The accusation is false as a matter of fact, morality, logic and law. It trivializes the term “genocide” and applies it to nearly every war fought by the democracies. Which is the point.
Israel has committed and is committing, genocide. Israel is obviously "ethnic cleansing." The "settlers" (land thieves) brutalize old ladies and men, and little children--information on all of these is readily available from many reliable sources--including as video. One would really have to be trying hard to avoid obvious streams of information, to not be aware of the above. It starts by asking questions. Is it hard to ask of ChatGPT, or SuperGrok, or Gemini, or DeepSeek, or Meta, questions such as "what international crimes is Israel accused of (or found guilty of)?" "Why is this called my some media a "war" when Israel is killing only civilians?" "Is it true that Israel has killed >600,000 civilians (mostly Palestinians) in Gaza? Or what are the figures estimated by various sources of the number of civilians in Gaza killed by Israel?" Just ask questions, to learn more. "Is a current tactic of the IDF including bombing/destroying entire apartment complexes where hundreds to thousands of Palestinians are living--with one minute or even less of warning to the occupants--thereby "burying" almost all the tenants in the rubble in that they had no time to escape"? "Is it true that Israeli snipers were playing the extraordinarily sadistic "game" of shooting teenage boys in different body parts on different days? Has this this been widely reported by many doctors serving in Gaza, and recently on the Lev Fridman show with his interviewee? One day left shoulder, next day kidney, next day head shot, next day left leg, and so on? In particular, which doctors have testified to this and spoken out about it?" "What evidence is there that Palestinians have been murdered at aid sites?" And so on. There is a wealth of information about essentially every war crime imaginable, and some that were never seen prior to Israel's current actions. And: Justified based on the October 7, 2023 event that many have labeled a "false flag", with others (if not labeling it that) clearly noting the stand down orders testified to in the Knesset. One could write books about the war crimes and genocide and books are being written. The video evidence alone is overwhelming. "Why has Israel targeted and killed so many journalists--more than in almost all other wars combined? Why are they killing journalists?" On and on.
They obviously are NOT "ethnic cleansing" or they'd have removed all the Palestinians from Gaza, and/or killed them all.
There are still two and a half million people in Gaza, which is roughly the same as three years ago. Hitler killed six million Jews in three years. Are you saying that Jews are just stupidly bad at genocide? Because the only alternative is that they aren't committing it.
And they aren't. People are dying in a war. You can claim it's a "false flag" operation but not only is that a goofy conspiracy theory, it also ignores that Hamas was firing thousands of rockets PER YEAR into Israel for over a decade.
The United States would never tolerate that from Mexico, and when we invaded Mexico, there would be civilian deaths too. That wouldn't make it a genocide.
A more detailed response by ChatGPT5 is in the next reply. Mr. Martin, you might be aware that John Mearsheimer served? In any case, his bio is not difficult to find. So, first, ChatGPT5 provides a brief summary: John J. Mearsheimer enlisted in the United States Army in 1965 at the age of 17. He served for about one year as an enlisted soldier before receiving an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. From 1966 to 1970 he trained there as a cadet, and he graduated in 1970. Upon graduation, he was commissioned into the U.S. Air Force, where he served for five years as an officer. During his time in the Air Force he rose to the rank of captain. In 1975 he left the service and chose to pursue graduate studies in political science, beginning his path toward an academic career.
And here is the more detailed reply, and ChatGPT5 was also tasked with critiquing its reply and 'double checking' all statements made. Experts and Organizations Saying Israel Is Committing Genocide (or “Acts of Genocide”) and/or Ethnic Cleansing
International Association of Genocide Scholars
Passed a formal resolution (Aug–Sep 2025) declaring that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide under the 1948 Genocide Convention. The vote passed by a large margin among members who cast ballots.
Amnesty International
Issued a lengthy report (Dec 2024) concluding Israel “committed and is committing genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza, citing killings, severe bodily/mental harm, and deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to destroy the group.
B’Tselem (The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories)
Released “Our Genocide” (July 2025), asserting that the Israeli regime is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip; accompanied by a press statement with the same conclusion.
Physicians for Human Rights – Israel
Alongside B’Tselem (July 2025), issued findings concluding Israel is committing genocide in Gaza; widely covered and amplified by international rights groups.
