Holocaust scholar to discuss his conclusion that Gaza campaign constitutes genocide
Dr. Omer Bartov is the Samuel Pisar Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University. (Photo courtesy of the University of New Mexico)
An Israeli scholar specializing in Holocaust and genocide studies said what his government has been doing in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023 constitutes a genocide.
Dr. Omer Bartov, the Samuel Pisar Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University, is set to speak at the University of New Mexico on Monday. He told Source New Mexico that did not come to his conclusion about Gaza lightly.
In 2023, he wrote in the New York Times there was “no proof that genocide is currently taking place in Gaza, although it is very likely that war crimes, and even crimes against humanity, are happening.”
“I thought genocide was still not taking place, but it might, and that this has to be stopped,” he said. Of course, the violence hasn’t stopped, he said.
