Words matter. Their meanings matter. If words have no meaning, then the ideas we construct from those words have no meaning, either. This is why Webster’s Dictionary records the definitions and uses ...

The definition hardly refers to inequality or structural discrimination—rather, it’s a thinly veiled tool for prohibiting criticism of any sort about Israel. A Palestinian schoolgirl walks past the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LONDON -- The world's largest association of academic scholars studying genocide passed a resolution saying Israel's "policies and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smoke billows during Israeli strikes on tall building in Gaza. Omar Ashtawy/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa Israel's military ...

The word genocide is no longer a matter of debate when it comes to Gaza. What was once dismissed as an exaggeration shouted at protests is now being echoed by some of the world’s leading human rights ...

The United States said the genocide charge was part of a broader campaign "to delegitimize the State of Israel and the Jewish ...

For years, Marianne Hirsch, a prominent genocide scholar at Columbia University, has used Hannah Arendt’s book about the trial of a Nazi war criminal, “Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality ...

The world's leading association of scholars who study genocide has declared that Israel's actions in Gaza meet that legal definition. In a detailed three-page resolution, the International Association ...