Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary to Time magazine, September 1, 2925 re: Israel's Policies and Actions in Gaza 'Meet Legal Definition of Genocide,' Says Association of Scholars, by Callum Sutherland

Dear Editor,

I would imagine that the Association of Scholars has never identified a genocide before, because if it had, it would need to uncover evidence like mass graves, crematoria, mobile killing vehicles and special Israeli death squads. They produced none of these. The scholars would also need to produce evidence of intent such as instructions from IDF commanders to their troops to kill as many Gazans as possible. Not a single instruction has been produced .

Obviously the scholars have changed the criteria of genocide to deliberately starving the Gazan people. But there is no evidence of that either. The U.S. and Israel has delivered millions of meals to Gazans and Israel has been moving people out of battle zones, hardly evidence of genocidal intentions.

The evidence of starvation rests on photos of emaciated children that after analysis turned out to be children suffering from medical conditions unrelated to hunger. The use of false information to confirm starvation negates any credibility the Association of scholars claims to have. Just hating the Jewish state is not sufficient evidence to accuse it of committing war crimes.

Larry Shapiro, Calgary