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (Francesca Albanese)
Presented reports (2024) arguing the patterns of violence and imposed conditions on Palestinians warrant application of the Genocide Convention; one report is explicitly titled Anatomy of a Genocide.
Genocide Watch
Issued a “Genocide Emergency” alert for Gaza (Oct 2023, updated Sept 2024 and July 2025), warning of genocidal processes and later detailing escalations and official statements consistent with genocidal policy.
Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention
Published multiple statements (Dec 2023 through May 2025) explaining why it calls the situation genocide and urging governments and media to use the term accurately.
Government of South Africa (Case at the International Court of Justice)
Filed at the International Court of Justice alleging Israel has committed and is committing genocide in Gaza. The court ordered provisional measures to prevent genocidal acts while the case proceeds.
Jewish Voice for Peace
A United States–based Jewish activist organization that repeatedly describes Israel’s assault as genocide and documents it in statements and updates (2024–2025), including references to ethnic cleansing in the West Bank.
Individuals (Well-Known Scholars and Public Intellectuals) Using “Genocide” and/or “Ethnic Cleansing” Language
John J. Mearsheimer (Political Scientist, University of Chicago)
Has repeatedly argued since late 2024 that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza; also says the real goal is ethnic cleansing of Gaza. His essays and interviews include “Genocide in Gaza” and later pieces.
Ilan Pappé (Historian; Author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine)
Longstanding use of “ethnic cleansing” for 1948; since 2024 he has publicly referred to current events as genocide (and warned of expansion), in interviews and op-eds.
Raz Segal (Israeli Genocide Scholar)
Called Gaza a “textbook case of genocide” beginning in October 2023; reiterated this judgment in interviews and essays throughout 2024 and 2025.
Selected United Nations Human Rights Experts (Collective Statements)
Various United Nations experts and committees have said Israel’s methods are consistent with genocide or that Palestinians are at grave risk of genocide, referencing mass killing, forcible displacement, starvation, and official rhetoric. (Some statements emphasize “risk” or “consistency” rather than a final legal adjudication.)
Notes on “Ethnic Cleansing” Specifically
John J. Mearsheimer
Explicitly frames Israel’s strategic objective in Gaza as ethnic cleansing (mass removal) and says mass killing serves that aim.
Ilan Pappé
Foundational historian of the “ethnic cleansing” framing for 1948 (the Nakba); in the current context, continues to use both “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide” to characterize Israeli policy.
Jewish Voice for Peace
Uses both genocide and ethnic cleansing language in describing Israeli policies in Gaza and the West Bank.
First, some history of the voted resolutions of this organization, ChatGPT5: Got it. You’re asking about IAGS (International Association of Genocide Scholars). Here’s the straight answer.
When was it founded?
1994, originally as the Association of Genocide Scholars; it adopted the current “International” name in 2001.
What other cases has IAGS voted on (formal resolutions)?
Below are the items listed on IAGS’s own “Resolutions” page and the underlying PDFs (i.e., votes/resolutions, not just press statements). I’m using their wording where relevant (genocide; crimes against humanity; early-warning/related).
Gaza (Israel–Hamas war) — Declares Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the Genocide Convention definition (Aug 31, 2025).
Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan/Armenians) — Declares the 2022–23 blockade imposed conditions of life recognized as genocidal crimes; also ethnic cleansing & other crimes (Sept 2, 2024).
IAGS has also issued Executive Board statements and open letters on related topics; those are not member-voted resolutions. What I listed are the member-adopted resolutions I could verify directly from their site/PDFs.
The reply (further below), (entirely) contradicts saying that IAGS is a pro-Hamas agitprop group. But I went ahead and asked. Here is the response, which further contradicts you--more specifically, as well: QUERY Do you find any indication anywhere that IAGS is a pro-Hamas group?
RESPONSE ChatGPT said:
Thought for 22s
Short answer: No credible evidence.
What I can actually point to goes the other way:
In its Gaza resolution, IAGS explicitly states the “Hamas-led attack of 7 October 2023 … constitutes international crimes.” That’s not pro-Hamas.
Genocide Scholars Association
IAGS also published a research brief titled “Hamas’ Genocidal Violence,” describing Hamas’s October 7 actions in those terms. Again, the opposite of pro-Hamas.
