israel Charny’s Attack on the Journal of Genocide Research and its Authors: A Response," Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal: Vol. 10: Iss. 2: 3-22. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1911-9933.10.2.1436. Available at: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol10/iss2/4. View article here Abstract: Israel Charny has published… Continue reading Response to claims of ‘bias’ in genocide research
Why I’m not discussing genocide in Jerusalem
New on openDemocracy The International Network of Genocide Scholars (INOGS) is holding a conference in Jerusalem this weekend. The initiative has attracted an attack by Israel Charny in the Jerusalem Post under the lurid heading, ‘Genocide scholars who minimize the Holocaust – and some who are coming to town’. This summarised his article published in… Continue reading Why I’m not discussing genocide in Jerusalem
Conceptualising and theorising antisemitism and racism – new paper
Conceptualising and Theorising Antisemitism and Racism: The Structural Context of Israel-Palestine, Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies 14.2 (2015): 149–164 (pdf available). ABSTRACT This paper provides a basis for re-examining the contemporary connections of antisemitism and racism through an examination of the conceptual and theoretical parameters of the concept of racism. It argues that racism is a… Continue reading Conceptualising and theorising antisemitism and racism – new paper
Israel transfers risk from its soldiers to Gaza civilians
Citing my theory of risk-transfer war, Israeli social scientist Yagil Levy analyses in The Washington Post how - despite an increase in Israeli casualties in its 2014 attack on Gaza compared to 2008-9 - Israel transferred the risks of its campaign even more to Palestinian civilians than in the earlier conflict.
Against the proposed Europe-wide legal ban on genocide denial
I published this letter in the Guardian on 27 January 2015 (scroll down for my letter): 'The proposals of a European Council on Toleration and Reconciliation report for a Europe-wide ban on genocide denial, as part of a swathe of new legal measures (Jewish groups want EU ban on intolerance, 26 January), are highly problematic. First,… Continue reading Against the proposed Europe-wide legal ban on genocide denial
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