The holocaust and genocide industries will converge midway through the UN General Assembly's general debate, at Cooper Union in New York City, when Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel teams up with Rwandan President Paul Kagame for "A UN Week Discussion in Prelude to the 20th Anniversary of the Rwanda Genocide and the International Response to the Syrian Chemical Slaughter." "Kosher Sex" author Rabbi Shmuley Boteach will moderate and two Jewish billionaire moguls and philanthropists, Las Vegas Sands owner Sheldon Adelson, and hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt, will join him to answer the question, "Are the strong obliged to protect the weak?" (So long as the weak are not in Palestine or the Democratic Republic of the Congo.)
Organization Matters. The President notes that, "66 years since the Holocaust and 17 years after Rwanda, the United States still lacks a comprehensive policy framework and a corresponding interagency mechanism for preventing and responding to mass atrocities and genocide." The President orders the creation of an interagency Atrocity Prevention Board within 120 days from today so as to coordinate a whole-of-government approach to engaging "early, proactively, and decisively."
The institutional force behind all this has been in the works for a long time, no doubt longer than I can sketch out here. See Preventing Genocide: A Blueprint for US Policymakers, Genocide Prevention Task Force (GPTF), Madeline Albright and William Cohen, co-chairs, a project of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the American Academy of Diplomacy, and the United States Institute of Peace, which published its plans in 2008.
"In April 1994, the Rwandan government called upon everyone in the Hutu majority to kill each member of the Tutsi minority, and over the next three months 800,000 Tutsis perished in the most unambiguous case of genocide since Hitler's war against the Jews."
Gourevitch's false equation of the Holocaust and the Rwanda Genocide presumes that the Rwandan Genocide began when Hutu extremists attempted to exterminate the Tutsi minority in Rwanda and ended 100 days later in 1994, and that that is the entire story. It ignores the manipulation of ethnic tensions by the US/UK and France, to advance their own agendas, and the Tutsi massacres of Hutus in Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which were part of the previous years history of Burundi, part of the Rwandan Civil War and Genocide, and part of the ensuing 18 years of war and conflict in Congo, after Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi invaded in 1996.
Massacres of both ethnicities have been the worst outcomes of the longstanding competition between these two so-called ethnicities – "so-called" because Hutu and Tutsi speak the same language and share the same culture. In "An Ordinary Man," the book whose simplest heroic elements became Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina explains that the Tutsis were a feudal aristocracy, the Hutus a feudal peasantry, whom European colonialists divided more harshly and rigidly, first with their "scientific" race theory, and then in "the year 1933, when all people in Rwanda received identity cards known as books that specified their ethnic class."
Rusesabagina also explains how 18th century explorer Jonathan Speke came up with a Biblical explanation of the Hutu-Tutsi class divide, which identified the Hutu peasants as descendants of Noah's accursed son Ham, condemned to a life of servitude, and the Tutsi aristocrats as noble descendants of a lost Christian tribe. Other theorists, including East African Tutsis, have claimed that Tutsis are descended of Ethiopian Jews.
Whether these theories have had any influence on Rabbi Shmuley Boteach or not, he has been effusive on his Huffington Post blog, about the contemporary alliance between Israel and Rwanda:
"Rwanda might not be everyone's idea of a family trip, but it's one of my favorite places in the world and, after visiting last year to highlight the 1994 genocide and promote anti-genocide legislation during my run for Congress, I wanted my children and some notable Jewish personalities to experience it with me. Much has happened in that year, including Rwanda occupying the Africa seat on the United Nations Security Council and announcing that they will be opening an embassy in Israel imminently. . .That he [Rwandan President Paul Kagame] is a staunch friend and admirer of the Jewish people and the State of Israel is of great consequence, especially on the African continent . . ."
Rabbi Boteach and his friends' heroization of President Paul Kagame is breathtaking in its dismissal of Rwandans now suffering under Kagame's brutal dicatatorship, and of the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where millions have died, millions more have become refugees or "internally displaced people (IDPs)," since 1996, when Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi invaded Congo, beginning 18 years of war, conflict, and occupation. For most of those years, Rwanda has been given victim's license in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, like Israel in Palestine.
32. Rwandan officials exercise overall command and strategic planning for M23. Politicians, current and former M23 members, Congolese armed forces officers and former Rwandan armed forces officers all confirmed that Gen. Ntaganda and Col. Makenga received direct military orders from the Chief of Staff of the Rwandan armed forces, Gen. Kayonga, who in turn acted on instructions from the Minister of Defence of Rwanda, Gen. Kabarebe (see annex 22 to the present report). The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Gen. Jacques Nziza, provides strategic advice and oversees the provision of logistical support to M23. Gen. Kabarebe and Gen. Nziza have also played an instrumental role in sustaining the political activities of M23. According to former Rwandan armed forces officers, current M23 members and former M23 officers, Gen. Ruvusha manages the provision of military ground support to M23.