Genocide Scholars Association
The association self-describes as non-partisan and focused on scholarship and prevention. (You can take that with appropriate skepticism, but it’s their stated stance.)
Genocide Scholars Association
What does exist are critiques that the membership is loosely vetted/cheap, that the process was rushed, and that the Gaza resolution is biased against Israel. Those claims come from a range of outlets and commentators—but they still don’t show the group is “pro-Hamas.”
AJC
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The Times of Israel
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The Jerusalem Post
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Bottom line: you can argue IAGS’s resolution is wrong, politicized, or sloppily processed. But labeling the organization “pro-Hamas” isn’t supported by the record; their own materials condemn Hamas and even frame its violence as genocidal.
And kindly awaiting (you cherry picked IAGS, and incorrectly characterized them in any case) your response about Professor John Mearsheimer, Captain (retired) US Military? He has very bluntly and directly characterized what is "underway" as genocide AND ethnic cleansing by Israel, of Palestinians, and of the absolute and total destruction of essentially all of Gaza.
ChatGPT5 September 13, 2025, when queried, responds with: Experts and Organizations Saying Israel Is Committing Genocide
International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS)
In September 2025, the IAGS passed a resolution stating that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide under Article II of the 1948 UN Genocide Convention.
They cite indiscriminate attacks, severe harm to civilians, destruction of civilian infrastructure, forced displacement, and evidence of intent.
Amnesty International
Issued a report in December 2024 concluding Israel has committed acts prohibited under the Genocide Convention, with specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza.
They list killings, causing severe bodily or mental harm, and deliberate infliction of conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction.
B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel)
Two Israeli human rights organizations released reports in mid-2025 saying Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
They document destruction of homes, health systems, displacement, denial of basic services, and targeting based on group identity.
United Nations Experts and Committees
Several UN Special Committees, Special Rapporteurs, and human rights experts have said Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with genocide or that Palestinians are at grave risk of genocide.
They point to civilian suffering, large-scale destruction, forced displacement, blockade and denial of essentials, and public statements by officials as evidence.
South Africa (ICJ case: South Africa v. Israel)
The South African government filed a case at the International Court of Justice alleging Israel has committed and is committing genocide in Gaza.
Their arguments rely on the Genocide Convention, citing occupation, blockade, destructive military operations, and statements interpreted as genocidal intent.
Individual Scholars and Historians
Omer Bartov (Holocaust and genocide scholar) has said Israel has expressed genocidal intent.
Amos Goldberg (historian) has declared that what is happening in Gaza is genocide.
They point to public statements by Israeli officials, mass destruction, and large-scale displacement as evidence.
Analysis by ChatGPT5: A century of killing: from Mandate-era violence to Gaza today
1.1 Before 1948: Mandate-era antecedents and routinized violence
Israeli “New Historians” reconstruct how organized violence against Palestinians emerges in the late Mandate and crescendos through 1947–49. Tom Segev’s archival history of the British Mandate traces escalating paramilitary confrontation and civilian killings as the Yishuv militarizes under British tutelage; the book documents the normalization of lethal force against Arab civilians well before statehood [1, 2]. Benny Morris’s The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem aggregates primary Israeli files showing dozens of massacres and summary executions accompanying expulsions and flight in 1948 (e.g., Deir Yassin, Lydda, al-Dawayima). Morris’ revisions increased the count of documented massacres and added cases of rape by Israeli forces, grounded in Israel State Archives material [3, 4]. Subsequent Israeli reporting has kept unearthing specifics. Haaretz investigations into Tantura describe mass graves and veteran testimonies indicating systematic executions as the village fell [5].
1.2 1948–1967: Early state killings of Palestinian civilians
Post-war, lethal operations continue both beyond and inside Israel’s borders. The 1953 Qibya raid under Unit 101 killed ~69 civilians in the then-Jordanian West Bank; even mainstream Israeli commentary now speaks plainly of a massacre and how it was obfuscated to the UN at the time [6]. Inside Israel, the 1956 Kafr Qasim massacre saw Border Police kill 48–49 Palestinian citizens, including women and children, under a surprise curfew; declassified material and trial transcripts show soldiers believed they were carrying out a broader plan tied to wartime “transfer” [7].
