The New York Post has published a must-read piece by David Harsanyi, especially for those who have fallen hook, line and sinker for the Gaza genocide libel.
Excerpt:
No credible person argues that Palestinians in Gaza do not suffer because of Hamas’ endless nihilistic wars against Israel. But the charge of genocide, along with “famine,” “ethnic cleansing,” and “apartheid,” has been manufactured by a conglomeration of anti-Israel organizations that have been priming the public for decades.
It’s Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, or some UN body, along with bogus “expert” organizations such as the Association of Genocide Scholars — habitually described by major media outlets as home to “world’s top scholars,” even though any random nonacademic can pay a simple entry fee and become a member.
There was no genocide. Not one popularly understood. And not legally. The exculpatory evidence against genocide is overwhelming.
The most significant thing to remember about the genocide charge is that international organizations had to change the way they apply the legal definition that has been in place since the 1948 Genocide Convention to smear Israel.
In the popular understanding, the term “genocide” is something akin to the mass murder of people. As a legal matter, it is defined as acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group. So, for instance, what Turkey perpetrated against the Armenians and Kurds or what the Pakistanis did to the Bengalis would be genocide.
The legal case against Israel relies on intent.
And if Israel harbors genocidal intentions, why would it deliver more humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip than any army has probably ever delivered to an enemy population during wartime in history?
Israel, which gave Gaza autonomy in 2005, not only provided food but also clean water, electricity and medical aid for decades.
If Israel has genocidal intentions, why does it warn civilians with flyers, roof knocking, phone calls and other mitigation techniques? Israel remains the only nation in the history of Earth that is allegedly intent on genocide to put its own troops in more danger to spare civilians.
Why does Israel move the populations of entire cities out of the way when trying to confront Hamas? Israel could, of course, annihilate all of Gaza within minutes if it felt like it.
—
If Israel has genocidal intentions, why does the Gaza war have one of the lowest combat-to-civilian death ratios in the history of modern warfare? This, despite the fact that Hamas urges its own people to become cannon fodder as a means of appealing to friendly Western journalists and intellectuals. Hamas leaders build tunnels under hospitals, schools and mosques. They fire rockets from civilian areas. They prevent their own people from evacuating combat zones.
If Israel had genocidal intentions, there would be a lot more than 70,000 total casualties during the war. That total, it needs to be stressed, includes deaths from illness, old age, executions, murders, natural causes and preexisting conditions.
Most importantly, it includes Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters — though that fact is barely ever mentioned by the mass media.
Read the entire thing.
Liked this article? Follow HonestReporting on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok to see even more posts and videos debunking news bias and smears, as well as other content explaining what’s really going on in Israel and the region. Get updates direct to your phone. Join our WhatsApp and Telegram channels!
© Divuach Ne’eman R”A, 2025
