Raz Segal (Hebrew: 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.^[1][2] He has written multiple books about the Holocaust in Carpathian Ruthenia, based on analysis of primary and secondary sources in Hebrew, English, German, Yiddish and Hungarian.^[3]

Positions

In the context of the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, the Israeli counterattacks, and the imposed complete blockade, which included the denial of water, food, power, and fuel to the civilian population, 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.^[4][5] According to Segal, the Israel Defense Forces are actively engaged in three genocidal actions: acts of killing, infliction of severe body harm, and implementation of measures strategically designed to destroy Palestinian existence. As evidence, he accuses the IDF of total war by destroying mass swathes of Gaza and imposing a strict blockade of essentials such as food, water, and medicine.^[6]

Works

• Segal, Raz (2013). Days of Ruin: The Jews of Munkács During the Holocaust. Yad Vashem. ISBN 978-965-308-428-5.^[7]
• Segal, Raz (2016). Genocide in the Carpathians: War, Social Breakdown, and Mass Violence, 1914–1945. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-9897-6.^{[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]}

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