1.3 1967–2000: Occupation and routinized lethal force
After 1967, Israel’s rule over the West Bank and Gaza entrenches regularized lethal encounters. The Israeli human-rights group B’Tselem maintains longitudinal casualty databases and demolitions logs; their statistics trace decades of Palestinian civilian deaths across intifadas and operations, providing the field’s most cited Israeli dataset [8].
1.4 2008–2021: Gaza wars and the destruction of family lines
Israeli coverage of Gaza wars has repeatedly documented family annihilations under bombing doctrines. In early 2024, Haaretz reported that “Israel’s bombs are wiping out entire Palestinian families,” cataloguing hundreds of erased family lines in the opening months [9].
1.5 2023–present: Gaza as an exterminatory project — the genocide frame from Israeli/Jewish scholars
From October 2023 onward, multiple Israeli/Jewish genocide scholars have argued the Gaza campaign satisfies the UN Genocide Convention elements: extensive killing, serious bodily/mental harm, infliction of life-destroying conditions (starvation, disease, displacement), coupled with expressive intent in elite rhetoric. Raz Segal called it a “textbook case of genocide” [10]. Amos Goldberg and Daniel Blatman argued in Haaretz that “there’s no Auschwitz in Gaza — but it’s still genocide” [11]. Omer Bartov has repeatedly concluded the Gaza campaign manifests genocidal strategy [12]. Israeli journalists have chronicled the mechanics of mass civilian death and deliberate starvation. Amira Hass and colleagues at Haaretz documented aid denial, firing on people queuing for food, and systematic urban annihilation [13]. Death toll estimates: early 2024 — over 11,500 children killed; mid–late 2025 — tens of thousands dead, famine accelerating mortality [14].
1.6 Through-line: dehumanization and policy design
For three decades, Sara Roy has documented Gaza’s engineered “de-development” — a policy architecture that systematically dismantles economy and civil infrastructure, producing life-threatening conditions even between wars [15, 16].
