Amos Goldberg Explained

Amos Goldberg is a professor in the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a fellow of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, also sitting on the institute's editorial board.[1] Goldberg has published widely on The Holocaust, and was the editor of the journal (2004–2014).[2]

Since the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Goldberg has accused Israel of carrying out genocide in Gaza.[3]

Views

See also: Israeli war crimes. Goldberg opposes the working definition of antisemitism of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, saying that "It has become a tool to silence any criticism of Israeli politics, it has become a tool to silence free speech". Instead, he supports the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism.[4]

Amos Goldberg stated that Israel's actions in Gaza display all the characteristics of genocide, pointing to clear intent from top officials, widespread incitement, and a pervasive dehumanization of Palestinians within Israeli society.[5] [6]

Goldberg has stated that Israel's actions during the 2024 Israel-Hamas War amount to genocide. (See Gaza genocide.)[7] [8] He came to the view six months into the war as he noted a surge of genocidal rhetoric across media, politics, and public discourse. While he affirmed his belief in Israel’s right to self-defense following the October 7 attack, he criticized the Israeli governments response as a 'criminal overreaction.' In the view of Goldberg:

What is happening in Gaza is a genocide because Gaza does not exist anymore. It was completely destroyed. The level and pace of indiscriminate killing of a huge amount of innocent people, including in what Israel designated as a safe zone, destruction of houses, infrastructures, almost all the hospitals and universities, mass displacement, deliberate famine, the crushing of elites (including the killing of journalists, doctors, professors, civil servants...) and the sweeping dehumanization of Palestinians, create an overall picture of genocide.

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prof. Amos Goldberg . The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute . 17 April 2022.
  2. Web site: Fellow Dr. Amos Goldberg - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum . 2024-11-01 . www.ushmm.org . en-US.
  3. News: 2024-10-29 . Amos Goldberg: 'What is happening in Gaza is a genocide because Gaza does not exist anymore' . subscription . 2024-10-29 . . en.
  4. News: Welle (www.dw.com) . Deutsche . The Jerusalem Declaration: redefining antisemitism? DW 17 June 2021 . 17 April 2022 . DW.COM.
  5. Feroz . Elias . Israeli Historian: This Is Exactly What Genocide Looks Like . . 25 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240723131812/https://jacobin.com/2024/07/amos-goldberg-genocide-gaza-israel . 23 July 2024.
  6. News: 'Yes, it is genocide' in Gaza says Israeli professor of Holocaust studies . . 25 August 2024 . 30 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240430142313/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240430-yes-it-is-genocide-in-gaza-says-israeli-professor-of-holocaust-studies/ . 30 April 2024.
  7. Web site: Project . The Palestine . 18 April 2024 . Yes, it is genocide . 28 April 2024 . Medium . en.
  8. Web site: מקומית . שיחה . 17 April 2024 . כן, זה רצח עם . 29 April 2024 . שיחה מקומית . he-IL.
  9. Gilbert . Shirli . Amos Goldberg, Trauma in First Person: Diary Writing During the Holocaust . Psychoanalysis and History . April 2019 . 21 . 1 . 127–130 . 10.3366/pah.2019.0288.
  10. Budryte . Dovile . Trauma in First Person: Diary Writing During the Holocaust by Amos Goldberg (review) . Holocaust and Genocide Studies . 2021 . 35 . 1 . 106–108 . 1476-7937.
  11. Web site: Trauma in First Person . Reading Religion.

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