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William Schabas, the renowned Jewish genocide scholar who was among the first westerners to warn, in 1993, of a genocide in Rwanda, is clear: Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza and preparing to do the same in the West Bank. He says a major reason not more experts are speaking up is because there's a 'price in terms of career promotions, appointments, or even the threat of dismissal in some cases. So, for younger people in academia there’s a strong tendency to keep your head down.' An additional problem is that genocide studies in universities is dominated by Holocaust scholars. 'This has helped fuel reluctance in the field in calling Gaza a genocide, as many of these people’s focus is the suffering of the Jewish people – making them potentially less inclined to be as critical of Israel as they should be.' He believes the International Court of Justice, where Israel is on trial for genocide, will not find its defence case plausible. The so-called rule of proportionality – the ratio of combatant to civilian casualties – applies 'when you’re actually attacking military objectives. But the Israelis are not attacking military objectives in Gaza. They’re attacking hospitals, they’re attacking schools, they’re attacking civilian residences and communities. 'There, the issue of proportionality is not relevant. They shouldn’t be attacking those sites and then coming up with the pathetic excuse that Hamas fighters hide under every building, something for which we simply don’t see the evidence.' More here: newarab.com/features/william…