40 Organizations Launch "Gaza GenoLIE" Campaign to Debunk False Genocide Claims
Jewish Onliner joins 39 other legal and civil society groups in an eight-part campaign to debunk the false genocide charge against Israel and document its worldwide weaponization after Oct. 7.
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A coalition of 40 legal and civil society organizations has launched the Gaza GenoLIE, an international educational and social media campaign disputing allegations that Israel committed genocide in Gaza and documenting the deliberate weaponization of the charge after the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack.
The initiative says anti-Zionist and antisemitic networks in the United States, Europe and elsewhere promoted a false narrative intended to demonize Israel and extend collective blame to Jews worldwide. Its website presents eight interlocking “pieces” of a puzzle, combining legal analysis, timelines, wartime evidence and media case studies to demonstrate that the accusation was deliberately generated, amplified and normalized through a coordinated disinformation campaign.
Jewish Onliner is one of the organizations participating in the initiative.
Liora Rez, executive director of StopAntisemitism, told Jewish Onliner that the accusation has moved from online activism into public institutions while contributing to threats against Jews.
“Calling Israel’s defensive war against Hamas a ‘genocide’ is not activism, it is a modern blood libel dressed up in academic language. We’ve watched this lie spread from social media into classrooms, city councils, and even Congress, and it has emboldened people to harass and threaten Jews in broad daylight. The Gaza GenoLIE campaign exposes this libel for what it is: a coordinated disinformation effort, not a legitimate critique. Antisemites don’t get to hide behind a hashtag.”
An International Coalition
At launch, the campaign listed 40 participating organizations spanning the United States, Israel, Europe, South Africa and international advocacy networks. Additional organizations can also sign up to join the initiative. The participating organizations are:
United States: Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Club Z, Honest Reporting, Israeli-American Council (IAC), Jewish Community Action Network (JCAN), Maccabee Task Force (MTF), National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC), Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME), Stop Antisemitism, Students Supporting Israel (SSI) and ZOA Campus.
International: Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM), International Legal Forum (ILF), Israel Allies Foundation, Jewish Onliner (JO), Movement Against Antizionism, Stand with Us, United with Israel and World Jewish Congress (WJC).
Israel and Europe: Impact Nation and the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs in Israel; European Jewish Association (EJA) across Europe.
Spain and Italy: Acción y Comunicación sobre Oriente Medio (ACOM) in Spain; Alliance for Israel, Milton Friedman Institute, Progetto Dreyfus and Solomon - Observatory on Discrimination in Italy.
Belgium and Germany: Belgian Friends of Israel (BFOI) in Belgium; Christians on the Side of Israel e.V, Honestly Concerned e.V and WerteInitiative in Germany.
Ireland and the United Kingdom: Ireland Israel Alliance (IIA) in Ireland; National Jewish Assembly, NW Friends of Israel, Our Fight, Stop the Hate and UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) in the United Kingdom.
Nordic countries and South Africa: Med Israel for Fred (MIFF), active in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland; Sweden Israel Alliance in Sweden; and South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) in South Africa.
Eight Parts of the Gaza GenoLIE Campaign
Jewish Onliner will examine each of the campaign’s eight sections over the coming weeks:
Genocide Claims Began on Oct. 8, 2023: Documents how the genocide allegation was already circulating one day after the Hamas massacre, before Israel began its ground operation.
The “War on Journalists” Hoax: Debunks accusations that the IDF intentionally targeted journalists to suppress war coverage by documenting numerous cases of journalists who were Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists, including some who participated in the Oct. 7 attack.
Blood Libel Targeting All Jews: Traces how the genocide accusation has expanded beyond Israeli policy and been weaponized against Jews and Jewish institutions worldwide.
Distorting the Legal Framework of “Genocide”: Distinguishes the term’s political use from the specific acts and intent required under the 1948 Genocide Convention.
Using Sick Kids to Fabricate Famine: Exposes how images of children suffering from serious preexisting illnesses were falsely presented worldwide as evidence of an Israeli-created famine, including a New York Times front-page image that the newspaper later corrected after the narrative had spread worldwide.
Hamas’s Human Shields Strategy: Details how Hamas deliberately turned Gaza’s civilian population and protected sites into defensive assets through a tunnel network exceeding 350 miles, with entrances beneath hospitals, schools and mosques.
War Against Hamas, Not Palestinians: Reviews Israel’s stated war aims, including recovering the hostages and dismantling Hamas’s military and governing capabilities.
New Accusation, Old Campaign: Explains how the genocide accusation against Israel did not emerge after Oct. 7, 2023, but is the latest effort in a decades-long campaign to delegitimize the country by accusing it of the most heinous crimes.
The evidence compiled by the project demonstrates that the genocide allegation did not emerge from a neutral legal assessment. The charge appeared immediately after Oct. 7 and was then reinforced through political activism, institutional campaigns, social media and selectively presented reporting.
By assembling the campaign’s legal, historical and media arguments in one place, the coalition aims to give supporters, researchers and institutions source-based material with which to challenge the allegation and trace how it spread.