In a blistering essay on the mass killing and devastation in Gaza, Amos Goldberg, professor of Holocaust History at the department of Jewish history and contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has argued that Israel is committing the crime of genocide. “Yes, it is genocide” wrote Goldberg in an important intervention dismissing many of the flawed arguments cited by Israeli advocates to deny the horrors being inflicted on Gaza. “It is so difficult and painful to admit it, but despite all that, and despite all our efforts to think otherwise, after six months of brutal war we can no longer avoid this conclusion.” Goldberg’s essay is the latest from a leading expert on the subject to reach such … Continue reading ‘Yes, it is genocide’ in Gaza says Israeli professor of Holocaust studies