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The Revised Hamas Charter — 2017…

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Here is Israel’s conundrum — if Israel tries to destroy Hamas via air and ground attacks inside Gaza it is going to kill a lot of Palestinians who are not Hamas militants. However, the deaths of Palestinians civilians, including Christians who are opposed to Hamas, ends up strengthening Hamas’ position within the Palestinian community…

“A TEXTBOOK CASE OF GENOCIDE”: “Israel has been explicit about what it’s carrying out in Gaza. Why isn’t the world listening?”…

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Raz Segal, an Israeli expert in modern genocide, calls Israel’s assault on Gaza a textbook case of “intent to commit genocide” and its rationalization of its violence a “shameful use” of the lessons of the Holocaust. Israeli state exceptionalism and comparisons of its Palestinians victims to “Nazis” are used to “justify, rationalize, deny, distort, disavow mass violence against Palestinians,” says Segal…

WHAT IS GENOCIDE?

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Genocide is an internationally recognized crime where acts are committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. These acts fall into five categories:…

DEFINITIONS: TYPES OF MASS ATROCITIES…

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Genocide is defined as any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group…

GENOCIDE TIMELINE…

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This timeline notes the major conceptual and legal advances in the development of “genocide.” It does not attempt to detail all cases which might be considered as genocides. Rather, the timeline focuses on how the term has become a part of the political, legal, and ethical vocabulary of responding to widespread threats of violence against groups…

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