Gilbert Achcar

The Arab-Israeli conflict extends well beyond the wars waged on Middle Eastern battlefields. It encompasses a war of narratives centred around the two defining traumas of the conflict: the Holocaust and the Nakba. One side is accused of Holocaust denial, while the other is criticised for exploiting a tragedy and denying the tragedies of others. In this groundbreaking book, eminent...

The People Want: the first half of slogans chanted by millions of Arab protesters in 2011 revealed a long-suppressed craving for democracy. But huge social and economic problems were also laid bare by their demands. In this landmark work, noted Middle East analyst Gilbert Achcar assesses the roots and dynamics of the Arab uprisings and analyses the specific socio-economic features...

The destruction that has been rained on Gaza has been seen and accepted by many commentators as a vengeful overreaction to the reckless Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023, as if the annihilation has come about, perhaps even by accident. This book argues that the new catastrophe that has befallen the Palestinian people is, in fact, the culmination of a...