Legislatures Executive officials of current governments Executive officials of former governments •
Kakar caretaker government (Pakistan): Foreign Minister
Jalil Abbas Jilani condemned Israel's airstrikes on Gaza and siege of the territory as genocide in October 2023. •
Sunak ministry (UK): The
Foreign Office dismissed the accusation of genocide against Israel in January 2024. •
Raisi government (Iran): Foreign Minister
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian condemned Israel's actions as genocide in October 2023. During a meeting with Russian President
Vladimir Putin in December 2023, President
Ebrahim Raisi described the war in Gaza as "genocide and a crime against humanity" and accused Western countries of supporting Israel's actions. •
Third Ould Bilal government (Mauritania): The government condemned Israel's actions in October 2023, and called on the international community to "impose an immediate cessation of the genocide to which the Palestinian people are subjected". •
Fifth Hasina ministry (Bangladesh): The government backed South Africa's genocide case against Israel in January 2024. •
Attal government (France): In January 2024, Foreign Minister
Stéphane Séjourné said that accusing Israel of genocide is "to cross a moral threshold", casting doubt on whether France would accept the ICJ's verdict in
South Africa v. Israel. •
Onward Indonesia Cabinet: Speaking before the UN General Assembly on 23 September 2024, Foreign Minister
Retno Marsudi said that "the ongoing genocide by Israel must be stopped immediately". •
Ba'athist Syria: Foreign Minister
Faisal Mekdad condemned Israel's actions as genocide in October 2023. During a speech to an Arab–Islamic extraordinary summit in November 2024, President
Bashar al-Assad described Israel's actions as "massacres, genocide and ethnic cleansing". •
Biden administration (US): President
Joe Biden and his Secretary of State
Antony Blinken dismissed the accusation of genocide against Israel, with Blinken calling it "meritless". •
Third Mikati cabinet (Lebanon): In July 2024, Prime Minister
Najib Mikati expressed concern "with the ongoing genocide against the Palestinians, namely in Gaza, based on our Arab identity and national and humanitarian considerations". •
Presidency of Luis Lacalle Pou (Uruguay): In February 2024, Foreign Minister
Omar Paganini stated the government didn't view the situation in Gaza as a genocide, while expressing hope for a peaceful solution to the conflict. •
Scholz cabinet (Germany): In January 2024 Foreign Minister
Annalena Baerbock said that she could not see genocidal intent in "Israel's self-defence against […] Hamas." During a visit to Jerusalem the same month, Vice Chancellor
Robert Habeck stated his opinion that, while it is possible to criticize the Israeli army for "acting too harshly" in Gaza, "that does not constitute genocide." • Presidency of
Michael D. Higgins (Ireland): On 16 September 2025, President Higgins called for the "exclusion [from the United Nations] of those who are practising genocide, and those who are supporting genocide with armaments". •
Fiala cabinet (Czech Republic): In September 2025 Foreign Minister
Jan Lipavský rejected the findings of the
UNHRC Commission of Inquiry report released the same month, which concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, as partially "unfounded" and "beyond the pale". • Presidency of
Xiomara Castro (Honduras): In a speech before the UN General Assembly on 25 September 2024, President Castro called for "an end to the genocide in Gaza". • Supreme leadership of
Ali Khamenei (Iran): On 17 October 2023, Supreme Leader Khamenei stated that "the world is witnessing the
Zionist regime's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza" during a ceremony attended by students in Tehran, which was also marked by chants of "
death to Israel". • Presidency of
Gabriel Boric (Chile): In a speech before the UN General Assembly on 25 September 2024, President Boric condemned both Hamas and Israel's actions in Gaza, saying he refuses to choose between "the terrorism of Hamas and the genocide that Israel is carrying out in Palestine".
Governments described as silent on the matter • : The
Modi ministry was accused by opposition
Congress Party politicians
Sonia Gandhi and
Jairam Ramesh of silence on the Gaza genocide. • : In September 2025, humanitarian NGO
Médecins Sans Frontières called on the Swiss government to take action regarding the genocide. Micaela Serafini, president of MSF Switzerland, said that "Swiss neutrality|[n]eutrality does not mean remaining silent, but standing up for the defence of human dignity." == Subnational governments ==