Genocide

My cousin gave the world the word ‘genocide’ – don’t let anyone profit from it - opinion

Raphael Lemkin was my cousin. He was a Polish Jewish lawyer who watched the Nazis murder dozens of our relatives and sat down and invented a word for the crime he could not otherwise name - genocide.

Raphael Lemkin
Bishop Koryun Baghdasaryan.

Israeli gov't recognition of Armenian Genocide fulfills 'moral duty,' senior bishop says

Members of the Armenian community in Jaffa perform a pray during a memorial service held to mark the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, at the Armenian Church of Saint Nicholas, in Jaffa, April 24, 2021.

Israel officially recognizes Armenian Genocide after decades of diplomatic friction - analysis

 IDF soldiers seen operating in the northern Gaza Strip, April 13, 2025

New UN inquiry: Israel 'deliberately' killed Palestinian children, resulting in genocide


Trump, Netanyahu and the irony of Responsibility to Protect in Iran - opinion

Trump and Netanyahu may unintentionally act in line with the UN’s Responsibility to Protect principle.

US first lady Melania Trump presides over a United Nations Security Council meeting, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, March 2, 2026.

US pressure is forcing action on anti-Christian violence, Nigerian Christian leader tells 'Post'

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: A Nigerian Christian leader told 'The Jerusalem Post’ that the Trump administration is forcing authorities to intervene in Islamist killings.

An example of the Nigeria Evangelical Fellowship food relief and medical outreach for Christian Internally Displaced Persons in Adamawa, northeast Nigeria.

'Israel is evil, genocidal': Ana Kasparian doubles down in anti-Zionist X thread

Israel is "about to drag us into another war [with Iran], and all we hear from Israelis and their braindead supporters is 'ANTISEMITE' if you disagree with Israel's agenda," Kasparian wrote.

Ana Kasparian speaks at the 2019 Politicon, Nashville, Tennessee; illustrative.

Illinois Senate candidate Robin Kelly says Israel committed ‘genocide’ in Gaza

“It may not have started off being like that, but I believe that is what it turned into,” said Kelly, who in August 2025 cosponsored an act to withhold the transfer of offensive weapons to Israel.

A view of the dome of the US Capitol building in Washington, DC, September 19, 2025.

RSF's mass killings of non-Arabs in Sudan's al-Fashir points to genocide, UN probe says

At the end of October last year, the RSF took over al‑Fashir, which had been the last remaining stronghold of the Sudanese Armed Forces in the Darfur region in the west of the country.

DISPLACED PEOPLE ride on an animal-drawn cart, following Rapid Support Forces attacks on the Zamzam displacement camp, in the town of Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan, earlier this month. Zamzam, Sudan’s largest refugee camp, was bombarded by the RSF for months, with at least 300 killed between Zamzam an

Berlinale head Tricia Tuttle defends jury for refusing to condemn Israel for ‘genocide’

The issue surfaced following the opening press conference, where the International Jury president, director Wim Wenders, said that filmmakers should stay out of politics.

Tricia Tuttle, director of the Berlinale.

Don't let the lie stand: Denounce the Israeli genocide claim, no matter who raises it - editorial

Labeling Israel’s war in Gaza as genocide is not criticism but a modern blood libel, one that distorts October 7, fuels antisemitism worldwide, and must be confronted head-on.

People take part in the National March for Palestine - hands off Gaza, a pro-Palestinian protest calling for the government to "end the genocide and stop arming Israel", in London, Britain, January 31, 2026.

Ex-Oxfam UK CEO sues charity, says it disproportionately focused on Gaza, pushed 'genocide' label

Former Oxfam UK CEO Halima Begum is taking the charity to an employment tribunal, alleging antisemitism, racism, and pressure to label the Gaza war a genocide without evidence.

A sign is seen above a branch of Oxfam, in London, Britain February 12, 2018.

Iran's Reza Pahlavi: Trump needs to act, end IRGC's genocide on Iranians

"This is a genocide in the making," and Iranian protesters need help to neutralize elements the regime has used to brutalize its own citizenry, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi told Hugh Hewitt.

Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi following a speech in Washington, January 16, 2026; illustrative.

IDF officials warn ICJ genocide case poses greater risk than ICC

Military officials say the ICJ genocide case worries them more than the ICC, as Israel prepares a major response ahead of a March deadline.

 Judges are seen at the International Court of Justice before the issue of a verdict in the case of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav who was sentenced to death by Pakistan in 2017, in The Hague, Netherlands July 17, 2019