Genocide is neither linear nor “inexorable.” It is, rather,
predictable and preventable, so long as you recognize the
universal signs. And Iran, in its language and action, has taken
six of the eight steps on the path to genocide, according to Dr.
Gregory Stanton, the world’s foremost expert on the matter.
Stanton, the founder and director of Genocide Watch, the world’s
first organization to deal exclusively with this issue, and the
author of an historic two-page paper on the nature of genocide,
spoke at the Hebrew University medical school last week. He
called for an international campaign to abolish the recurring
crime of genocide and for the world to take action, as Canada
has, to ostracize Iran and curb its genocidal intent. Talk of
genocide, Stanton said — of removing a cancer or crushing a
cockroach — is never just talk. “One of the best predictors of
genocide is incitement to genocide,” he said, “and I believe
that is exactly what Iran is doing today.” Encouraging genocide
is a crime. The UN Convention