THE HAGUE ¨C The world¡¯s biggest academic association of genocide scholars has passed a resolution saying the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, its president said on Monday.
Of those who voted among the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars, 86% backed the resolution declaring Israel¡¯s ¡°policies and actions in Gaza¡± had met the legal definition set out in Article II of the 1948 U.N. convention on genocide.
Israel¡¯s Foreign Ministry called the statement disgraceful and ¡°entirely based on Hamas¡¯ campaign of lies.¡± Israel has, in the past, strongly denied that its actions in Gaza amount to genocide and says they are justified as self defense. It is fighting a case at the International Court of Justice in the Hague that accuses it of genocide.
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