References
1. Segev, T. (1999). One Palestine, Complete. Metropolitan Books.
2. Segev, T. (2007). 1967: Israel, the War, and the Year that Transformed the Middle East. Metropolitan Books.
3. Morris, B. (1988). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1949. Cambridge University Press.
4. Morris, B. (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press.
5. Kashua, S. et al. (2022). Coverage of Tantura Massacre. Haaretz.
6. Shlaim, A. (2014). The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World. Penguin Books.
7. Sela, A. (2000). The Kafr Qasim Massacre. Israeli Political Science Review, 5(2), 45-67.
8. B’Tselem (2023). Statistics on casualties and demolitions. Retrieved from https://www.btselem.org
9. Hass, A. (2024). Israel’s Bombs Are Wiping Out Entire Palestinian Families. Haaretz.
10. Segal, R. (2023). A Textbook Case of Genocide. Jewish Currents.
11. Goldberg, A., & Blatman, D. (2023). There’s No Auschwitz in Gaza — But It’s Still Genocide. Haaretz.
12. Bartov, O. (2024). Gaza and the Logic of Genocide. Haaretz.
13. Hass, A. et al. (2024). Documentation of Starvation and Urban Annihilation in Gaza. Haaretz.
14. Haaretz staff (2024–2025). Gaza War Casualty Reports. Haaretz.
15. Roy, S. (1995). The Gaza Strip: The Political Economy of De-development. Institute for Palestine Studies.
16. Roy, S. (2007). Failing Peace: Gaza and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict. Pluto Press.
Israel has committed and is committing, genocide. Israel is obviously "ethnic cleansing." The "settlers" (land thieves) brutalize old ladies and men, and little children--information on all of these is readily available from many reliable sources--including as video. One would really have to be trying hard to avoid obvious streams of information, to not be aware of the above. It starts by asking questions. Is it hard to ask of ChatGPT, or SuperGrok, or Gemini, or DeepSeek, or Meta, questions such as "what international crimes is Israel accused of (or found guilty of)?" "Why is this called my some media a "war" when Israel is killing only civilians?" "Is it true that Israel has killed >600,000 civilians (mostly Palestinians) in Gaza? Or what are the figures estimated by various sources of the number of civilians in Gaza killed by Israel?" Just ask questions, to learn more. "Is a current tactic of the IDF including bombing/destroying entire apartment complexes where hundreds to thousands of Palestinians are living--with one minute or even less of warning to the occupants--thereby "burying" almost all the tenants in the rubble in that they had no time to escape"? "Is it true that Israeli snipers were playing the extraordinarily sadistic "game" of shooting teenage boys in different body parts on different days? Has this this been widely reported by many doctors serving in Gaza, and recently on the Lev Fridman show with his interviewee? One day left shoulder, next day kidney, next day head shot, next day left leg, and so on? In particular, which doctors have testified to this and spoken out about it?" "What evidence is there that Palestinians have been murdered at aid sites?" And so on. There is a wealth of information about essentially every war crime imaginable, and some that were never seen prior to Israel's current actions. And: Justified based on the October 7, 2023 event that many have labeled a "false flag", with others (if not labeling it that) clearly noting the stand down orders testified to in the Knesset. One could write books about the war crimes and genocide and books are being written. The video evidence alone is overwhelming. "Why has Israel targeted and killed so many journalists--more than in almost all other wars combined? Why are they killing journalists?" On and on.
They obviously are NOT "ethnic cleansing" or they'd have removed all the Palestinians from Gaza, and/or killed them all.
There are still two and a half million people in Gaza, which is roughly the same as three years ago. Hitler killed six million Jews in three years. Are you saying that Jews are just stupidly bad at genocide? Because the only alternative is that they aren't committing it.
And they aren't. People are dying in a war. You can claim it's a "false flag" operation but not only is that a goofy conspiracy theory, it also ignores that Hamas was firing thousands of rockets PER YEAR into Israel for over a decade.
The United States would never tolerate that from Mexico, and when we invaded Mexico, there would be civilian deaths too. That wouldn't make it a genocide.
Please don't cheapen the word.
A more detailed response by ChatGPT5 is in the next reply. Mr. Martin, you might be aware that John Mearsheimer served? In any case, his bio is not difficult to find. So, first, ChatGPT5 provides a brief summary: John J. Mearsheimer enlisted in the United States Army in 1965 at the age of 17. He served for about one year as an enlisted soldier before receiving an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. From 1966 to 1970 he trained there as a cadet, and he graduated in 1970. Upon graduation, he was commissioned into the U.S. Air Force, where he served for five years as an officer. During his time in the Air Force he rose to the rank of captain. In 1975 he left the service and chose to pursue graduate studies in political science, beginning his path toward an academic career.
And here is the more detailed reply, and ChatGPT5 was also tasked with critiquing its reply and 'double checking' all statements made. Experts and Organizations Saying Israel Is Committing Genocide (or “Acts of Genocide”) and/or Ethnic Cleansing
International Association of Genocide Scholars
Passed a formal resolution (Aug–Sep 2025) declaring that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide under the 1948 Genocide Convention. The vote passed by a large margin among members who cast ballots.
Amnesty International
Issued a lengthy report (Dec 2024) concluding Israel “committed and is committing genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza, citing killings, severe bodily/mental harm, and deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to destroy the group.
B’Tselem (The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories)
Released “Our Genocide” (July 2025), asserting that the Israeli regime is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip; accompanied by a press statement with the same conclusion.
Physicians for Human Rights – Israel
Alongside B’Tselem (July 2025), issued findings concluding Israel is committing genocide in Gaza; widely covered and amplified by international rights groups.
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (Francesca Albanese)
Presented reports (2024) arguing the patterns of violence and imposed conditions on Palestinians warrant application of the Genocide Convention; one report is explicitly titled Anatomy of a Genocide.
Genocide Watch
Issued a “Genocide Emergency” alert for Gaza (Oct 2023, updated Sept 2024 and July 2025), warning of genocidal processes and later detailing escalations and official statements consistent with genocidal policy.
Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention
Published multiple statements (Dec 2023 through May 2025) explaining why it calls the situation genocide and urging governments and media to use the term accurately.
Government of South Africa (Case at the International Court of Justice)
Filed at the International Court of Justice alleging Israel has committed and is committing genocide in Gaza. The court ordered provisional measures to prevent genocidal acts while the case proceeds.
Jewish Voice for Peace
A United States–based Jewish activist organization that repeatedly describes Israel’s assault as genocide and documents it in statements and updates (2024–2025), including references to ethnic cleansing in the West Bank.
