Genocide

Ethiopia needs honest dialogue, not inflammatory rhetoric - opinion

The increase of genocide accusations in Ethiopian politics serves extremist agendas while real solutions lie in the country's ongoing national dialogue process.

 An Afari militia member walks next to a house destroyed in the fight between the Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces in Kasagita town, Afar region, Ethiopia, February 25, 2022. Picture taken February 25, 2022
 People demonstrate on the day of a vote on the motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, in London, Britain, February 21, 2024.

Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan join 380 UK writers demanding Gaza ceasefire in open letter

 PALESTINIANS CELEBRATE as an IDF tank burns after it was hit by Palestinian gunmen who infiltrated areas of southern Israel on October 7, 2023.

Ministerial committee passes bill to prosecute Oct. 7 terrorists for genocide

 SPANISH PRIME MINISTER Pedro Sanchez and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attend an Arab League summit in Baghdad last Saturday. Spain committed genocide against the Jewish people three times, the writer asserts.

Spain should think thrice before it lectures Israel about genocide - opinion


'Sorry I don't have a plane to give you,' South Africa's Ramaphosa tells Trump mid-trade talks

Rhamposa is in the US to persuade Trump to make deals with his country rather than scold and punish it.

 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa briefs the media on South Africa's G20 presidency for 2025 at the parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, December 3, 2024.

The three I's: A solution to discern genocides from tragedies - opinion

We suggest that every tragedy that might be classified as genocide be tested by the three I’s: Intent, implementation, and implications.

 A woman holds a sign outside the International Court of Justice, amid the case in which Israel was accused of genocide, last year. Every tragedy that might be classified as genocide should be tested by the three I’s: intent, implementation, and implications, the writers argue.

Ghosts of Year Zero: The Khmer Rouge, Phnom Penh and the Killing Fields

When the Khmer Rouge seized power, they declared it the start of “Year Zero”—a chilling decree that symbolized the erasure of everything that had come before.

An archive picture from Agence Khmere de Presse shows Cambodian people leaving Phnom Penh after Khmer Rouge forces seized and emptied the Cambodian capital on April 17, 1975.

WATCH: What’s at stake for Israel at the ICJ in Gaza genocide suit?

Legal affairs correspondent Sarah Ben-Nun joins the Jerusalem Post Studio to discuss what the hearings could mean for Israel.

 Judges arrive at the International Court of Justice at the start of a hearing where South Africa requests new emergency measures over Israel's attacks on Rafah, as part of an ongoing case South Africa filed at the ICJ in December last year, The Hague, Netherlands May 17, 2024.

'World failed Palestinian people': South Africa to ICJ

The only certainty that the Palestinian people have is that tomorrow is going to be worse said the South African representative at the ICJ hearing. 

 A Palestinian demonstrator holds a sign thanking South Africa for its support during a protest in Amman, Jordan.

UN's Guterres is whitewashing UNRWA's part in October 7 massacre, Israeli FM says

"At this very moment, the ICJ is beginning deliberations in another shameful proceeding against Israel," Sa'ar said.

 Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar accuses UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of whitewashing UNRWA's alleged terror ties, April 28, 2025.

'Gaza today is Auschwitz of the 21st century,' Hamas claims after Netanyahu speech

"Those who weep for the victims of Nazism are now the masters of genocide in our time," the statement added.

(Illustrative) Hamas terrorists in front of an Iranian flag and an American embassy.

Jews will never forget the Holocaust, even if the world has - analysis

A world without Holocaust survivors is terrifying, but inevitable - yet it would not be the end of the story or memory, just the end of their responsibility.

 Jerusalen, Israel, 04-15-2019: Photographs of missing children victims of the Holocaust perpetrated by the Nazis against the Jews at the Holocaust History Museum

What does Israel’s six month delay of ICJ genocide case mean? - analysis

There are unlikely to be any major new consequences against Israel legally or diplomatically regarding the genocide allegations before sometime in 2026.

 IRELAND HAS joined South Africa in its accusations of genocide at Israel. Here, jurist Malcolm Shaw looks on at the ICJ during a ruling on South Africa’s request to order a halt to Israel’s Rafah offensive in Gaza in May.

In boost to Kurds, Iraq moves to recognize Halabja as a province – analysis

"We see this historic step as a long-awaited justice and a positive step towards achieving justice," said President Abdul Latif Rashid.

 A woman holds the flag of Kurdistan during the celebration of Nowruz Day, a festival marking the first day of spring and Persian New Year, in Akra, Iraq March 20, 2025.

Argentine politician indicted for antisemitism after 'Zionist Nazi' comments

Argentine Judge Rafecas ordered the prosecution of Deputy Vanina Biasi for antisemitic posts, with a 10 million peso lien on her assets. She could face up to three years in prison if convicted.

 Lawmaker Vanina Biasi speaks as lawmakers debate a decree issued by President Javier Milei's government on a potential new deal between Argentina and the IMF, at Argentina's National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 19, 2025.