Israel's military campaign in the Gaza Strip has repeatedly sparked serious allegations of genocide. But how does the United Nations define the term? The UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment ...

Paul O’Brien, executive director of Amnesty International USA, said military action is not a legally sufficient answer to accusations of genocide at a Harvard Law School talk Wednesday afternoon. An ...

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 ...