Raz Segal ( he, רז סגל) is an Israeli historian residing in the United States who is Associate Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Endowed Professor in the Study of Modern Genocide at Stockton University, where he also directs the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies program. He has written multiple books about the Holocaust in Carpathian Ruthenia, based on analysis of primary and secondary sources in

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and Hungarian.Sonia Smith: ''Segal, Raz. Genocide in the Carpathians: War, Social Breakdown, and Mass Violence, 1914-1945. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2016. 211 pp. $65.00. (9780804796668).'' AJL Reviews, Association of Jewish Libraries, February/March 2017

Positions

In the context of the

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, the subsequent Israeli counteroffensive and complete blockade, which included the denial of water, food, power, and fuel to the civilian population of the

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, Segal described it as a "textbook case of genocide" and connected it to the Nakba, the expulsion of Palestinians during the establishment of Israel in 1948. According to Segal, the

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(IDF) are actively engaged in three genocidal actions: acts of killing, infliction of severe bodily harm, and implementation of measures strategically designed to destroy Palestinian existence. As evidence, he accuses the IDF of engaging in total warfare by destroying mass swathes of Gaza and imposing a strict blockade of essential goods. This characterization caused the cancellation of a job offer from the

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to lead the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, after a campaign led by the pro-Israel group Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas and the quitting of two board members in opposition to Segal's selection.

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