Headline Roundup • September 2nd, 2025
International Association of Genocide Scholars Says Israel is Committing Genocide in Gaza
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), a self-described “non-partisan” organization established in 1994, concluded on Sunday that Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza.
The Details: The group, which has around 500 members, passed a resolution with 86% of those who voted voting in favor. It described Hamas’ October 7 terror attack on southern Israel as “horrific” but wrote that since then, “Israel has engaged in systematic and widespread crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide, including indiscriminate and deliberate attacks against the civilians and civilian infrastructure.” The resolution cited UN tallies that claim over 59,000 have been killed and over 143,000 wounded.
For Context: The IAGS was founded in 1994 by Israeli psychologist Israel Charny, Holocaust survivor and political scientist Robert Melson, and sociologist Helen Fein. Charny and Fein passed away in 2024 and 2022, respectively. Most recently, in 2024, the IAGS ruled the Azeri blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh as genocide.
Split Framing: Associated Press (Left bias) opened by describing the IAGS as “the largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide” that features “a number of Holocaust experts.” Breitbart (Right) opened by describing the IAGS as “an association of so-called ‘scholars’” that “rigged [the resolution] to achieve a predetermined outcome, according to a member of the group.” Breitbart cited a Times of Israel (Center) report that quoted IAGS member Sara Brown, who said corners were cut to achieve the verdict.
How The Media Covered It: The story was widely covered by the center and left. Aside from Breitbart’s coverage, which aimed to downplay the resolution, the only outlet from the right AllSides found coverage from was The Daily Mail (Right), which ran the headline, “Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, world's leading experts say.”
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The largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide said Monday that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
The determination by the International Association of Genocide Scholars — which has around 500 members worldwide, including a number of Holocaust experts — could serve to further isolate Israel in global public opinion and adds to a growing chorus of organizations that have used the term for Israel’s actions in Gaza. Israel rejects the accusation and called the resolution an “embarrassment to the legal profession.”
The International Association of Genocide Scholars on Sunday passed a resolution accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, which Israeli officials deny.
The IAGS resolution cites U.N. statistics that claim more than 59,000 adults and children have died in Gaza without citing how many are Hamas casualties and not civilian casualties.
A widely-reported vote by an association of so-called “scholars” declaring Israel guilty of “genocide” was rigged to achieve a predetermined outcome, according to a member of the group.
International media reported Monday that the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) had voted overwhelmingly (86% in favor) to conclude that Israel was guilty of “genocide” in its war against Hamas in Gaza.
Israel firmly rejected the vote, saying that it inverted the victim and the perpetrator, given that Hamas had invaded Israel determined to kill as many people as possible, and...
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