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6,000 Scholars Defend Gaza War, Call Genocide Claim “Blood Libel”

By Drooid · Sep 25, 2026, 6:30 AM UTC · How we work

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Creative Community Defends Israel

The Creative Community for Peace released a letter signed by over 6,000 scholars defending Israel’s Gaza war.
Signatories include Harvard professor Steven Pinker, historian Niall Ferguson, Israeli historian Benny Morris, and Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt.
The letter says Gaza’s death ratio is 2:1, based on the Health Ministry toll and INSS’s 23,000 terrorist deaths estimate.
It calls the genocide accusation a ‘blood libel’ and argues Israel warned civilians, preventing starvation.

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Netanyahu Calls Genocide Lie

Netanyahu called genocide accusations the “biggest lie of the century” in his UN General Assembly speech.
He denounced delegates who walked out as “moral cowards” and urged any remaining to leave.
Netanyahu said attacking Iran was “one of the easiest decisions” and thanked President Donald Trump for action.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani called Netanyahu a “war criminal” and urged federal authorities to arrest him.

History

Historical Context

On April 6 1994 the planes of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira were assassinated, sparking a genocide that killed about 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu. The United Nations responded by creating the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Today Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cites Rwanda to argue against labeling current conflicts as genocide.

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Creative Community Defends Israel

The Creative Community for Peace released a letter signed by over 6,000 scholars defending Israel’s Gaza war.
Signatories include Harvard professor Steven Pinker, historian Niall Ferguson, Israeli historian Benny Morris, and Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt.
The letter says Gaza’s death ratio is 2:1, based on the Health Ministry toll and INSS’s 23,000 terrorist deaths estimate.
It calls the genocide accusation a ‘blood libel’ and argues Israel warned civilians, preventing starvation.

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