Article Reviews

Holocaust and Genocide Studies

                This article gives a brief overview of Holocaust and Genocide studies, and the definition of what genocide is.  It focuses mainly on the oxford journal, which you have to have a subscription to.  The journal would have a more in depth overview of how genocide connects to the world. Featuring history, literature, economics, and political science.  This article is just the introduction to the actual journal, although it does give good information as to how genocide connects to the world today, and how many different occupations can use the history of genocide to shape events happening today.

Journal of Genocide Research

                This article talks about how genocide has been apparent many times within the twentieth century. The Journal of Genocide looks into the background of genocide and focuses on teaching people, to try to ensure that genocides don’t repeat.  The journal welcomes a large number of people, with many different beliefs, from philosophers to political scientists. It explores the given problems that come along with genocide, and what decisions should be made by policy makers to try to predict and prevent any future genocides.

Top Genocide Scholars Battle over How to Characterize Israel’s Actions

                This article discusses the meaning of the term genocide, and how it can be used pretty loosely.  The debate started with a professor in Israeli who believes that the Jews did not commit genocide in 1948.  It is also brought up pertaining to the killing of Arabs in Palestine during Israel’s War of Independence.   Nearly 700,000 Palestinians were forced out of their homes and forbidden to return.  Many people don’t believe this was genocide although they do agree that some sort of “ethnic cleansing” occurred.  The word genocide should not be used to loosely, and when it is used, it should be used in the proper context.

10 Years Later in Rwanda, The Dead Are Ever Present

                This article revisits Rwanda 10 years after the genocide.  There are still many places in Rwanda where bones have not been buried and many people are debating what to do with them.  Is seems as though some bones will be buried while others will be taken to the Beth Shalom Holocaust Memorial Center in Britain.  The making of these memorials is one way in which Rwanda is still trying to recover from the genocide.  The government has gotten rid of diversity cards and has made it illegal to do anything that could be perceived as trying to “divide” the people of Rwanda.  They have begun prosecuting those who killed during the genocide.  Rwanda has come a long way from 1994, and they hope to continue to grow.

Jury Deadlocks in Case of Rwandan Immigrant Accused of Genocide

                In New Hampshire a Rwandan woman was charged but not convicted of lying on citizen ship papers.  In order for a person to obtain citizen ship they had to prove that they had no part in the genocide.  According to witnesses Muyenyezi was a Hutu extremist who helped kill Tutsis in 1994.  The jury didn’t have enough evidence to charge Muyenyezi with a crime so the judge declared a mistrial. Trial lawyer believes that they have a good chance of going back and trying again.

Works Cited

Beckerman, Gal. "Top Genocide Scholars Battle Over How To Characterize Israel's Actions." The Jewish Daily Forward. N.p., 16 Fab. 2011. Web. 01 Apr. 2013.

"Holocaust and Genocide Studies." Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Oxford, n.d. Web. 01 Apr. 2013.

"Journal of Genocide Research J Genocide Res." Genamics JournalSeek. Taylor and Francid Group, n.d. Web. 01 Apr. 2013.

Lacy, Marc. "10 Years Later in Rwanda, The Dead Are Ever Present." The New York Times. The New York Times, 26 Feb. 2004. Web. 01 Apr. 2013

Susman, Tina. "Jury Deadlocks in Case of Rwandan Immigrand Accused of Genocide." Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2012. Web. 01 Apr. 2013