Genocide
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House Republican Drafts Censure of Omar for ‘Pro-Genocide’ Remark
Representative Don Bacon accused Representative Ilhan Omar of antisemitism in suggesting some Jewish students were “pro-genocide.” Democratic leaders have said little about their colleague’s language.
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Austin Pushes Back on Claims of Israel Carrying Out Genocide in Gaza
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III told a Senate committee on Tuesday that the Pentagon had no evidence that Israel was carrying out a genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Mr. Austin made the comments in testimony at a Senate Armed ...
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South Africa Asks U.N. Court to Intervene to Avert ‘Genocidal Starvation’ in Gaza
South Africa has asked the United Nations’ highest court to issue emergency orders for Israel to stop what it called the “genocidal starvation” of the Palestinian people, citing U.N. warnings that Gaza was at risk of imminent famine. The request on ...
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South Africa Asks Top U.N. Court to Act Against Israel’s Plans for Rafah
With Israel continuing to warn that it plans a ground invasion of Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice in The Hague to issue new constraints on Israel’s military offensive to prevent genocide ...
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Campus Speech Codes Should Be Abolished
The tentative, lawyerly answers given last week by three university presidents at a House committee hearing investigating the state of antisemitism on America’s college campuses have generated widespread revulsion across the partisan divide. When ...
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Pennsylvania Governor and Senator Denounce Antisemitism at Rally
Gov. Josh Shapiro and Senator Bob Casey joined a rally in a show of solidarity with Jews after the resignation of the University of Pennsylvania’s president.