Jewish Ledger | Serving Connecticut’s Jewish Communities » 400 Jewish leaders and scholars denounce “Genocide” charges against Israel

Jewish Ledger | Serving Connecticut’s Jewish Communities » 400 Jewish leaders and scholars denounce “Genocide” charges against Israel

WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 400 Jewish leaders, rabbis, and Holocaust and genocide scholars have signed a public statement denouncing accusations that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.

The statement was organized by The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, based in Washington, D.C. It follows a July 9 claim by Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas that Israel is “committing genocide,” an August 1 assertion by Fatah foreign affairs spokesman Nabil Sha’ath that the situation in Gaza is “a Holocaust,” and an August 1 accusation by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan that Israel is guilty of “Hitler-like fascism.”…