Forget building new shelters ahead of winter in Gaza. Heavy machinery to clear debris and to repair schools, hospitals, electricity and sanitation is banned on grounds of “dual use”. Even tent poles are forbidden https://t.co/JEGjNwRqJ0
Israeli American Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov says Israel’s assault on Gaza predicts “the future of genocide,” with the perpetrator not only enjoying impunity for crimes against humanity but also profiting from the death and destruction.
He says Israeli leaders will almost certainly escape accountability because international allies, including the United States and many European states, have failed to uphold international law.
https://t.co/KWL4WRBzwX
U.S.-based researchers estimate that more than 245,000 or 75% of pre-war buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed since Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel and the ensuing war.
Satellite imagery shows the rate of building damage has fallen since the ceasefire took effect in October 2025, but strikes continue throughout the Gaza Strip as Israel marks three years since the October 7 attacks. Separate reports from the United Nations have concluded that at least 80% of Gaza's buildings have been destroyed or damaged over that period.
Israel’s heritage minister calling for dropping a Hiroshima bomb on Gaza is not surprising!
Israel has already dropped over 25,000 tons of bombs on Gaza in 4 weeks; the equivalent of about TWO Hiroshima bombs!
Over half of all housing units in the entire Gaza Strip are damaged
The leaders of the German Green Party campaigned against a ceasefire in Gaza, supplied weapons to Israel’s war machine, and branded Palestinian schools and hospitals as legitimate targets.
But their European allies never criticized their conduct. https://t.co/BrFwQzTlcp
Israeli American Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov says Israel’s assault on Gaza predicts “the future of genocide,” with the perpetrator not only enjoying impunity for crimes against humanity but also profiting from the death and destruction.
He says Israeli leaders will almost certainly escape accountability because international allies, including the United States and many European states, have failed to uphold international law.
https://t.co/KWL4WRBzwX
U.S.-based researchers estimate that more than 245,000 or 75% of pre-war buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed since Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel and the ensuing war.
Satellite imagery shows the rate of building damage has fallen since the ceasefire took effect in October 2025, but strikes continue throughout the Gaza Strip as Israel marks three years since the October 7 attacks. Separate reports from the United Nations have concluded that at least 80% of Gaza's buildings have been destroyed or damaged over that period.
The @LemkinInstitute is horrified, heartbroken and nauseated by the cruel IDF murder of Muhammed Bhar, a 24-year-old Palestinian man who had Down's Syndrome and autism.
The IDF's treatment of Mr. Bhar is not the exception. It is but one of countless similar genocidal atrocities committed by Israel, which our founder, Dr. Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, calls life force atrocities. Life force atrocities aim to destroy the spirit of the group by instrumentalizing family and community bonds, targeting and desecrating community symbols, including the most vulnerable people within a community, and perpetrating sadistic rituals of cruelty that become permanent wounds within the target group's psyche -- and also permanent wounds on the body of humanity. Life force atrocities are found in every genocide.
The pattern of life force atrocities in Israel's assault on Gaza is one of the most direct forms of evidence of genocidal intent.
Given this pattern of behavior, the IDF must be considered a genocidal institution. Support for the IDF and for Israel's unending slaughter in Gaza is support for genocide. There is no way around this fact.
We remind the genocide deniers who support this monstrous behavior that the scar of complicity is permanent. It can never be removed.
Mr. Bhar died alone, surrounded by Israeli soldiers, as his heartbroken and terrified family members were forced at gunpoint to leave him with his tormentors. The last words his family heard from him was his words to the dog that was killing him. He was saying to the dog, "enough my dear enough" while patting his head with his free arm and trying to free himself from the dog's attack.
Two of Muhammed's brothers were arrested and have not been heard from since. When the family was able to return to its home a week later, they found Muhammed's body near his favorite chair, surrounded by his own blood.
His 70-year-old mother told the BBC: "This scene I will never forget... I constantly see the dog tearing at him and his hand, and the blood pouring from his hand... It is always in front of my eyes, never leaving me for a moment. We couldn't save him, neither from them nor from the dog."
#MuhammedBhar #GenocideinGaza
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention condemns the persistent efforts by several high-profile German civil society organizations to deny the ongoing genocide in Gaza and to disseminate disinformation and denialist narratives among German political decision-makers.
These efforts must be understood within the broader context of Germany’s uniquely close relationship with Israel, rooted in Germany’s historical responsibility for the Holocaust. In 2007, former Chancellor Angela Merkel first coined the term Staatsräson in this context, proclaiming Germany’s responsibility for the existence of Israel and its duty to defend it. The term is understood as a guidance principle for German foreign policy and informs parliamentary decisions, arms exports, and diplomatic positioning. However, it has not found its way into German legislation and therefore entails no legal obligations from German leaders.
The Lemkin Institute of Genocide Prevention calls on public authorities in Germany to immediately halt all active financing, dissemination, and legitimation of genocide denialist propaganda masked as critical expertise. We further urge the German government to withdraw public funding and end privileged parliamentary access for organizations and initiatives engaged in genocide denial and the systematic discrediting of international legal institutions. We remind Germany and all its political bodies of their obligations under the Genocide Convention, including the duty to prevent and punish genocide and any forms of complicity. Above all, we call on the German state to end its complicity in the genocide against Palestinians, including through arms exports to and uncritical diplomatic support for the state committing genocide.
Read full statement here: https://t.co/NRdeXHU3Px
Israel’s heritage minister calling for dropping a Hiroshima bomb on Gaza is not surprising!
Israel has already dropped over 25,000 tons of bombs on Gaza in 4 weeks; the equivalent of about TWO Hiroshima bombs!
Over half of all housing units in the entire Gaza Strip are damaged
The leaders of the German Green Party campaigned against a ceasefire in Gaza, supplied weapons to Israel’s war machine, and branded Palestinian schools and hospitals as legitimate targets.
But their European allies never criticized their conduct. https://t.co/BrFwQzTlcp
"Feral dogs are everywhere. When you see a pack of dogs, there is a good chance they are standing around a corpse. One of my colleagues chased a dog that was holding a dead child's foot in its mouth"
https://t.co/CItosX3PNY
"The current government, the most racist and extreme in Israel’s history, were voted into power by over two million Israelis," writes Rula Salameh.
"What unfolded in Huwara may point to levels of horrors yet to come"
https://t.co/5ikY10e0hs