33. Several current and former M23 officers also stated that senior Rwandan officials travelled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to hold meetings with M23 commanders. Gen. Kayonga has been at least three times to Runyoni to plan operations and reassure the rebels of the full support of the Government of Rwanda.
"But what about people of the Congo, PLEASE? What about people of the CONGO? You don't say anything about that! There's been 8 million people killed and you're making fictitious peace, and you're telling us that this is peace, when AGGRESSORS ARE NOT NAMED. Rwanda has been known … has … is responsible of what is going wrong in the peace, in Congo, and nobody says something about that! Burundi! Uganda! You should say that! We are sick and tired of hearing every time people here just being so peaceful with AFRICA! You should let AFRICA in PEACE!"
Ann Garrison is an independent journalist who contributes to the San Francisco Bay View, Global Research, and the Black Star News, and produces radio for KPFA-Berkeley and WBAI-New York City.
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En l'espace de quelques heures, en moins de 24 heures, je viens de lire 3 postings diffรฉrents, provenant d'autant de membres diffรฉrents, qui pointent vers la dรฉfaillance du systรจme d'รฉducation au Rwanda. Certains surnomment ironiquement les diplรดmes gรฉnรฉrรฉs par ce systรจme "Merci Kagame"! Rares sont les รฉcoles, fussent-elles du tiers-monde, oรน les รฉtudiants ร la fin de leurs รฉtudes seraient incapables de fonctionner dans d'autres รฉcoles ร l'รฉtranger. Pourtant c'est la triste rรฉalitรฉ actuelle au Rwanda. Pour ceux qui connaissent le fonctionnement des Nations-Unies, il est grand temps de dรฉpรชcher sur place un rapporteur spรฉcial... L'UNESCO peut-รชtre! Sibomana Jean Bosco. *DHR* BBC: Iyumvire uburyo Kagame na FPR bazambije uburezi mu Rwanda kuburyo ababyeyi bifite bahitamo kohereza abana babo hanze Libellรฉs : Forums Peter Rwagasabo - 29 janv. ร rwagasabo, (bcc:Democrac...
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The FDLR Myth: How Rwanda Weaponises a Diminished Threat to Justify Occupation Investigation Exposes Contradictions in Rwanda's Security Narrative For over a decade, Rwanda has justified its military presence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by citing threats from the FDLR, a Hutu militia group linked to the 1994 genocide. But an investigation into FDLR's actual capabilities, Rwanda's military operations, and patterns of violence reveals a narrative that does not match reality. The FDLR threat, whilst real, has been systematically exaggerated and manipulated to justify objectives that have nothing to do with the militia group. Introduction The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) occupies a central position in Rwanda's justification for military intervention in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. For more than two decades, Rwandan authorities have portrayed the militia group as an existential threat requiring sustaine...
Kigali wants Washington to punish Congo too. But a ceasefire that leaves the occupier in place is not peace; it is occupation without noise. African lives are not worth less. African deaths are not normal. Western interests must never become a licence to kill African people. Introduction: A Familiar Complaint On 29 June 2026, Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olivier Nduhungirehe, sat before the cameras of France 24 and declared that his country was “disappointed by the increasingly biased US mediation” in the conflict with the Democratic Republic of Congo. He asked why sanctions had targeted only Rwanda. He called the measures unfair, one-sided and counterproductive. Weeks earlier, President Paul Kagame had told Jeune Afrique that sanctions and threats were insults thrown at Rwanda, and accused Washington of exerting heavy pressure on Rwanda while treating the DRC more delicately. The grievance sounds reasonable until you remember where you have heard it before. Since 2022, the Kr...
MASS KILLINGS OF HUTU BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER 1994 IN RWANDA, DRC AND UGANDA INTRODUCTION TO PART 2 Part 1 established the assassination of President Habyarimana, the Bruguiรจre and Spanish investigations, Kagame's responsibility for starting the war, the Kigali massacres, challenges to the "genocide against the Tutsi only" narrative, and the need for UN framework revision. Part 2 documents specific mass killings of Hutu populations that have been systematically erased from history: the Kibeho massacre of 1995, the Byumba Stadium massacre of 1994, the hunting and slaughter of Hutu refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1996 to 1997, killings in Uganda, and the pattern of political assassinations and property seizures. 2. THE KIBEHO MASSACRE (22 APRIL 1995) 2.1 The Camp and Its Population By April 1995, the Kibeho internally displaced persons camp in Gikongoro prefecture southwestern Rwanda held between 80,000 and 100,000...
