Amos Goldberg (; born 1966) is a professor in the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry at the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; ) is an Israeli public university, public research university based in Jerusalem. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in July 1918, the public university officially opened on 1 April 1925. ...

and a fellow of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, also sitting on the institute's editorial board. Goldberg has published widely on

The Holocaust The Holocaust (), known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as the (), was the genocide of History of the Jews in Europe, European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy ...

, and was the editor of the journal '' Dapim: Studies on the Holocaust'' (2004–2014). Since the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Goldberg has accused Israel of carrying out genocide in Gaza.

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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. 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. Goldberg has stated that Israel's actions during the Gaza war amount to

genocide Genocide is violence that targets individuals because of their membership of a group and aims at the destruction of a people. Raphael Lemkin, who first coined the term, defined genocide as "the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group" by ...

. (See Gaza genocide.) 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 government's 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.

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