The Israeli genocide cannot be denied

JVL Introduction

Israel’s apologists can no longer be allowed to fool the world with technicalities about whether its war on Palestinians meets the definition of a genocide. The facts are virtually beyond doubt, as South Africa reminded the International Court of Justice in a new dossier on Tuesday.

Holocaust scholar Amos Goldberg, a professor in the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is clear – Israel’s actions in Gaza have “the characteristics of most acts of genocide that have occurred in modern history. We must look this in the face and hold those responsible to account.”

Commenting critically on an earlier article in Ha’aaretz, Goldberg calls the genocide in Gaza “a symbolic event of the 21st century, channelling all struggles for justice, freedom and equality towards it.”

He challenges Israel and its supporters: “We must also examine the very foundations of our existence, the path of Zionism and the State of Israel since the Nakba, and indeed modern Jewish history.”

We are grateful to Ron Cohen for providing an AI-generated translation into English of Goldberg’s article which was originally published in Ha’aretz’s Hebrew-language edition.

See this link for a compilation by Michael Rosen of genocidal quotes from Israeli politicians, journalists and religious leaders.

This article was originally published by Ha'aretz on Sat 29 Aug 2026. Read the original here.