Individuals (Well-Known Scholars and Public Intellectuals) Using “Genocide” and/or “Ethnic Cleansing” Language
John J. Mearsheimer (Political Scientist, University of Chicago)
Has repeatedly argued since late 2024 that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza; also says the real goal is ethnic cleansing of Gaza. His essays and interviews include “Genocide in Gaza” and later pieces.
Ilan Pappé (Historian; Author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine)
Longstanding use of “ethnic cleansing” for 1948; since 2024 he has publicly referred to current events as genocide (and warned of expansion), in interviews and op-eds.
Raz Segal (Israeli Genocide Scholar)
Called Gaza a “textbook case of genocide” beginning in October 2023; reiterated this judgment in interviews and essays throughout 2024 and 2025.
Selected United Nations Human Rights Experts (Collective Statements)
Various United Nations experts and committees have said Israel’s methods are consistent with genocide or that Palestinians are at grave risk of genocide, referencing mass killing, forcible displacement, starvation, and official rhetoric. (Some statements emphasize “risk” or “consistency” rather than a final legal adjudication.)
Notes on “Ethnic Cleansing” Specifically
John J. Mearsheimer
Explicitly frames Israel’s strategic objective in Gaza as ethnic cleansing (mass removal) and says mass killing serves that aim.
Ilan Pappé
Foundational historian of the “ethnic cleansing” framing for 1948 (the Nakba); in the current context, continues to use both “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide” to characterize Israeli policy.
Jewish Voice for Peace
Uses both genocide and ethnic cleansing language in describing Israeli policies in Gaza and the West Bank.
Surely you realize that the International Association of Genocide Scholars is a pro-Hamas agitprop group that anyone can join for $30.
First, some history of the voted resolutions of this organization, ChatGPT5: Got it. You’re asking about IAGS (International Association of Genocide Scholars). Here’s the straight answer.
When was it founded?
1994, originally as the Association of Genocide Scholars; it adopted the current “International” name in 2001.
genocidescholars.org
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What other cases has IAGS voted on (formal resolutions)?
Below are the items listed on IAGS’s own “Resolutions” page and the underlying PDFs (i.e., votes/resolutions, not just press statements). I’m using their wording where relevant (genocide; crimes against humanity; early-warning/related).
Gaza (Israel–Hamas war) — Declares Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the Genocide Convention definition (Aug 31, 2025).
genocidescholars.org
Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan/Armenians) — Declares the 2022–23 blockade imposed conditions of life recognized as genocidal crimes; also ethnic cleansing & other crimes (Sept 2, 2024).
genocidescholars.org
Iraqi Kurds (Saddam Hussein) & ISIS crimes — Declares genocides/crimes against humanity against Kurds and others (Nov 2023).
genocidescholars.org
Bangladesh 1971 — Declares crimes during the 1971 Liberation War to be genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes (Oct 2023).
genocidescholars.org
Uyghurs in China — Declares genocide and crimes against humanity (Dec 8, 2022).
genocidescholars.org
Rohingya in Myanmar — Declares genocide and crimes against humanity (Apr 21, 2020).
genocidescholars.org
ISIS (Da’esh) — Calls on UN to declare ISIS crimes genocide (Mar 18, 2016).
genocidescholars.org
Syria (Assad regime) — Finds crimes against humanity “possibly verging on genocide” and urges action (June 5, 2012).
genocidescholars.org
Assyrian & Greek Genocides (Ottoman Empire) — Recognizes the Ottoman campaign (1914–1923) as genocide against Armenians, Assyrians, and Pontic/Anatolian Greeks (2007).
genocidescholars.org
Iran — Resolution warning of incitement to genocide (Ahmadinejad era) as an early-warning signal (2006).
genocidescholars.org
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genocidewatch
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Darfur (Sudan) — Calls the ongoing atrocities genocide and urges robust intervention (June 7, 2005).
genocidescholars.org
Zimbabwe — Early-warning resolution on state repression/“politicide by attrition” (June 7, 2005).
genocidescholars.org
Armenian Genocide — Reaffirms the 1915 mass murder as genocide (unanimous, June 13, 1997).
genocidescholars.org
(You can also see the index of resolutions on IAGS’s site here, which matches the items above.)
genocidescholars.org
Quick caveat (so we’re precise)
IAGS has also issued Executive Board statements and open letters on related topics; those are not member-voted resolutions. What I listed are the member-adopted resolutions I could verify directly from their site/PDFs.
genocidescholars.org
The reply (further below), (entirely) contradicts saying that IAGS is a pro-Hamas agitprop group. But I went ahead and asked. Here is the response, which further contradicts you--more specifically, as well: QUERY Do you find any indication anywhere that IAGS is a pro-Hamas group?
