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Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر

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Emeritus Professor @ SOAS, University of London. Multilingual account solely dedicated to informing about my publications and activities. More postings on X @gilbertachcar Website: https://gilbert-achcar.net/

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There are now two dire scenarios confronting the Palestinians: On one end lies the prospect of total ethnic cleansing ... On the other end is the creation of a fake Palestinian state consisting of disconnected enclaves while the rest of the land is annexed by Israel.

09.08.2025 10:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Gazze’de olanlar neyin habercisi? İsrail’in kıtlığı dayattığı Gazze Şeridi’nde son 24 saatte 1’i çocuk 4 kişi daha açlıktan hayatını kaybetti. Açlık nedeniyle yaşamını yitirenlerin sayısının 197’ye çıktığı bildirildi. Lübnan’da büyümü...

Gazze’de olanlar neyin habercisi?
www.korkusuz.com.tr/gazze-de-ola...

09.08.2025 09:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Gaza Exposes the Bankruptcy of Western Liberalism In defending and arming Israel over the last two years, Western governments have shown the hollowness of international law. The genocide will be remembered as a decisive moment in the collapse of libe...

GAZA EXPOSES THE BANKRUPTCY OF WESTERN LIBERALISM
Interview @jacobinmag.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2025/08/gaza...

08.08.2025 17:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Gaza Exposes the Bankruptcy of Western Liberalism In defending and arming Israel over the last two years, Western governments have shown the hollowness of international law. The genocide will be remembered as a decisive moment in the collapse of liberalism.

In defending and arming Israel over the last two years, Western governments have shown the hollowness of international law.

The genocide will be remembered as a decisive moment in the collapse of liberalism.

08.08.2025 17:00 — 👍 37    🔁 16    💬 2    📌 0

A superb review by Simon Pearson,
with many thanks!

07.08.2025 11:20 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Palestine Action ban is an attack on fundamental freedoms | Letter A letter from 52 scholars including Tariq Ali, Judith Butler, Angela Davis, Naomi Klein and Avi Shlaim

PALESTINE ACTION BAN IS AN ATTACK ON FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS
A letter from 52 scholars
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

06.08.2025 17:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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‘Neofaşizm çağındayız’ - Le Monde diplomatique Türkçe Lübnanlı diplomasi ve siyaset tarihçisi, sosyalist aydın Gilbert Achcar, son kitabı “Gazze Felaketi”ni Le Monde Diplomatique Türkçe’ye anlattı.

‘NEOFAŞIZM ÇAĞINDAYIZ’
Lübnanlı diplomasi ve siyaset tarihçisi, sosyalist aydın Gilbert Achcar, son kitabı “Gazze Felaketi”ni Le Monde Diplomatique Türkçe’ye anlattı.
www.lmdturkce.com.tr/2025/08/konu...

04.08.2025 09:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Beirut's devastating blast has not shaken the ruling class's grip on Lebanon | Gilbert Achcar Many Lebanese people had hoped for a silver lining to this tragedy of an independent government and new elections, says academic Gilbert Achcar

Beirut's devastating blast has not shaken the ruling class's grip on Lebanon
Four years ago, on the deep causes of the port's blast and the illusory hopes that it created
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

04.08.2025 08:04 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Genocide Song - Elik Harpaz  & Ayelet Ben Ishay | Disillusioned Podcast Music Session
YouTube video by Disillusioned Podcast - Yahav Erez Genocide Song - Elik Harpaz & Ayelet Ben Ishay | Disillusioned Podcast Music Session

"Why do I feel so lonely inside?
Coz all of my society supporting genocide
My father supporting genocide
My mother denying genocide
My brother committing genocide
My uncle demanding genocide"
Genocide Song
Israeli Singers Elik Harpaz & Ayelet Ben Ishay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNoe...

03.08.2025 14:25 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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The Mirage of a Palestinian State | Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر More countries recognizing a hypothetical entity called “State of Palestine” is symbolically positive. But under the present conditions, it can't be more than a renewed version of the vast prison with...

