Israel is not guilty of genocide in Gaza - opinion

Tens of thousands of Gazans have died in Israel's retaliatory war against Hamas, but the war was launched in response to Hamas's October 7 attack.

AN IDF vehicle crosses the border back into Israel from Gaza last week. The war was not preplanned by Israel, nor was there ever any ‘intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group,’ the writer notes.

(photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)

BySHERWIN POMERANTZ

JULY 22, 2025 01:59

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