Amnesty’s Genocide Inversion: A Preliminary Analysis
On December 5, 2024, Amnesty International is scheduled to publish a document accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.
On October 7, 2023 (which was the Sabbath and a Jewish holiday), thousands of Palestinian terrorists poured across the border from Gaza into Israel, slaughtering 1200 people, torturing and maiming thousands, and kidnapping more than 200. Gaza Palestinians also engaged in public desecration of victims’ bodies. In parallel, thousands of rockets were fired at Israeli population centers, sending millions rushing to shelters.
Every one of these attacks constitutes a blatant violation of international humanitarian and human rights laws.
On December 5, 2024, Amnesty International is scheduled to publish a document accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.
Masar Badil has clear and visible links, on both the organizational level and through its leadership, with Samidoun and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has a 30-year history of systematic false accusations and strident advocacy in its reports and statements regarding Israel. Their latest publication is another blatant example in this series.
Samidoun drives anti-Israel and antisemitic campaigns in the US and Canada – including on university campuses. Samidoun's partners are already well-known as leading members of the anti-Israel network in North America, and many of which have already been criticized by elected officials.
On October 12, 2024, Belgium-based NGO Hind Rajab Foundation announced it had submitted a complaint to the ICC to issue arrest warrants against 1000 Israeli soldiers. The Hind Rajab Foundation was officially registered in Belgium in September 2024. Long-time anti-Israel activists Dyab Abou Jahjah and Karim Hassoun serve as the NGO’s chair and secretary,
Samidoun is a main advocate for the release of Palestinian prisoners, many with ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization. In February 2021, the Israeli Ministry of Defense declared Samidoun a terrorist organization and “a subsidiary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).”
October 7, 2024 marked the one-year anniversary of the worst attack against the Jewish people since the Holocaust. However, in sharp contrast, NGOs inverted the atrocities committed against Israelis, and continuing the demonization campaign that falsely portrays Israel’s military response to the attacks as “genocide,” “ethnic cleansing,” and “extermination.”