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There are two conspicuous myths about the Gaza ceasefire that went into effect last Sunday. The first myth attributes the agreement to…
Gilbert Achcar
Gilbert Achcar grew up in Lebanon. He is a Professor of Development Studies and International Relations at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. His books include The New Cold War: Chronicle of a Confrontation Foretold. Morbid Symptoms: Relapse in the Arab Uprising; The People Want: A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising; The Clash of Barbarisms; Perilous Power: The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy; and The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives. He is a member of Anti-Capitalist Resistance.
The events that have unfolded in Lebanon between the election of a new president of the Republic on Thursday 9 January and…
It was only natural for the genocidal war launched by Israel on the Gaza Strip, in the wake of the Hamas-led Operation…
[Gilbert Achcar has been a major left commentator on international affairs for many years. He grew up in Lebanon and has lived…
While observing the amazing historical events that unfolded since last Friday, the first thing that came to mind was relief and joy…
In just a few days, after having remained relatively static for a few years, Syria has turned anew into a theatre of…
Could the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon be a new “divine victory”? That was how the agreement that ended the Israeli…
The party fell into the trap set for it by Israel, through its insistence on continuing to exchange fire with it “until…
Israel’s escalating war, the genocide in Gaza and the opening up of new fronts of Zionist-led violence have once again focused the…
[This article was written hours before the mass terrorist act that targeted Hezbollah members through pagers in the afternoon of 17 September,…