Jewish nonprofit deletes post ‘gaslighting’ Gaza genocide

JewBelong, a tax-exempt non-profit Jewish organisation, posted, and then deleted, a statement on Instagram “gaslighting” the genocide of the Palestinian people.

The post said, “Trust me. If Israel wanted to commit genocide in Gaza, it could.”

Zahra Billoo, a civil rights lawyer, posted the screengrab on X and wrote, “They’re gaslighting on genocide under the guise of fighting anti-Semitism. 20,000+ dead Palestinians would beg to differ.”

On 16 November, United Nations experts at the UN Human Rights Council wrote, “Grave violations committed by Israel against Palestinians in the aftermath of 7 October, particularly in Gaza, point to a genocide in the making.”

In 2018, one of the co-founders of JewBelong, Archie Gottesman, posted on X, “Gaza is full of monsters. Time to burn the whole place.”

On X, Jewish Voice for Peace responded to the JewBelong post saying, “Trust Palestinians. The Israeli government is committing genocide. Snarky propaganda campaigns can’t hide what’s really going on: Over 20,000 Palestinians killed by the Israeli military as they try to force Palestinians off their land and out of their homes.”