Gilbert Achcar

Gilbert Achcar

Gilbert Achcar: ‘We are witnessing the first genocide in history to be televised and openly supported by the West’

Gilbert Achcar provides an overview of the complex political situation in the Middle East, situating it within the context of the political project of the global far right.
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Lebanon and the Israeli strategy of intimidation

Gilbert Achcar — In recent days, Israeli threats regarding an imminent attack on Lebanon have multiplied.
Dubai

Rivals in the service of empire: Abu Dhabi, Qatar and the United States

Gilbert Achcar — The two emirates’ sharp contrast in foreign policy strategy is, in fact, a boon for Washington’s policy in the extended Middle East.
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Hypocrisy: The conflict between Zionist hawks and vultures in Israel

Gilbert Achcar — What is the conflict within the Zionist power elite about? Do not believe that it is a conflict between hawks and doves as the Western media portrays it.
Joe Biden

Gilbert Achcar: US president Joe Biden’s crime against humanity

Gilbert Achcar — There is no doubt that the court of history will include Joe Biden's name prominently on the list of perpetrators of crimes against humanity.
Child in Gaza

Gilbert Achcar: On the murder of children and the return of genocide to banality

Gilbert Achcar — It is one of the cruel ironies of history that those who claim to speak on behalf of the victims of Nazi genocide are the perpetrators of the most horrific campaign of extermination in the history of contemporary settler colonialism.
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When the accusation of antisemitism becomes a weapon in the hands of neofascism

Gilbert Achcar — Netanyahu has become the darling of the global far right, not only as a role model but because of his efforts to clear his mates from the accusation of antisemitism and attach it to those they hate.
Lebanon bombed

Gilbert Achcar: Is the drumbeat of war on the Israel/Lebanon front a prelude to all-out war?

Gilbert Achcar — Recent weeks have witnessed a sharp escalation of the exchange of fire between the Lebanese resistance and Israeli forces in South Lebanon/North of the Zionist state.
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The United States and Israel: What’s behind the ongoing conflict between Biden and Netanyahu?

Gilbert Achcar — With the reoccupation of the Gaza Strip completed and the question of its political fate coming to the fore, the Zionist consensus represented by Netanyahu’s war cabinet has ended.
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Gilbert Achcar: Truce in Gaza and the dilemmas faced by Netanyahu and Hamas

Gilbert Achcar — News related to the genocidal war in the Gaza Strip have been overshadowed by the truce project that Biden attributed to “Israel” without specifying which Israeli governing body had approved it.
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Palestine’s fate in light of the onslaught on Gaza

Gilbert Achcar — The best “solution” that could result from the Zionist ongoing genocidal war is worse than what existed before it, and certainly worse than what appeared on the horizon following the Oslo deal.
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The postponed Israeli attack on Iran

Gilbert Achcar — Israel will complete its genocidal war against Gaza for six before directing its military efforts against Iran and Hezbollah.