ZOA President Morton Klein slams the International Association of Genocide Scholars for ignoring Hamas’ openly genocidal agenda while accusing Israel of crimes.
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is pushing back hard after the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) passed a resolution accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza. ZOA National President Morton Klein called the move “extraordinary bias,” charging that the scholars’ declaration whitewashes Hamas’ genocidal intent while vilifying Israel’s defensive war.
“It is extraordinary that the International Association of Genocide Scholars ignores the fact that Hamas is actively pursuing genocide and is not even hiding it,” Klein said.
He reminded the public that Hamas’ founding charter explicitly calls for the murder of every Jew on earth—a mission carried out with horrifying clarity on October 7, 2023, when 6,000 Hamas terrorists stormed Israel, murdering, raping, torturing, and kidnapping civilians.
Klein added that Hamas leaders continue to openly declare their genocidal goals:
- Co-founder Mahmoud al-Zahar recently boasted that Hamas’ intent is not only to annihilate Jews but eventually Christians as well, echoing Nazi-style extermination threats.
- Hamas’ October 7 massacre, he said, was not an aberration but part of a calculated mission of genocide.
In sharp contrast, Klein argued, Israel’s conduct in warfare stands as a global moral model.
- Israel repeatedly issues evacuation warnings, drops leaflets, makes direct phone calls, and opens humanitarian corridors—sacrificing strategic advantage and risking soldiers’ lives to protect civilians.
- West Point urban warfare expert Professor John Spencer has described the IDF’s ethical standards as “unparalleled in the history of warfare.”
- Military analysts confirm Israel has maintained the lowest civilian-to-combatant casualty ratio in modern combat history.
Klein blasted the IAGS for embracing Hamas propaganda instead of recognizing Israel’s unprecedented humanitarian measures:
“Declarations like this don’t bring peace closer; they embolden Hamas and prolong the war. The conflict will only end when Hamas and its genocidal agenda are defeated.”
The IAGS resolution, passed on August 31, 2025, accuses Israel of genocide under the 1948 UN Genocide Convention, citing civilian deaths, destruction of homes, mass displacement, and alleged deprivation of food, medicine, and aid. It also called for action by the International Criminal Court and urged UN member states to hold Israel “accountable.”
Critics like Klein argue that such resolutions invert reality, punishing the only democracy in the region while shielding the world’s most openly genocidal terror group from scrutiny.
