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Short answer
The claim that 86% of the world’s top genocide scholars say Israel is committing genocide is a fraud. In reality, only about 28% of IAGS’s 500 members even voted, and 86% of that small group backed the resolution. Membership in the International Association of Genocide Scholars is open to anyone: $30 and a few clicks, with no proof of credentials or ID required.
Archived pages of their member list (before it was hidden) even show fake names like “Cookie Monster” & “Adolf Hitler”, exposing how unserious the roster is. This isn’t scholarly consensus, it’s disinformation dressed up as academia to legitimize the false genocide claim against Israel.
Long answer
The claim that 86% of the world’s top genocide scholars say Israel is committing genocide is a fraud. The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) has about 500 members, but only 28% voted, and 86% of that small group backed the resolution. In other words, just around 121 people, not “the world’s scholars”, produced the headline. The membership of IAGS is wide open. For just $30 and a short form, anyone can join—no ID, no credentials, no expertise required. This isn’t an elite body of experts; it’s a mailing list with zero safeguards.
IAGS tried to hide its member list, but archived versions remain. A review of 170 available names shows that 30 are from Iraq, an unusually high number from a country far from unbiased on Israel. The list even included fake entries like Cookie Monster, exposing how unserious the roster is. At the center of the accusation is Melanie O’Brien, IAGS’s president. In February 2024 she admitted that proving genocidal intent is extremely difficult, citing ICJ rulings that evidence must “only point” to intent, the “only inference reasonably drawn.” For Israel, she discards that rule entirely.
She even said she hoped the ICJ would move away from the strict standard, knowing Israel couldn’t be convicted under it. Instead, she invents a looser rule, claiming intent may be inferred from “a pattern of conduct,” without the ICJ’s requirement that such conduct only point to genocide. She recycles fake or distorted quotes—like Herzog’s “uproot evil,” which in context clearly referred to Hamas.
She repeats Gallant’s “human animals” remark, ignoring he was describing Hamas terrorists, not civilians. She even cites a fabricated Netanyahu line about “Gaza is the city of evil,” when he in fact urged civilians to evacuate Hamas areas.
O’Brien omits all context: Hamas’s tunnels, human shields, or the 1.4 million tons of food Israel sent into Gaza. She inflates casualty numbers without distinguishing fighters from civilians. The result is a hollow narrative where Israel simply targets Palestinians for existing. She calls genocide the “only conclusion,” but her case is empty. It ignores standards she herself once defended. It erases Hamas completely. It relies on lies, distortions, and agenda-driven framing. This isn’t scholarship. It’s propaganda dressed up in academic robes.
So when headlines scream that “86% of genocide scholars” accuse Israel of genocide, know what it really means: a tiny, skewed vote by a club with no entry standards, manipulated by dishonest leadership, and amplified by media hungry for a narrative. This isn’t academic consensus—it’s disinformation packaged as scholarship to legitimize a false accusation.
