Double standards on Gaza – it is genocide

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In this interview William Schabas,  both a leading lawyer and academic on genocide argues that there are double standards at work and that what is happening in Gaza fully meets the definition of genocide.

While international lawyers – and some politicians – may argue that we should wait until the International Court of Justice has come to its conclusion on the case brought by South Africa, he notes that “With a lot of the genocide studies, people are (now) quite open about describing what’s happening in Palestine as genocide….But it’s hard for academics, certainly in Western countries, to make this call without paying a potential price for condemning Israel’s genocide. A price in terms of career promotions, appointments, or even the threat of dismissal in some cases. So, for younger people in academia there’s a strong tendency to keep your head down.”

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This article was originally published by The New Arab on Tue 11 Mar 2025. Read the original here.