[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] In the context of the Israeli–Hamas war, Segal has described Israel's complete blockade—which included the denial of water, food, power, and fuel to the civilian population of the Gaza Strip—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 (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 cites the IDF's strategy of total warfare, destroying mass swathes of Gaza and imposing a strict blockade of essential goods.
The recission was the result of a campaign led by the pro-Israel group Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas and the resignation of two of the center's board members in opposition to Segal's selection.