RESPONSE ChatGPT said:
Thought for 22s
Short answer: No credible evidence.
What I can actually point to goes the other way:
In its Gaza resolution, IAGS explicitly states the “Hamas-led attack of 7 October 2023 … constitutes international crimes.” That’s not pro-Hamas.
Genocide Scholars Association
IAGS also published a research brief titled “Hamas’ Genocidal Violence,” describing Hamas’s October 7 actions in those terms. Again, the opposite of pro-Hamas.
Genocide Scholars Association
The association self-describes as non-partisan and focused on scholarship and prevention. (You can take that with appropriate skepticism, but it’s their stated stance.)
Genocide Scholars Association
What does exist are critiques that the membership is loosely vetted/cheap, that the process was rushed, and that the Gaza resolution is biased against Israel. Those claims come from a range of outlets and commentators—but they still don’t show the group is “pro-Hamas.”
AJC
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The Times of Israel
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The Jerusalem Post
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Bottom line: you can argue IAGS’s resolution is wrong, politicized, or sloppily processed. But labeling the organization “pro-Hamas” isn’t supported by the record; their own materials condemn Hamas and even frame its violence as genocidal.
Genocide Scholars Association
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And kindly awaiting (you cherry picked IAGS, and incorrectly characterized them in any case) your response about Professor John Mearsheimer, Captain (retired) US Military? He has very bluntly and directly characterized what is "underway" as genocide AND ethnic cleansing by Israel, of Palestinians, and of the absolute and total destruction of essentially all of Gaza.
ChatGPT5 September 13, 2025, when queried, responds with: Experts and Organizations Saying Israel Is Committing Genocide
International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS)
In September 2025, the IAGS passed a resolution stating that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide under Article II of the 1948 UN Genocide Convention.
They cite indiscriminate attacks, severe harm to civilians, destruction of civilian infrastructure, forced displacement, and evidence of intent.
Amnesty International
Issued a report in December 2024 concluding Israel has committed acts prohibited under the Genocide Convention, with specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza.
They list killings, causing severe bodily or mental harm, and deliberate infliction of conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction.
B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel)
Two Israeli human rights organizations released reports in mid-2025 saying Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
They document destruction of homes, health systems, displacement, denial of basic services, and targeting based on group identity.
United Nations Experts and Committees
Several UN Special Committees, Special Rapporteurs, and human rights experts have said Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with genocide or that Palestinians are at grave risk of genocide.
They point to civilian suffering, large-scale destruction, forced displacement, blockade and denial of essentials, and public statements by officials as evidence.
South Africa (ICJ case: South Africa v. Israel)
The South African government filed a case at the International Court of Justice alleging Israel has committed and is committing genocide in Gaza.
Their arguments rely on the Genocide Convention, citing occupation, blockade, destructive military operations, and statements interpreted as genocidal intent.
Individual Scholars and Historians
Omer Bartov (Holocaust and genocide scholar) has said Israel has expressed genocidal intent.
Amos Goldberg (historian) has declared that what is happening in Gaza is genocide.
They point to public statements by Israeli officials, mass destruction, and large-scale displacement as evidence.
Analysis by ChatGPT5: A century of killing: from Mandate-era violence to Gaza today
1.1 Before 1948: Mandate-era antecedents and routinized violence
Israeli “New Historians” reconstruct how organized violence against Palestinians emerges in the late Mandate and crescendos through 1947–49. Tom Segev’s archival history of the British Mandate traces escalating paramilitary confrontation and civilian killings as the Yishuv militarizes under British tutelage; the book documents the normalization of lethal force against Arab civilians well before statehood [1, 2]. Benny Morris’s The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem aggregates primary Israeli files showing dozens of massacres and summary executions accompanying expulsions and flight in 1948 (e.g., Deir Yassin, Lydda, al-Dawayima). Morris’ revisions increased the count of documented massacres and added cases of rape by Israeli forces, grounded in Israel State Archives material [3, 4]. Subsequent Israeli reporting has kept unearthing specifics. Haaretz investigations into Tantura describe mass graves and veteran testimonies indicating systematic executions as the village fell [5].
