David Lammy has sparked a diplomatic row after writing in a recent blog post that Azerbaijan has been able to "liberate" territory in a conflict widely regarded as an ethnic cleansing.
The recent halving of the Gaza civilian death toll by the UN should be the moment that the case against Israel’s 'genocide' goes into terminal collapse, argues Jake Wallis Simons.
Under no definition is Israel committing genocide. According to John Spencer, Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at West Point, "Israel has implemented more precautions to prevent civilian harm than any military in history".
Could Justin Trudeau be prosecuted for encouraging genocide under the terms of his own 'anti-genocide' Online Harms Act, asks Steven Tucker. It may seem unlikely, but the Act is so poorly drafted that you never know.
What is happening in Gaza is not genocide, argues Douglas Murray. "It’s not even regionally remarkable." After all, Assad murdered 600,000 Arab Muslims in Syria – and where were the protests then?
Genocide has a very specific meaning in law, says Dr. David McGrogan. Bandying the word around and using it of the collateral damage from legitimate military objectives – however awful – lacks moral seriousness.
