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8. The author admits that he is offering an opinion that is contrary to most other sources

Reply to BeyondGeography (Original post)

Thu Jul 17, 2025, 08:33 AM

Jul 17

He calls those views "denials:

…The continued denial of this designation by states, international organizations and legal and scholarly experts will cause unmitigated damage not just to the people of Gaza and Israel but also to the system of international law established in the wake of the horrors of the Holocaust, designed to prevent such atrocities from happening ever again. It is a threat to the very foundations of the moral order on which we all depend.

In fact, this consensus is a downright rebuttal "by states, international organizations and legal and scholarly experts" of his opinion. Like everybody else with opinions, he has one, and none of these opinions, including his own, constitute a definitive verdict on the subject.

Many scholars are in disagreement with his scholarship: https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4388533-israel-is-not-committing-genocide-but-hamas-is/

Most Jews, including Holocaust survivors in and outside of Israel, reject his arguments: https://www.ajc.org/news/5-reasons-why-the-events-in-gaza-are-not-genocide

And here is a direct point by point rebuttal of this particular article: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/respectfully-professor-bartov-this-is-not-genocide/

Whatever gravitas Mr Bartow's credentials bring to his opinions, they are no substitute for the facts.

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You are exactly right! Violet_Crumble Thursday #44

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And these facts are consistent with urban warfare involving human shields, not genocide. Beastly Boy Jul 17 #14

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