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Letter: Israeli Human Rights Groups Speak Truth, and so Must We
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, AUG 2 – David Grossman, a prominent Israeli author, calls Israel's Gaza war genocide amid a humanitarian crisis with over 60,000 Palestinian deaths reported since October 2023.
- Israeli author David Grossman publicly described Israel's military actions in Gaza as genocide in a Friday interview with La Repubblica.
- Grossman explained he avoided using the term 'genocide' for years but began after seeing images, reading reports, and speaking with people affected in Gaza.
- Grossman criticized Israel's 1967 occupation of Palestinian territories as a key turning point and acknowledged the trauma Israelis suffered on October 7.
- He warned that once the word 'genocide' is used, it acts like an avalanche causing more suffering, and stressed preventing its manipulation by antisemitic groups.
- Grossman's statement joins a rising number of Jewish voices and human rights groups internationally accusing Israel of genocide, fueling ongoing debate about Gaza.
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‘Israel is committing genocide in Gaza’, says Award-winning Israeli writer
Award-winning Israeli author David Grossman has characterized the occupying regime’s war in the Gaza Strip as “genocide,” saying he is using the word “with immense pain and with a broken heart.”
Israeli writer Grossman denounces Gaza ’genocide’
Award-winning Israeli author David Grossman called his country's campaign in Gaza "genocide" and said he was using the term with a "broken heart". This came days after major Israeli rights group B'Tselem also used the same term, amid growing global alarm over starvation in the besieged territory. "For many years, I refused to use that term: 'genocide'," the prominent writer and peace activist told Italian daily La Repubblica in an interview publ…
He had avoided the word "genocide for a long time," says the award-winning author in an interview. But now he can't help it – but with "broken heart."
Grossman has long been a critic of the Israeli government. Against the use of the word "genocide" he has long resisted. "But now I can't hold back," he says.
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