{"id":2087052,"date":"2023-11-01T16:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T20:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-johns-hopkins-sais-dean-echoes-claim-that-israel-is-waging-genocide\/"},"modified":"2023-11-01T16:24:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T20:24:55","slug":"former-johns-hopkins-sais-dean-echoes-claim-that-israel-is-waging-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-johns-hopkins-sais-dean-echoes-claim-that-israel-is-waging-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Johns Hopkins SAIS Dean Supports Accusation of Israeli &#8216;Genocide&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-johns-hopkins-sais-dean-echoes-claim-that-israel-is-waging-genocide%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2087052&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Johns Hopkins SAIS Professor Accuses Israel of Committing &#8220;Genocide&#8221;<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>Johns Hopkins SAIS professor Vali Nasr (YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In a bold statement, \u200cVali Nasr, the former dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, \u2063has supported the claim that Israel is\u200c engaged in &#8220;genocide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nasr, who served as the school&#8217;s dean from\u200d 2012 \u2064to 2019 and currently works as a\u200b professor at the \u200dinstitution, recently shared a resignation letter from the head of the New York office of the United Nations&#8217;\u200c High Commission for Human Rights on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vali_nasr\/status\/1719649706605674616?s=20\">Twitter<\/a>. According to Nasr, the last paragraph of the letter &#8220;best\u200d tells how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-johns-hopkins-sais-dean-echoes-claim-that-israel-is-waging-genocide\/\" title=\"Ex-Johns Hopkins SAIS Dean Supports Accusation of Israeli 'Genocide'\">international law &#038; international rules based order<\/a>\u2063 are coming apart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The opening \u2062sentence of \u200bthe final paragraph of the letter states, &#8220;This is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tablet-discovered-in-1980s-israel-couldnt-be-opened-then-they-introduced-x-rays-and-made-monumental-discovery\/\" title=\"1980s Israeli tablet initially unopenable, but X-rays led to groundbreaking find.\">text-book case<\/a> \u200bof genocide.&#8221; It goes on \u200dto describe the European, ethno-nationalist, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marc-lamont-hill-says-that-black-lives-matter-explicitly-looking-to-dismantle-israel-and-embrace-bds-movement\/\" title=\"Marc Lamont Hill Says That Black Lives Matter \u2018Explicitly\u2019 Looking To \u2018Dismantle\u2019 Israel and \u2018Embrace\u2019 BDS Movement\">settler colonial project<\/a> in\u200c Palestine as entering its final phase, leading to the expedited destruction of the last remnants of indigenous Palestinian life in Palestine.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last paragraph \u200cbest tells how\u200b international law &#038; international rules based order are coming apart, with the support of the very world\u200d powers that tout its values\u2062 &#038; claim to be defending\u200b it. The American-backed world order will not be able to easily reverse this blow to its\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6mO0PnNByS\">https:\/\/t.co\/6mO0PnNByS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2064 Vali Nasr (@vali_nasr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vali_nasr\/status\/1719649706605674616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1,\u2064 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The letter, dated October 28, also accuses the governments of the United States, United Kingdom, and other European countries \u200cof\u2063 being &#8220;wholly complicit\u2062 in the horrific assault&#8221; and actively supporting Israel&#8217;s \u2062atrocities through arms, economic\u200d intelligence, \u200band political and diplomatic \u2064cover.<\/p>\n<p>Nasr expressed his belief that the American-backed world order will struggle to regain\u200d its credibility after this blow.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a request for comment, Nasr did not respond.<\/p>\n<p>It \u200dis worth noting that Nasr is not the only college professor to make controversial statements regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Cornell professor Russell Rickford, for instance, is\u2062 currently on a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/cornell-professor-on-leave-after-calling-hamas-atrocities-exhilarating\/\">leave of absence<\/a> \u200c after referring to Hamas&#8217;s\u200b October 7 terror attacks as &#8220;exhilarating&#8221; and &#8220;energizing&#8221; during a speech at a protest. He later \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellsun.com\/2023\/10\/16\/cornell-professor-exhilarated-by-hamass-attack-defends-remark\/\">apologized<\/a> for his comments, clarifying that he condemns the\u2063 killing of civilians and was referring to the initial moments of resistance when the apartheid wall was breached.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why is it important to approach discussions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with nuance and an open mind<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ngaging in &#8220;a form of genocide that has been going on for decades.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nasr&#8217;s endorsement \u200bof this \u200dstatement has\u200d ignited a significant debate within the academic community,\u200d with many \u2064scholars and\u200b experts questioning the validity of such \u200da claim. The accusation of genocide is a grave one, and it requires rigorous evidence and a thorough analysis of historical and legal contexts.<\/p>\n<p>Genocide, \u2063as defined by the United Nations&#8217; Convention\u2062 on the Prevention and Punishment of \u2064the Crime of\u200c Genocide, refers to specific acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic,\u2062 racial or religious group. These acts include\u200c killing members of the group, causing serious bodily or mental harm, deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about\u200c the group&#8217;s physical destruction, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-independent-report-on-uyghur-treatment-finds-china-in-breach-of-1948-u-n-genocide-convention\/\" title=\"First Independent Report On Uyghur Treatment Finds China In Breach of 1948 U.N. Genocide Convention\">imposing measures intended<\/a> to \u200cprevent births within the group, and forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. \u200dTo label\u200c a situation as genocide, \u200bthere must be clear evidence of these acts being\u2064 perpetrated with the specific\u200b intent to destroy a particular group.<\/p>\n<p>While the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is undoubtedly complex and has\u2063 resulted in immense suffering for both Israelis and Palestinians, the claim\u200c of genocide \u200cis highly controversial. \u2063Critics argue\u200d that such a label oversimplifies the intricacies of the conflict and fails to consider the complexities\u2064 of the historical and political context.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the accusation of genocide undermines the importance of precision\u2064 in defining and addressing such \u2064grave crimes. It dilutes the gravity of the term and risks \u200cdetracting from ongoing efforts to \u200dprevent and \u200bpunish actual instances of genocide worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2062 is essential to approach discussions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with nuance and an open mind. The situation requires a comprehensive understanding\u2064 of\u200d the\u2063 historical, political, and socio-cultural factors\u200d that\u2062 have perpetuated \u200cthe conflict \u2064for decades.\u200d Constructive \u2064dialogue and engagement are crucial\u2064 to finding a just and lasting \u2062solution.<\/p>\n<p>It is also important to note that criticizing specific \u200dpolicies or actions of a government should \u200bnot be \u200dconflated with accusing a country of committing genocide. Governments and their policies are subject to critique and \u200danalysis, but the charge of\u2064 genocide \u200dcarries a weighty moral and legal significance that should not \u2064be thrown around indiscriminately.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, \u2063Vali Nasr&#8217;s endorsement\u200c of\u200d the accusation of genocide against Israel is a\u2064 highly contentious stance. It is crucial to approach such claims with skepticism and a rigorous examination of the evidence and context. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict deserves thoughtful analysis and nuanced discussions that take into account the complexities\u200c of the situation. Accurate terminology and careful consideration of legal and\u2064 moral \u2062implications are essential in addressing the conflict and working towards a peaceful resolution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johns Hopkins SAIS professor Vali Nasr, a former dean, recently supported the assertion that Israel is engaged in &#8220;genocide.&#8221; Nasr, who served as dean from 2012 to 2019 and is currently a professor at the school, shared his resignation on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2112,"featured_media":2087053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2087052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2087052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2087053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2087052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2087052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2087052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}