Expose and Shame Gaza Genocide Deniers
1. Isn’t it just a conflict, not a genocide?
Systematic mass killing of civilians, starvation as policy, destruction of hospitals, targeting of journalists, and displacement of nearly the entire population fit multiple genocide criteria under international law. Calling it “a conflict” erases intentionality and scale.
2. But Israel has a right to defend itself, right?
Self-defense doesn’t include bombing refugee camps, starving children, or assassinating aid workers. Collective punishment is explicitly illegal under the Geneva Conventions.
3. If it were genocide, the UN would have said so.
The UN’s highest court, the ICJ, found a plausible case of genocide and ordered Israel to prevent genocidal acts. Denying that is ignoring international law.
4. Civilians die in all wars. That doesn’t mean genocide.
Genocide is about intent plus systematic mass killing. Repeatedly targeting civilian infrastructure, doctors, schools, food systems, and making survival impossible shows genocidal intent.
5. Aren’t the casualty numbers inflated?
Every major human rights body (UN, Red Crescent, WHO) confirms massive civilian death tolls. Denying the numbers insults the memory of the dead and the credibility of humanitarian monitors.
6. It’s Hamas’s fault for hiding among civilians.
Using this excuse to bomb children, hospitals, and aid workers is victim-blaming. International law still protects civilians, regardless of militant presence.
7. It’s complicated, not black and white.
Complexity doesn’t excuse mass killing. The Holocaust was “complicated” too—yet denying it was genocide is shameful.
8. If it were genocide, the world would stop it
History proves otherwise. Genocides in Rwanda and Bosnia unfolded despite the world watching. Denial often came first—silencing outrage until it was too late.
9. Calling it genocide is antisemitic
Criticizing a state’s policies is not the same as hating a people or religion. Equating Jewish identity with state violence is itself antisemitic.
10.Aren’t you exaggerating to make a political point?
Minimizing mass civilian death is obscene. Deniers try to make genocide sound like “just politics”—that’s how denial has always worked, from Armenia to Rwanda.
