International Association of "Genocide" Scholars (IAGS) - the joke

International Association of "Genocide" Scholars (IAGS) - the joke.

Background

In late August 2025, the Islamic led International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) --Instead of condemning the Arab Palestinian regime in Gaza Islamofascist Hamas, its genocidal charter, plus intention, as well its use of its population as cannon fodders to die on the altar of demonizing Israel-- passed a "resolution" declaring that Israel's actions in Gaza “meet the legal definition of [so called]-genocide”.

Credibility, Membership & Process (30 dollars can make you an "expert" on "genocide")

Critics immediately denounced the IAGS as lacking scholarly legitimacy, pointing to its “pay‑to‑play” membership model—fees as low as US $30—open to anyone, regardless of expertise or academic credentials. Satirical membership examples included “Adolf Hitler,” Emperor Palpatine, Cookie Monster, and even pets, highlighting the absurdity of the open‑door policy. It exposed the ridiculous chosen sentences by the NYT and CBS terming this group as supposedly "leading experts".

A former board member, Sara Brown, lamented that the group had originally consisted mainly of scholars, but the inclusive policy “opened the door for something like this to happen,” accusing leadership of avoiding internal debate and dismissing dissenting views.

Transparency and Substance

Observers noted that the resolution’s citations included casualty figures from Gaza’s health ministry, which did not distinguish civilians from combatants, as well as reports from NGOs accused of reinterpreting legal norms and a UN investigator with antisemitic rhetoric. The resolution also misrepresented an International Court of Justice ruling by characterizing it as confirming genocide—an interpretation that the court’s former president disputed. It relied on infamous antisemite fascista Francesca Albanese, dubbed modern Goebbels pushing the genocide propaganda since 2014

Backlash and Scholarly Pushback

Prominent legal scholars and historians—including Eli Rosenbaum, Jeffrey Mausner, Benny Morris, Alan Dershowitz, and Izabella Tabarovsky—urged the IAGS to rescind the resolution, condemning it as a distortion of legal standards and “a farce” that erodes the integrity of genocide studies.

Media & Commentary Response

Coverage in conservative media dissected the crisis, with commentators mocking the IAGS resolution as the product of a discredited, “everyone‑can‑join” group rather than elite scholars.. It was pointed out that the resolution ignores context—including Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack—and represents a politicization of genocide scholarship.

In short

This was a textbook example of how the term 'genocide' is cynically misapplied in anti-Israel propaganda—another iteration of well-documented Pallywood distortions." Pallyweid indeed.

This episode served as yet another revealing example of how baseless genocide propaganda is weaponized against Israel—Pallywood tactics on full display.

See also

• The Genocide Lie: Why the Accusation Against Israel Collapses Under Scrutiny