Genocide

The West’s illusions about Erdogan’s denialism was outrageous. The reaction to it was revealing

Erdogan, a major NATO leader had effectively declared his nation innocent of every crime commonly associated with the empire, and the world moved on with remarkable ease.

Turkish President and Leader of the Justice and Development (AK) Party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses to the party members during the AK Party Group Meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkiye in Ankara, Turkiye on February 25, 2026.
Congregation Beth Israel is the oldest synagogue in Bangor, Maine.

Maine rabbis call for peace, urge politicians to stop calling Gaza war a ‘genocide’

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks outside the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx on Friday. The writer asks: Does Mamdani still not understand that anti-Israel rhetoric has generated a sharp spike in antisemitic violence?

Zohran Mamdani's genocide accusation matters far beyond Israel - opinion

Protesters dressed as suffragettes as chant their message and hold signs during the demonstration at National Gallery on March 6, 2026 in London, England.

Pro-Palestinian activists convicted of criminal damage after targeting Picasso artwork


Brazil joins South Africa's genocide case at ICJ against Israel

The move is largely symbolic, signifying only that whatever construction emerges from the court's eventual judgment will be equally binding upon Brazil.

 Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures as he meets with Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (not pictured) at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, March 6, 2024.

Dutch MP forced to change ‘Palestinian flag’ outfit during heated budget debate

Dutch MP Esther Ouwehand was told to change her Palestinian flag outfit during a tense budget debate. She returned wearing a watermelon-themed blouse, a symbol of Palestinian "resistance."

Dutch parliamentarian Esther Ouwehand wearing a Palestinian flag blouse, September 18, 2025.

Greek activists wave anti-Israel 'Free Palestine' banners at Athens Acropolis

In a video shared by KNE's media arm, activists can be seen atop the Acropolis cliff, holding banners written in both Greek and English, as well as waving flags in the air.

Protesters hold a banner during a pro-Palestinian protest in front of the parliament building in Athens, Greece.

From Streicher to the 'genocide experts': Why Israel must start fighting defamation - opinion

History has warned what happens when propaganda cloaks itself in the language of law.

A billboard in Times Square displays the message "Israel is committing genocide" as part of the campaign by Game Over Israel calling for a boycott of Israel by national soccer federations over the war in Gaza, in New York City, U.S., September 16, 2025.

Bernie Sanders claims Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

Sanders, who is Jewish and had previously refrained from saying that Israel was committing a genocide against the Palestinians, called the Gaza War "a genocide".

 US SENATOR Bernie Sanders speaks at a May Day rally in Philadelphia earlier this month. In a Senate committee meeting, Sanders said: ‘We can agree that antisemitism is unacceptable in all forms, but some of us happen to believe that the response of the Netanyahu government to the Hamas attack is al

Ben & Jerry's co-founder resigns after feud with parent Unilever over Gaza war

Unilever and Ben & Jerry’s have clashed since 2021, when the Chubby Hubby maker said it would stop sales in the West Bank.

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s, partnered with MoveOn to hand out free ice cream at Franklin Square in Philadelphia.

'At UN, truth is a lie and lie is a truth,' Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana tells 'Post' conference

The UN "rewards terror, ignores massacre and obstructs the path to real peace," Ohana said.

Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana at The Jerusalem Post's Diplomatic Conference at the Friends of Zion media center, September 16, 2025.

Foreign Ministry: UN genocide inquiry claims 'debunked,' inquirers 'Hamas proxies'

The Foreign Ministry accused the UN commission of serving as “Hamas proxies” and urged its abolition following its latest Gaza report.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at an event at the foreign ministry, May 26, 2025; illustrative.

'Israel committing genocide in Gaza,' UN inquiry concludes

"Genocide is occurring in Gaza," said Navi Pillay, head of the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and a former International Criminal Court judge.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay speaks during a news conference for a report on "the right to privacy in the digital age" at the United Nations in Geneva, July 16, 2014.

‘Zionist animals’: Anti-Israel activists plan to ‘flood’ UN General Assembly with protest

Within Our Lifetime, JVP, and PYM to march on UN, call for sanctions on Israel, and demand Netanyahu’s arrest.

Demonstrators gather outside the UN Headquarters during a "Stop Starving Gaza" protest in New York City, July 29, 2025.