"1988 witnessed the best political conditions the Palestinian people have ever known since the 1948 Nakba. The Intifada garnered international popular sympathy and caused a severe morale crisis within Israel’s society and military."
gilbert-achcar.net/mirage-of-pa...

02.08.2025 17:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"But Israel’s rightward drift has not been constant. In the wake of the 1988 Palestinian Intifada – a popular uprising organised by grassroots committees in Gaza and the West Bank – the Israeli society was positively impacted..."
Here's an illustration:
shorturl.at/pxcJM

02.08.2025 17:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Gaza and the “Responsibility to Protect” | Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر A footnote to the 2011 Libyan debate.

Gaza and the “Responsibility to Protect”:
A footnote to the 2011 Libyan debate.
gilbert-achcar.net/gaza-and-r2p

02.08.2025 13:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Il miraggio dello stato palestinese * MPS - Movimento per il socialismo Il riconoscimento da parte di un maggior numero di paesi di un’ipotetica entità chiamata “stato di Palestina” è vantaggioso in termini di impatto simbolico nel riconoscere il diritto del popolo palest...

Il miraggio dello stato palestinese
mps-ti.ch/2025/07/il-m...

02.08.2025 10:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Palestinian rights and the IHRA definition of antisemitism | Letter Letter: A group of 123 Palestinian and Arab academics, journalists and intellectuals express their concerns about the IHRA definition

Due to an unfortunate layout glitch, the last 20 signatories of the “Statement on Antisemitism and Palestine” annexed to the English edition of my book are missing. I noticed this yesterday and notified the publishers.
The entire list is available at:
www.theguardian.com/news/2020/no...

01.08.2025 09:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Le mirage d'un État palestinien La reconnaissance par un nombre croissant de pays d'une entité hypothétique appelée « État de Palestine » est positive en termes d'impact (…)

ASSOCIATION FRANCE PALESTINE SOLIDARITE
www.france-palestine.org/Le-mirage-d-...

01.08.2025 08:56 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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El espejismo de un Estado palestino - Viento Sur El hecho de que más países reconozcan una entidad hipotética llamada «Estado de Palestina» es simbólicamente positivo. Pero en las condiciones actuales, no puede ser más que una versión renovada de la...

EL ESPEJISMO DE UN ESTADO PALESTINO
@fvientosur.bsky.social
vientosur.info/el-espejismo...

01.08.2025 08:28 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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MA QUALE STATO PALESTINESE… | | Rproject - anticapitalista! di Gilbert Achcar Il miraggio di uno Stato palestinese Il fatto che un numero crescente di paesi riconosca un'entità ipotetica chiamata “Stato di Palestina” è positivo in termini di impatto simbolico ...

MA QUALE STATO PALESTINESE…
rproject.it/2025/07/ma-q...

31.07.2025 18:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Israeli Rights Groups Break Silence: Genocide in Gaza Acknowledged by B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read 31 July 2025 | 16:00 CAT In a sobering and historic shift, two of Israel’s most prominent human rights organisations, B’Tselem and Physicians fo…

and here's a written presentation:
radioislam.org.za/a/israeli-ri...

31.07.2025 17:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Israeli Rights Groups Break Silence: Genocide in Gaza Acknowledged by B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights This is the official account of Radio Islam International. Follow us for latest uploads.

Israeli Rights Groups Break Silence: Genocide in Gaza Acknowledged by B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights.
Interview with Radio Islam South Africa on 30 August.
soundcloud.com/radioislam/i...

31.07.2025 17:54 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Prominent Israeli rights groups 'acknowledge genocidal character of what own state is perpetrating'
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English Prominent Israeli rights groups 'acknowledge genocidal character of what own state is perpetrating'

Prominent Israeli rights groups 'acknowledge genocidal character of what own state is perpetrating'
The same interview has been posted a second time under a different title:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZs-...

