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Gaza and the Question of Genocide

Beginn: Ende: Veranstaltungsort: Emil-Figge-Straße 50, Hörsaal 1
Veran­stal­tungs­art:
  • English Language Events
  • Vortrag
As part of the lecture series “Gaza im Blick”, Professor Omer Bartov from Brown University, USA, will provide insights into the causes and roots of the current conflict in Gaza and the West Bank. The lecture series is organized by the Department for Protestant Theology.

In a November 2023 op-ed for the New York Times, Omer Bartov wrote that while the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) appeared to be committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza, he was not convinced that there was sufficient evidence to claim that genocide was taking place. But in an essay published in The Guardian in August, 2024, he stated that he had become convinced that Israel was undertaking a genocidal campaign against the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip. His talk will examine the immediate causes and deeper roots of the current conflict, assess the nature of events in Gaza and the West Bank and the political and ideological dynamics driving them, and attempt to outline possible future scenarios in the region.

Omer Bartov is Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University, USA. He has written widely on war crimes, genocide, and antisemitism. Bartov has contributed many articles and interviews on the current crisis and on his own changing perspectives. His most recent book Genocide, The Holocaust and Israel-Palestine: First-Person History in Times of Crisis (2023) will be published in a German translation.

This lecture will be held in English. Immediately after the lecture, at around 20:15, the University Film Club will show the film “No Other Land” in the same lecture hall.

Lecture Series

The lecture series “Gaza im Blick” was developed at the suggestion of students and aims to provide scientifically sound educational work on the Middle East conflict. It deals with topics such as culture, nature, antisemitism, media and reporting, international law and much more.

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