Genocide

The Jewish passion for freedom and human rights was hijacked by the West - opinion

These institutions and their leaders have betrayed the moral force behind their creation. Instead of fighting for freedom, they stand for and reinforce the slavery of hate and demonization of Israel.

|ByGERALD M. STEINBERG
Demonstrators hold placards as they take part in a protest to mark Al-Quds Day, in London, Britain, March 15, 2026
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks during an event titled "How Democrats Can Connect with America" at the Center For American Progress on February 19, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear criticizes Gaza ‘genocide’ discourse ‘litmus test’ for Democrats

Beshear's remarks come as Democratic candidates increasingly grapple with their stances on Israel amid record-low support for Israel among their base.

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
Former British prime minister Tony Blair, September 18, 2024.

Tony Blair rejects Gaza genocide charge, says Western leaders are failing to stop antisemitism

Tony Blair rejected claims that Israel’s war in Gaza amounts to genocide, warning that Western leaders are failing to confront the political climate fueling rising antisemitism.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
TENTS ARE pitched outside the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, as students occupy parts of British campuses in support of Palestinians in Gaza, this week. Supporters of genocidal jihadist groups are spreading mayhem across the Western world, says the writer.

Verbal intifada: How modern antisemitism is weaponized through words - opinion

From campuses to social media, antisemitic rhetoric is silencing Jews and normalizing exclusion through the weaponization of words.

|ByCOOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN

Our 'Never Again' is Now

AUGUST 17, 2025ByDR SAWSAN KHEIR
A delegation from Na'amat, led by Hagit Pe'er, President of Na'amat Israel

UK to provide additional £8.5m. in funding to help Gazan civilians

“The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza continues, and we urge Israel to reverse its decision to expand military operations,” Jennifer Chapman said.

AUGUST 10, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
A massive Palestine solidarity demonstration marches past the UK Parliament in Westminster, on May 17, 2025.

Gaza crisis 'looks very much' like genocide, senior EU official says

"If it is not genocide, it looks very much like the definition used to express its meaning," Teresa Ribera, the European Commission's second-highest ranking official, said.

AUGUST 7, 2025ByREUTERS
Teresa Ribera, the European Union's competition commissioner, speaks during an interview with Reuters in London, Britain, February 17, 2025.

The genocide against the Druze and the West’s silence - opinion

If President Donald Trump fails to act to stop the genocide of Druze in Syria, this crisis may well become his Benghazi.

AUGUST 6, 2025ByAVI ABELOW
US SPECIAL ENVOY for Syria Thomas Barrack must be replaced; he is endangering American interests and allies, the writer argues.

Indicting Israel unfairly: Defining genocide broadly - opinion

We cannot be so hard-hearted to deny Palestinian suffering, exacerbated by Israeli operational failures, but we cannot let Hamas destroy us.

AUGUST 6, 2025ByGIL TROY
DAPHNA SHOCHAT of Physicians For Human Rights-Israel speaks at a news conference of Israeli human rights groups in east Jerusalem last week, issuing a report that accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza. We dare not fall for the jihadi genociders’ con, says the writer.

Novelist David Grossman says Israel is committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza, joining a rising chorus

Grossman, a longtime left-wing peace activist whose son was killed while serving in the Israeli army in Lebanon in 2006, has joined a growing number of Jews accusing Israel.

AUGUST 2, 2025ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
Israeli writer David Grossman attends the Letterature International Festival at Casa del Jazz on June 25, 2025 in Rome.

Israel's real strength: Defeating Hamas without surrendering its values - editorial

There is a quiet but powerful moral challenge in this. Dayan is not excusing the devastation in Gaza, nor is he minimizing Israeli trauma.

JULY 30, 2025ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Consul General of Israel in New York Dani Dayan

Israeli human rights groups accuse Netanyahu's government of Gaza genocide in new report

The report outlines what the organization calls a deliberate state-led effort to dismantle Palestinian civil infrastructure and social cohesion in Gaza.

JULY 28, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinians carry aid supplies in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, June 16, 2025; illustrative.

I’m a scholar of international law: This is not genocide - opinion

Israel's war in Gaza has killed tens of thousands, but it does not meet the legal definition of a genocide.

JULY 28, 2025ByNITSANA DARSHAN-LEITNER
THE WRITER addresses a Jerusalem Post conference in New York in May. If Israel strikes at over 174,000 buildings in Gaza, it is because Hamas has made every one of those sites part of its military network, she asserts.

Yad Vashem: Israel's war in Gaza is not genocide, but we must act morally - exclusive

To equate the IDF, fighting to protect Israeli citizens from a terrorist army that embeds itself within civilian areas, with the Nazis, is not only false, but morally reprehensible.

JULY 27, 2025ByDANI DAYAN
Palestinian journalists report on the war and ongoing humanitarian crisis in the central Gaza Strip, July 26, 2025