John Mearsheimer Wrong on Israel ‘Genocide’ Accusations

University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer argued on his Substack page last week that South Africa got it right in filing a complaint with the International Court of Justice claiming that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. He endorsed the view that the Jewish state’s military campaign in response to the October 7 attack is “intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial and ethnic . . . group in the Gaza Strip.”

If a man can be judged by the company he keeps, maybe an ICJ complaint can be judged by its supporters. Mearsheimer writes that he “never imagined [he] would see the day when Israel, a country filled with Holocaust survivors and their descendants, would face a serious charge of genocide.” What a pleasant surprise for him.

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Zach Kessel

Zach Kessel was a William F. Buckley Jr. Fellow in Political Journalism and a recent graduate of Northwestern University.

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University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer argued on his Substack page last week that South Africa got it right in filing a complaint with the International Court of Justice claiming that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. He endorsed the view that the Jewish state’s military campaign in response to the October 7 attack is “intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial and ethnic . . . group in the Gaza Strip.”

If a man can be judged by the company he keeps, maybe an ICJ complaint can be judged by its supporters. Mearsheimer writes that he “never imagined [he] would see the day when Israel, a country filled with Holocaust survivors and their descendants, would face a serious charge of genocide.” What a pleasant surprise for him.