US EditionNovelist David Grossman Says Israel Is Committing 'Genocide' in Gaza, Joining a Rising Chorus - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, AUG 1 – David Grossman, a leading Israeli author and critic, calls Israel's 22-month Gaza assault genocide amid reports of over 60,000 deaths and mounting global human rights condemnations.
- On Friday, David Grossman described Israel's Gaza campaign as `genocide`, saying he used the term `with profound pain and a broken heart` in an interview with La Repubblica.
- Amid global condemnation over starvation, B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel concluded Israel was committing `genocide` in Gaza earlier this week.
- Leading authorities such as The Lancet state over 60,000 lives have been lost during Israel's 22-month assault on Gaza, including at least 18,500 children.
- In response, Israel's government and allied voices deny genocide, noting Gaza's population does not reflect a sustained elimination campaign, diverging from Grossman's characterization.
- By using the term `genocide`, Grossman signals how the war’s devastation is reshaping global perceptions and Israel’s cultural and moral conversation.
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The world-famous Israeli author David Grossman says that he now uses the word genocide to describe Israel's actions in Gaza. He does so "with a broken heart".
In the coming days, Italy will also join the effort, and will also begin evacuating children who urgently need treatment.
In an interview with the Italian daily La Repubblica, the country’s most important living writer joined in criticism of Netanyahu’s war
Rome, Italy. Israeli writer David Grossman described his country’s actions in Gaza as “genocide,” claiming to have “the heart broken” for it, in an interview published on Friday in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica. “I refused for years to use this term: ‘genocide’. But now I cannot help but use it, after what I have read in the newspapers, after the images I have seen and after talking to people who have been there,” he said. “I want to speak…
Israeli author David Grossman calls the war his country is waging in Gaza a genocide. He says he uses the term with "immense sorrow and heartbreak." His statement follows several international and Israeli organizations now also calling the violence in Gaza a genocide.
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