Tag: Genocide Convention

US/Israeli Policy in Gaza: Genocide Made Invisible

NORMAN SOLOMON – With rare exceptions, U.S. news media and members of Congress dodge the reality of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Meanwhile, the events in Gaza and the evasions in the United States have been enormously instructive, shattering illusions along the way. Many Americans, especially young people, know much more about their country and its government than they did just two years ago. What has come to light includes mass murder of certain other human beings as de facto policy and functional ideology.

What Does International Law Say About the Ukraine Invasion?

MEL GURTOV – In just the past few years, we have witnessed mass violence directed at innocent people in many places: China’s Xinjiang province, the Saudi-led war in Yemen, the Myanmar (Burma) junta’s atrocities against the Muslim Rohingya, and of course Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Each of these episodes has its distinctive characteristics, but they all violate international law and our common humanity. None of them can be excused by arguments based on state sovereignty, national security, historical analogy, or the sins of others past and present.