2026-05-16: Genocide Roundup

So far today: 2026-05-16 09:03am GMT

Amnesty International (2026-05-16). Saturday 6/6: Shut it Down! How Tech Companies Power Genocide, Detention, and Deportation. indybay.org Online | www.eventbrite.com/e/shut-it-down-how-te…

aljazeera (2026-05-16). UK artist defends 'Drawings Against Genocide' after show cancelled. aljazeera.com UK artist Matthew Collings says his exhibition "Drawings Against Genocide" has been falsely depicted as anti-Semitic.

Staff (2026-05-15). "Israel: What Went Wrong?" : Holocaust Scholar Omer Bartov & Haaretz's Gideon Levy Debate Zionism. democracynow.org We speak to two prominent Israeli thinkers, historian Omer Bartov and journalist Gideon Levy, about the founding beliefs of Zionism. Bartov, a professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University, is the author of the new book Israel: What Went Wrong? Bartov says the early Zionist movement had liberatory intentions, aiming to emancipate the persecuted Jewish minority in Europe and modeling itself after other contemporary ethnonationalist movements. He then argues that while Israel had the opportunity to "become a normal state" and "issue a constitution that would provide equality to a…

aljazeera (2026-05-15). Nadim Bawalsa & the Palestinian diaspora: From denial to genocide. aljazeera.com Nadim Bawalsa traces how early Palestinian migrants in Latin America forged national identity long before 1948.

APR editor (2026-05-15). Palestine Forum slams NZDF share in military exercises with 'genocidal' Israel. asiapacificreport.nz Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Forum of New Zealand has criticised plans for the country taking part in next month's military exercises with Israel and the United States, saying Wellington must not be seen aligning militarily with a state "facing serious allegations of war crimes and genocide before international legal institutions". In a statement today,…

newarab (2026-05-15). UK artist defends pro-Palestine drawings after show cancellation. newarab.com A UK artist has condemned the cancellation of his art show in Margate, southern England, after a pro-Israel group accused the installation of being " Matthew Collings' "Drawings Against Genocide" art show, which depicts Israeli violence against Palestinians, was abruptly cancelled following calls by The exhibit consisted of 130 drawings feat…

aljazeera (2026-05-15). Nakba Day: 78 years of ethnic cleansing. aljazeera.com On May 15, Palestinians across historic Palestine and the diaspora commemorate the 'Nakba' or the 'catastrophe' of 1948.

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