30.07.2025 18:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Starvation in Gaza: 'Western public opinion is starting to find this absolutely intolerable'
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English Starvation in Gaza: 'Western public opinion is starting to find this absolutely intolerable'

Starvation in Gaza: 'Western public opinion is starting to find this absolutely intolerable'
I was interviewed yesterday evening on @en.france24.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZlz...
(See my article: "The Mirage of a Palestinian State" posted yesterday)

30.07.2025 09:01 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Le mirage d’un État palestinien
blogs.mediapart.fr/gilbert-achc...

30.07.2025 07:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Mirage of a Palestinian State | Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر More countries recognizing a hypothetical entity called “State of Palestine” is symbolically positive. But under the present conditions, it can't be more than a renewed version of the vast prison with...

THE MIRAGE OF A PALESTINIAN STATE
More countries recognizing a “State of Palestine” is symbolically positive. But under the present conditions, it can't be more than the vast prison within which the Zionist state confines the Palestinian people in the 1967 OPTs.
gilbert-achcar.net/mirage-of-pa...

29.07.2025 20:31 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 4    📌 1
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Revivir el proyecto sionista para fragmentar al Oriente árabe - Viento Sur Aunque los rumores sobre este proyecto parecen provenir de la imaginación de los “teóricos de la conspiración", está lejos de ser una ficción y está más cerca que nunca de convertirse en realidad.

Revivir el proyecto sionista para fragmentar al Oriente árabe
@fvientosur.bsky.social
vientosur.info/revivir-el-p...

29.07.2025 19:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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LA NUOVA GUERRA FREDDA E I SUOI PERICOLI | | Rproject - anticapitalista! Introduzione La nuova guerra fredda e i suoi pericoli Rodrigo Utrera: Innanzitutto, Gilbert, ti ringraziamo per il tempo che ci hai concesso per queste conversazioni sulla mutazione della guerra nel X...

LA NUOVA GUERRA FREDDA E I SUOI PERICOLI
rproject.it/2025/07/la-n...

29.07.2025 19:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Neofascism, Imperialism, War, and Revolution in the Middle East - New Politics In an interview, Gilbert Achcar analyzes the grim state of affairs in the Middle East, in the age of neofascism.

Neofascism, Imperialism, War, and Revolution in the Middle East
newpol.org/issue_post/n...

25.07.2025 09:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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IL PROGETTO SIONISTA DI FRAMMENTAZIONE DEL M.O. | | Rproject - anticapitalista! di Gilbert Achcar Ripresa del progetto sionista di frammentazione dell'Oriente arabo Nell'articolo della scorsa settimana sui sanguinosi scontri nella provincia siriana di Suwayda, ho scritto che Isra...

IL PROGETTO SIONISTA DI FRAMMENTAZIONE DEL M.O.
rproject.it?p=12054

24.07.2025 09:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Israel / Medio Oriente – Revivir el proyecto sionista para fragmentar al Oriente árabe. [Gilbert Achcar] Aunque los rumores sobre este proyecto parecen provenir de la imaginación de los “teóricos de la conspiración», está lejos de ser una ficción y está más cerca que nunca de convertirse en realidad.…

Revivir el proyecto sionista para fragmentar al Oriente árabe
correspondenciadeprensa.com?p=48603

24.07.2025 09:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“El liberalismo atlantista nunca podrá recuperarse de su agonía actual” - Viento Sur Terminé de escribir el libro en febrero de este año. Concluía con un pronóstico profundamente pesimista sobre el resultado de la actual guerra genocida en Gaza, en particular debido a la "segunda lleg...

“El liberalismo atlantista nunca podrá recuperarse de su agonía actual”
vientosur.info/el-liberalis...

23.07.2025 17:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A deep dive into Israel’s genocide in The Gaza Catastrophe Book Club: In ’The Gaza Catastrophe’, Israel’s genocide is shown to be rooted in history, fuelled by global backing for its military power and colonial project

A DEEP DIVE INTO ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE IN THE GAZA CATASTROPHE
A great new review of The Gaza Catastrophe
in The New Arab by Ramona Wadi
[Read a previous review by The Irish Times here:
x.com/gilbertachca... ]
www.newarab.com/features/dee...

23.07.2025 17:21 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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