Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, leading scholars' association says

86% of those who voted among the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars backed a resolution, saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

An Israeli armoured vehicle moves in an area in the Gaza Strip. Picture: AP Photo/Maya Levin

The world's leading genocide scholars' association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president said on Monday.

86% of those who voted among the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars backed the resolution declaring: "Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)".