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NYT: Amnesty International Accuses Israel of Genocide in Gaza

New York Times (12/5/24 ([link removed]) )

This week on CounterSpin: The New York Times says ([link removed]) that Amnesty International recently became “the first major international human rights organization to accuse Israel of carrying out genocide in Gaza.” That makes sense if you ignore the other ([link removed]) human ([link removed]) rights ([link removed]) groups ([link removed]) and international ([link removed]) bodies
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The Times account notes that genocide is hard to prove because it involves showing the specific intent to destroy a group, “in whole or in part”—something that, they say, Israeli leaders have persistently denied is their intent in Gaza. Declarations ([link removed]) like that by Israeli President Isaac Herzog ([link removed]) that “it is an entire nation out there that is responsible” appear nowhere in the piece.

The Times tells readers that Amnesty’s “contention” and “similar allegations” have been “at the heart of difficult debates about the war around the world.” So far, 14 countries ([link removed]) have joined or signaled they will join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel in the World Court.

Gallup polling ([link removed]) from March found the majority of the US public—55%, up from 45% last November—saying they disapprove of Israel’s siege of Gaza. And that support for Israel is dropping among all political affiliations.

A May survey ([link removed]) from a private Israeli think tank says nearly a third of Jewish people in the US agree with the charge of “genocide,” and 34% view college campus protests as anti-war and pro-peace, compared with 28% who see them as primarily “anti-Israel.” More recently, the Israel Democracy Institute reports its survey ([link removed]) from late November, finding that the majority of Jews in Israel—52%—oppose settlement in Gaza, vs. 42% in support.

There is absolutely debate around the world about Israel’s actions; outlets like the Times make that debate more “difficult” by misrepresenting it.

While not the first to ask us to see the assault on Palestinians as genocide, Amnesty’s report ([link removed]) offers an opening, for those journalists who are interested, to ask why some are so invested in saying it isn’t. Iman Abid is the director of advocacy and organizing at the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights ([link removed]) (USCPR). We’ll talk with her today.

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