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Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic, right, talks on the phone next to Russian Army General Vladimir Zurbenko, center, during the visit of a Russian Army delegation to the Bosnian town of Banja Luka in October 1995. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)
August 27, 2026, 7:13 pm
Ratko Mladic, Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide, dies at 84
Wartime commander was serving life sentence for Srebrenica massacre and siege of Sarajevo; reports say he died in a UN prison hospital in The Hague
By Jovana Gec and DUSAN STOJANOVIC
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators protest the arrest of former Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil in Seattle, Washington, March 15, 2025. (Jason Redmond / AFP)
August 26, 2026, 3:58 pm
Study: Genocide claims on US campuses largely grew out of preexisting BDS activism
Research by AMCHA Initiative links prior anti-Israel advocacy to genocide accusations, arguing that scholars gave political rhetoric academic legitimacy
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Congregation Beth Israel is the oldest synagogue in Bangor, Maine. (Wikimedia Commons)
August 1, 2026, 1:31 am
Maine rabbis issue joint call for peace, urge politicians to stop calling Gaza war ‘genocide’
All 11 congregational rabbis in state sign onto letter decrying use of term as ‘misleading’ and ‘Holocaust inversion,’ after Democratic Senate primary in which several candidates used label
By Grace Gilson
Polish archaeologists work at the exhumation site of the World War II Volhynia massacre near the destroyed village of Puzniki, Ternopil region, Western Ukraine, on April 25, 2025. (Vladyslav Musiienko / AFP)
July 11, 2026, 8:42 pm
As ties sour, Poland to build new memorial for victims of WWII massacres by Ukrainians
Polish PM claims the killing of 70,000-100,000 civilians by Ukrainian nationalists, which triggered deadly reprisals against Ukrainian civilians, was act of ‘genocide’
By AFP
Yesh Atid MK Ram Ben Barak (left) in the Knesset plenum on April 27, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Religious Zionism MK Moshe Solomon seen in a Knesset committee meeting on June 28, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 6, 2026, 1:37 pm
Anti-Israel group files complaint in Netherlands against 2 MKs for ‘incitement to genocide’
Hind Rajab Foundation says it is seeking Dutch arrest of Yesh Atid MK Ram Ben Barak, Religious Zionism MK Moshe Solomon for advocating relocation of Gazans, resettlement of Strip
By Ethan Rubinson
People stand in line during the last day of early voting, November 2, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, file)
June 3, 2026, 7:41 pm
North Carolina Dems reject Gaza genocide resolution after campaign by Jewish caucus
‘Now we feel like we have a home again,’ says Jewish Democrat after measure calling to ‘prosecute’ and ‘vet’ those who ‘may have participated in or enabled genocide’ is narrowly defeated
By Grace Gilson
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (left) is seen at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 14, 2026. (Jamal Awad/Flash90); National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir tours the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations on May 14, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 17, 2026, 3:23 pm
ICC denies ‘inaccurate’ report it issued warrants for Smotrich and Ben Gvir
Haaretz says three additional warrants issued for unnamed politician and military officials; court reportedly sought ministers’ arrest over West Bank settlements last year
By Jeremy Sharon, ToI Staff and Agencies
File: US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in Seoul, South Korea, June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
April 28, 2026, 6:23 am
Biden’s deputy secretary of state: Netanyahu helped ‘create a genocide in Gaza’
Veteran Jewish diplomat Wendy Sherman says US also responsible for what unfolded in the Strip, then clarifies that she can’t make legal analysis whether genocide ‘literally’ occurred
By Jacob Magid
View of a FedEx Corp airline flight. July 22, 2019. (Moshe Shai FLASH90)
April 21, 2026, 4:55 pm
Jewish anti-Zionist group files ‘genocide’ claim against FedEx over Israel deliveries
French Jewish Union for Peace says company delivered parts for F-35 aircraft that carried out bombing raids in Gaza; courier company denies it transports weapons
By AFP and ToI Staff
California State Senator Scott Wiener is shown at a Halloween event while campaigning in San Francisco, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
January 23, 2026, 5:54 pm
After accusing Israel of genocide, Scott Wiener steps down as Calif. Jewish Caucus co-chair
Wiener caused anger in Jewish community after flip-flopping on the issue amid pressure from pro-Palestinian groups as he campaigns for Congress
By PHILISSA CRAMER
California Democratic State Sen. Scott Wiener talks during a Senate hearing in Sacramento, California, on June 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
January 12, 2026, 8:46 pm
In reversal, Jewish US House candidate Scott Wiener says Israel committed ‘genocide’
California state senator and leader of legislature’s Jewish Caucus is seeking to replace Nancy Pelosi; all 3 Democrats in the race endorse genocide charge
By JTA and ToI Staff
In this September 7, 2017, file photo, smoke rises from a burned house in Gawdu Zara village, northern Rakhine state, where the vast majority of Myanmar's 1.1 million Rohingya lived. (AP Photo, File)
January 12, 2026, 10:28 am
UN court to begin hearings on whether Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya
ICJ may use case to broaden definition of genocide in international law, which could influence dispute between South Africa and Israel over war in Gaza
By AP and ToI Staff
File: Hamas terrorists are seen near the Gama Junction in southern Israel, close to Re'im and Kissufim, amid the October 7, 2023, onslaught. (South First Responders)
October 16, 2025, 9:36 pm
Levin pushing for tribunal empowered to impose death sentence on Oct. 7 perpetrators
Bill to form special tribunal calls to try October 7 suspects under Israel’s genocide law, which can carry a death sentence, though decision ultimately in PM’s hands
By Jeremy Sharon
Former US vice president Kamala Harris speaks after receiving the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Phoenix Award in Washington, September 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
October 14, 2025, 12:14 pm
Kamala Harris: ‘We should all step back and ask’ whether Israel committed genocide
In interview, former VP and Democratic nominee stops short of calling Gaza war a genocide, but says question is applicable given number of civilians killed, ‘refusal to give aid’
By Grace Gilson
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators bearing placards with pictures of Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni reading in Italian "Complicit in genocide," gather in Rome's San Giovanni Square, October 4, 2025. (AP/Alessandra Tarantino)
October 8, 2025, 12:01 am
Italy’s PM says ICC case filed against her for alleged complicity in Gaza ‘genocide’
‘I don’t believe there is another case like this in the world or in history,’ Giorgia Meloni says, adds Rome has not authorized new arms supplies to Israel since Oct. 7 attack
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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