Genocide
A view from the public hearing at the International Court of Justice case on Israel's humanitarian obligations to Palestinians in Gaza, the Hague, Netherlands, April 29, 2025. (Mouneb Taim / Middle East Images via AFP)
March 16, 2026, 12:30 pm
US formally defends Israel in International Court of Justice genocide case
The United States said the genocide charge was part of a broader campaign “to delegitimize the State of Israel and the Jewish people.”
By Shira Li Bartov
Paraguayan Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano (left) and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar in Jerusalem on Feb. 8, 2026. (Credit: GPO)
March 5, 2026, 10:48 am
Paraguay is first to file brief in support of Israel in South African case before UN court
Paraguay said it wasn’t picking sides in the case South Africa is bringing against the Jewish state but argued that the court must not expand the definition of “genocide.”
By Mike Wagenheim
Sen. John Fetterman speaks during the Shaare Torah Congregation annual dinner on March 31, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Shaare Torah Congregation)
January 9, 2025, 8:38 am
‘Zero dopes’ protesting genocide in Sudan, Fetterman says
"South Africa engaged the International Court of Justice over Gaza, but not for an actual genocide on their own continent?" the pro-Israel senator said.
By JNS
(Photo by PatrikSlezak via iStock Photo)
December 5, 2024, 11:36 pm
‘Predetermined conclusions’: Amnesty Israel workers slam parent group’s ‘genocide’ charge
Local branch rejects report’s conclusion, but says Israeli actions ‘may amount to crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing’; US also rejects genocide conclusion
By Jeremy Sharon, Jacob Magid and TOI Staff
Emily Loeb, Rebecca Jacobson, Alain Tamonoche, Adelaide Madiesse Nguela, and Debbie Stueber (Photo by Abigail Hakas)
August 8, 2024, 12:07 pm
Jewish and Bamileke communities connect over shared history
“Most of us are here seeking the truth, seeking recognition, wanting a name to be said for the first time without fear."
By Abigail Hakas
The International Court of Justice delivers an order on South Africa's genocide case against Israel in The Hague, Jan. 26, 2024. (Michel Porro/Getty Images)
January 26, 2024, 10:14 am
International Court of Justice rules that some allegations of Israel committing genocide are ‘plausible’
The ruling repeatedly made clear that the court had not found evidence of genocide.
By Ron Kampeas
The Peace Palace, an international law administrative building in The Hague, the Netherlands (Photo courtesy of Velvet, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
January 23, 2024, 12:36 pm
Israel is not committing genocide in Gaza, some Jewish scholars stress
“This is not about semantics,” he said. “There is a legal definition of what constitutes genocide and what’s happening here doesn’t meet that definition.”
By David Rullo
The Israeli Foreign Ministry's legal adviser Tal Becker speaks at The Hague on Jan. 12, 2024, as members of the South African delegation look on (Screenshot via The Times of Israel)
January 12, 2024, 9:07 am
S. Africa genocide case is ‘a libel,’ aimed ‘to deny Israel the right to defend itself
Setting out Israel’s defense at The Hague, Foreign Ministry’s Tal Becker says: ‘There can hardly be a charge more false, more malevolent than the allegation against Israel of genocide’
By TOI Staff
Holocaust Memorial in Berlin (Image by Image by Nick Spears via Pixabay)
September 9, 2022, 12:40 pm
Armenian, Greek and Jewish communities join together to mark dark period of history
The month of events is titled "Agape and Hope Resurrected in Hripsime’s Agony, Athena’s Mourning, and Rachel’s Heartbreak.”
By Toby Tabachnick
Noah Schoen talks to National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute participants at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill July 14, 2022. Photo provided by Seton Hill University.
July 19, 2022, 10:57 am
Seton Hill invites educators to ‘Grapple with Genocide’
Teachers attend university's National Endowment for Humanities Summer Institute; tour Squirrel Hill
By David Rullo
Photo of Loung Ung, Meng, and Eang’s arrival at the refugee camp in Thailand 1979. Photo courtesy of Loung Ung
August 26, 2021, 11:35 am
Author and activist Loung Ung shares insider’s look at Cambodian genocide
Personal tale becomes vehicle for telling 'larger issues of war and peace, and connections and work'
By Adam Reinherz
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