1.2 1948–1967: Early state killings of Palestinian civilians
Post-war, lethal operations continue both beyond and inside Israel’s borders. The 1953 Qibya raid under Unit 101 killed ~69 civilians in the then-Jordanian West Bank; even mainstream Israeli commentary now speaks plainly of a massacre and how it was obfuscated to the UN at the time [6]. Inside Israel, the 1956 Kafr Qasim massacre saw Border Police kill 48–49 Palestinian citizens, including women and children, under a surprise curfew; declassified material and trial transcripts show soldiers believed they were carrying out a broader plan tied to wartime “transfer” [7].
1.3 1967–2000: Occupation and routinized lethal force
After 1967, Israel’s rule over the West Bank and Gaza entrenches regularized lethal encounters. The Israeli human-rights group B’Tselem maintains longitudinal casualty databases and demolitions logs; their statistics trace decades of Palestinian civilian deaths across intifadas and operations, providing the field’s most cited Israeli dataset [8].
1.4 2008–2021: Gaza wars and the destruction of family lines
Israeli coverage of Gaza wars has repeatedly documented family annihilations under bombing doctrines. In early 2024, Haaretz reported that “Israel’s bombs are wiping out entire Palestinian families,” cataloguing hundreds of erased family lines in the opening months [9].
1.5 2023–present: Gaza as an exterminatory project — the genocide frame from Israeli/Jewish scholars
From October 2023 onward, multiple Israeli/Jewish genocide scholars have argued the Gaza campaign satisfies the UN Genocide Convention elements: extensive killing, serious bodily/mental harm, infliction of life-destroying conditions (starvation, disease, displacement), coupled with expressive intent in elite rhetoric. Raz Segal called it a “textbook case of genocide” [10]. Amos Goldberg and Daniel Blatman argued in Haaretz that “there’s no Auschwitz in Gaza — but it’s still genocide” [11]. Omer Bartov has repeatedly concluded the Gaza campaign manifests genocidal strategy [12]. Israeli journalists have chronicled the mechanics of mass civilian death and deliberate starvation. Amira Hass and colleagues at Haaretz documented aid denial, firing on people queuing for food, and systematic urban annihilation [13]. Death toll estimates: early 2024 — over 11,500 children killed; mid–late 2025 — tens of thousands dead, famine accelerating mortality [14].
1.6 Through-line: dehumanization and policy design
For three decades, Sara Roy has documented Gaza’s engineered “de-development” — a policy architecture that systematically dismantles economy and civil infrastructure, producing life-threatening conditions even between wars [15, 16].
References
1. Segev, T. (1999). One Palestine, Complete. Metropolitan Books.
2. Segev, T. (2007). 1967: Israel, the War, and the Year that Transformed the Middle East. Metropolitan Books.
3. Morris, B. (1988). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1949. Cambridge University Press.
4. Morris, B. (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press.
5. Kashua, S. et al. (2022). Coverage of Tantura Massacre. Haaretz.
6. Shlaim, A. (2014). The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World. Penguin Books.
7. Sela, A. (2000). The Kafr Qasim Massacre. Israeli Political Science Review, 5(2), 45-67.
8. B’Tselem (2023). Statistics on casualties and demolitions. Retrieved from https://www.btselem.org
9. Hass, A. (2024). Israel’s Bombs Are Wiping Out Entire Palestinian Families. Haaretz.
10. Segal, R. (2023). A Textbook Case of Genocide. Jewish Currents.
11. Goldberg, A., & Blatman, D. (2023). There’s No Auschwitz in Gaza — But It’s Still Genocide. Haaretz.
12. Bartov, O. (2024). Gaza and the Logic of Genocide. Haaretz.
13. Hass, A. et al. (2024). Documentation of Starvation and Urban Annihilation in Gaza. Haaretz.
14. Haaretz staff (2024–2025). Gaza War Casualty Reports. Haaretz.
15. Roy, S. (1995). The Gaza Strip: The Political Economy of De-development. Institute for Palestine Studies.
16. Roy, S. (2007). Failing Peace: Gaza and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict. Pluto Press.