Whistleblower reveals corruption of IAGS standards and practices in a rush to pass its anti-Israel genocide resolution.

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2. Dr. Brown is a bone fide, actual genocide scholar member of the group.

The group opened its membership to ANYONE willing to pay the $30 membership fee. Due to its "open door membership if you pay a fee", the IAGS has seen an influx in non-expert political activists in its membership rolls. Twenty percent of the members are now located in Iran.

In addition, Brown said, the resolution was posted anonymously, and the executive board refused to reveal its authorship, an unusual move that “raised red flags.”

“It’s very telling about the biases and agenda of the leadership that they refused to host a town hall … There is no interest in having a transparent dialog and debate about such an important and damning [resolution] in terms of the reputation of the IAGS,” Brown said.

“We’re supposed to be a scholarly organization. We should value above all else transparency, cited sources, debate and diversity of opinion that strengthens us. Instead, we saw deliberate silencing of debate,” she added.

https://jewishinsider.com/2025/09/international-association-of-genocide-scholars-resolution-israel-sara-brown/