How Paul Kagame Uses Diplomats' "Bury Your Head in the Sand" Strategy as a Green Light to Continue Rwanda's War in the DRC Africa Realities Media | 17 July 2026 The purpose of this article is to expose a deliberate and systematic strategy: Paul Kagame's years-long practice of creating events — diplomatic dinners, RPF party meetings, genocide commemorations, international business forums and RPF Bureau Politique addresses — to which he invites foreign ambassadors and the world's business and political elite for one purpose: to explain, justify, and defend Rwanda's military invasion of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Everybody who follows this region knows the strategy now. The same narrative. The same arguments. The same defiance. At one event he tells the Trump Administration to go to hell. At the next he says those sanctioning him will leave power and he will remain. At the RPF Bureau Politique of 17 July 2026, he tells ambassadors that the on...
Le 30 juin 2026, pour la premiรจre fois en cinquante-six ans d'existence de l'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, les candidats au poste de Secrรฉtaire gรฉnรฉral ont รฉtรฉ auditionnรฉs publiquement devant les ministres des Affaires รฉtrangรจres des 53 รtats membres de plein droit, rรฉunis en Confรฉrence ministรฉrielle extraordinaire ร Paris. Parmi les quatre prรฉtendants au mandat 2027-2030, qui sera attribuรฉ par les chefs d'รtat au XXe Sommet de la Francophonie ร Phnom Penh les 15 et 16 novembre 2026, figure un profil inรฉdit : Dacian Cioloศ, ancien Premier ministre de Roumanie, ancien commissaire europรฉen ร l'Agriculture et ancien prรฉsident du groupe Renew au Parlement europรฉen, seul candidat non africain de la course. Cet article, premier d'une sรฉrie de cinq consacrรฉe aux auditions, analyse la prestation de M. Cioloศ sur huit axes : la vision, l'innovation, le dรฉveloppement des communautรฉs locales, la promotion de la langue franรงaise, les conflits et la s...
Comment Paul Kagame utilise la stratรฉgie diplomatique de « l’autruche » comme feu vert pour poursuivre la guerre du Rwanda en RDC Le but de cet article est d’exposer une stratรฉgie dรฉlibรฉrรฉe et systรฉmatique : la pratique, poursuivie depuis des annรฉes par Paul Kagame, consistant ร crรฉer des รฉvรฉnements — dรฎners diplomatiques, rรฉunions du parti FPR, commรฉmorations du gรฉnocide, forums internationaux d’affaires et interventions devant le Bureau Politique du FPR — auxquels il invite des ambassadeurs รฉtrangers ainsi que l’รฉlite mondiale des affaires et de la politique dans un seul but : expliquer, justifier et dรฉfendre l’invasion militaire de la Rรฉpublique dรฉmocratique du Congo par le Rwanda. Tous ceux qui suivent cette rรฉgion connaissent dรฉsormais cette stratรฉgie. Le mรชme rรฉcit. Les mรชmes arguments. La mรชme dรฉfiance. Lors d’un รฉvรฉnement, il dit ร l’administration Trump d’aller au diable. Lors du suivant, il affirme que ceux qui le sanctionnent quitteront le pouvoir tandis que lui restera. Lor...
La francophonie utile ร l'รฉpreuve des projets concrets Conseillรจre ร la prรฉsidence mauritanienne, forte d'une longue expรฉrience auprรจs de cinq chefs d'รtat successifs de son pays, Coumba Bรข porte la candidature de la Mauritanie au poste de Secrรฉtaire gรฉnรฉral de la Francophonie, dont le titulaire du mandat 2027-2030 sera dรฉsignรฉ par les chefs d'รtat au XXe Sommet de la Francophonie, prรฉvu ร Phnom Penh les 15 et 16 novembre 2026. Son audition publique du 30 juin 2026 ร Paris, devant les ministres des Affaires รฉtrangรจres des 53 รtats membres de plein droit, reposait sur un positionnement singulier : celui d'un pays carrefour, ร la fois africain, arabe et sahรฉlien, prรฉsentรฉ comme un pont possible vers les รtats qui ont quittรฉ l'organisation. Cet article, quatriรจme d'une sรฉrie de cinq consacrรฉe aux auditions, analyse sa prestation sur huit axes : la vision, l'innovation, le dรฉveloppement des communautรฉs locales, la promotion de la langue franรงaise, les confli...
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