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After Genocide, What is the Role of Researchers?

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Title: "After Genocide, What Is The Role Of Researchers?" Date: Apr 5, 2014 Speaker: Dr. Charles Asher Small (Dr. Small appears at frame 21:09) Affiliation: Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Kigali International Forum on Genocide Description: Commemorating the Rwandan genocide, Dr. Charles Asher Small begins by quoting Primo Levi, who wrote: “We cannot understand fascism, but we can and we must understand where it came from and we must be on our guard because what happened here [the Holocaust] can happen again anywhere. For this reason it is everyone’s duty to reflect on what happened.” Dr. Small continues by reflecting on contemporary antisemtisim and the demonization of Israel. He notes that while the UN Charter unequivocally states that incitement to genocide is punishable by death, today the Iranian revolutionary regime openly calls for the elimination of the State of Israel. He asserts, however, that the Iranian regime is not