A chart is circulating on social media: in Cambodia, in Rwanda and among Jews during the Holocaust the population fell, in Gaza it grew, so there can be no genocide there. But the Genocide Convention does not ask about population size, the curve did not fall for the Yazidis, the Rohingya or the Ixil, and the chart's figures for Gaza are a pre-war projection. According to Palestinian statisticians, the population of Gaza has fallen. We explain what defines genocide and where the dispute over Gaza really stands.
10/30/2026
Israel's election has ended in deadlock. According to preliminary results, Netanyahu's bloc has 53 seats and Gadi Eisenkot's opposition 48. The Arab parties won 19 seats, the most in their history. Without them, nobody can form a majority; with them, almost nobody wants to govern. We look at who voted how, why Arab voters turned out and what comes next for Israel.
10/28/2026