Several major media outlets reported this week that an association of leading genocide scholars had passed a resolution condemning Israel’s war in Gaza. Yet, online sleuths quickly discovered that the story was a sham, as the organization has no real membership requirements and seemingly torqued its processes to reach a preordained conclusion.

The resolution, which declared that Israel’s actions “meet the legal definition of genocide,” was passed on Sunday by the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), a roughly 500-member organization that produces peer-reviewed research and biennial conferences related to the history and prevention of genocide.

Only 129 individuals participated in the vote, representing approximately 28 per cent of the IAGS’s members and barely m

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