Amos Goldberg (Hebrew: עמוס גולדברג; born 1966) is a professor in the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a fellow of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, also sitting on the institute's editorial board.
[5] Amos Goldberg stated that Israel's actions in Gaza display all the characteristics of genocide, pointing to clear intent from top officials, widespread incitement, and a pervasive dehumanization of Palestinians within Israeli society.
)[8][9] He came to the view six months into the war as he noted a surge of genocidal rhetoric across media, politics, and public discourse.
While he affirmed his belief in Israel’s right to self-defense following the October 7 attack, he criticized the Israeli government's response as a 'criminal overreaction.'
The level and pace of indiscriminate killing of a huge amount of innocent people, including in what Israel designated as a safe zone, destruction of houses, infrastructures, almost all the hospitals and universities, mass displacement, deliberate famine, the crushing of elites (including the killing of journalists, doctors, professors, civil servants...) and the sweeping dehumanization of Palestinians, create an overall picture of genocide.