Overview

• IAGS approved a resolution asserting Israel’s campaign in Gaza meets the UN legal definition of genocide, citing casualty data, officials’ statements, and human-rights reports.
• The association reports 86% support among voters, but member Sara Brown says only 129 of roughly 500 members participated.
• Brown alleges leaders canceled a promised town hall, blocked dissenting posts, withheld the resolution’s authors, and expanded voting to non-scholars.
• Israel’s Foreign Ministry called the statement an embarrassment based on Hamas “lies,” and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly dismissed the genocide allegation.
• Coverage notes Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry claims 63,000 deaths, a figure referenced in debates over the resolution’s evidentiary basis.