Summary
Scholar of genocide and author of A Textbook Case of Genocide (Jewish Currents, October 13, 2023), which argues that Israel’s assault on Gaza is a textbook case of Genocide whose intent was loudly proclaimed in Yoav Gallant’s October 9 “complete siege” order (A Textbook Case of Genocide, lines 70-74).
Details
- The piece’s author biography: “Raz Segal is an associate professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Stockton University and the endowed professor in the study of modern genocide.” (line 96)
- Segal introduces himself in the piece: “I say this as a scholar of genocide, who has spent many years writing about Israeli mass violence against Palestinians.” His listed earlier subjects are settler colonialism and Jewish supremacy in Israel, the distortion of the Holocaust to boost the Israeli arms industry, the weaponization of antisemitism accusations to justify Israeli violence against Palestinians, and the racist regime of Israeli apartheid (line 70).
- His conclusion in the piece: “Israel’s goal is to destroy the Palestinians of Gaza.” (line 78)
Related pages
A Textbook Case of Genocide, Genocide, Genocide Convention, Jewish Currents