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‘Gilbert Achcar’s The Gaza Catastrophe is not a plea for sympathy. It is a political weapon. Written in the midst of genocide, it strips away the euphemisms, the diplomatic theatre, and the moral fog … Achcar names the system, maps its historical scaffolding, and indicts not only Israel but the global order that enables it. This is not a book of mourning. It is a call to act.’
Anti-Capitalist Musings
‘Broad yet focused, Achcar’s collection of insightful essays points at the historical and political tracks that have enabled Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza. Showing the linkage between the West’s support of Israel’s atrocious onslaught and the banalisation of the global Far Right, Achcar does not only analyse the tragedy and interpret it, he also offers possible paths for a positive change that somewhat mitigates the bleak future that he foresees.’
Amira Hass, Haaretz correspondent for the 1967 Occupied Territory and author of Drinking the Sea at Gaza
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Gilbert Achcar is Professor of Development Studies and International Relations at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has written extensively on politics and development economics, as well as social change and social theory. His publications include The Clash of Barbarisms: September 11 and the Making of the New World Disorder, published in fifteen languages; Perilous Power: The Middle East and US Foreign Policy, with Noam Chomsky; The People Want: A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising; and Morbid Symptoms: Relapse in the Arab Uprisings; and The New Cold War: The United States, Russia and China, from Kosovo to Ukraine.