A Jew who fled Nazis coined ‘genocide’ — now anti-Zionists are hijacking his name
Raphael Lemkin gave the modern world its most terrifying word: “genocide.” A Polish-Jewish lawyer who fled the Nazis, he spent his life forcing governments to recognize that the deliberate destruction of a people was a unique crime — not just “war” or “atrocity,” but something worse. Recommended Stories If 340B is helping patients, why are hospitals fighting transparency? Behind Israel’s furious reaction to Trump Iran deal The hidden purpose of the drone war between Ukraine and Russia The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention has turned Israel into a permanent target, branding it a genocidal regime while Hamas openly vows to repeat Oct.
- ▪Raphael Lemkin gave the modern world its most terrifying word: “genocide.” A Polish-Jewish lawyer who fled the Nazis, he spent his life forcing governments to recognize that the deliberate destruction of a people was a unique crime — not ju
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- ▪Behind Israel’s furious reaction to Trump Iran deal The hidden purpose of the drone war between Ukraine and Russia The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention has turned Israel into a permanent target, branding it a genocidal regime while
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Raphael Lemkin gave the modern world its most terrifying word: “genocide.” A Polish-Jewish lawyer who fled the Nazis, he spent his life forcing governments to recognize that the deliberate destruction of a people was a unique crime — not just “war” or “atrocity,” but something worse. He helped drive the 1948 Genocide Convention, and he did it as a committed Zionist who believed the Jewish people needed a state after the Holocaust.In recent years, a Philadelphia nonprofit organization has been (seemingly) hijacking Lemkin’s name to accuse that Jewish state of the very crime he fought to define — and some of the most powerful politicians in America, from both parties, are saying: enough.
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