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The Arabs and the Holocaust Gilbert Achcar

The Arabs and the Holocaust By Gilbert Achcar

The Arabs and the Holocaust by Gilbert Achcar

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The Arab-Israeli conflict goes far beyond the wars waged in the Middle East. There is a war of narratives revolving around the two defining traumas of the conflict: the Holocaust and the Nakba. This title assesses Arab attitudes to the Holocaust, and argues that they are closely related to the dynamics of the Arab-Israeli conflict since 1948.

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The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives by Gilbert Achcar

The Arab-Israeli conflict goes far beyond the wars waged in the Middle East. There is a war of narratives revolving around the two defining traumas of the conflict: the Holocaust and the Nakba. Middle East expert Gilbert Achcar critically assesses Arab attitudes to the Holocaust, which he argues are closely related to the dynamics of the Arab-Israeli conflict since 1948. From Hitler's rise to power up to the present day, he identifies a wide range of reactions among the Arab world's four main idealogical movements: pro-Western liberalism, pan-Arab nationalism, Islamic fundamentalism and Marxism. Based on a thorough examination of sources in several languages, including Arabic, English, French and German, The Arabs and the Holocaust is a major contribution to the discourse of the Arab-Israeli conflict. It is also groundbreaking in its effort to bridge the gap between the conflicting narratives and to promote mutual understanding.

The Arabs and the Holocaust Reviews

'The picture that emerges - is a complex and nuanced one that rewards careful reading - A refreshing and original study, showing clearly that Muslim anti-Semitism is neither universal, nor inevitable, nor subject to pat explanations.' The Economist 'A systematic and scholarly refutation of the simplistic myths that have arisen following the formation of Israel - The best book on the subject so far' Tariq Ali, Guardian 'A fascinating, subtle and original analysis of Israeli and Arab historical narratives' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'Lucid and penetrating' Stephen Howe, The Independent 'A standard reference for years to come. Scrupulous in its scholarship, firm in political principle, ruthless in exposure' Socialist Review '[Achcar] carefully examines the long history of Arab-Jewish conflict back through the 19th century, illuminating the range of opinions' The Washington Post 'Achcar offers a careful parsing of a most incendiary topic: the use of references to the Holocaust in the rhetoric of the Arab-Israeli conflict - Calm and judicious in tenor yet unyielding in its intellectual rigor, this selection may show the path out of a seemingly intractable dispute.' Booklist 'The Arabs and the Holocaust is a penetrating analysis of the multiplicity of attitudes and responses in the Arabic-speaking world toward Nazism, anti-Semitism, and the Holocaust. The book effectively disproves simplistic notions of a single, monolithic, Holocaust-denying Arabic-speaking world driven by racist and neo-Nazi hatred of all Jews, and effectively demonstrates that there never has been one 'Arab' narrative on the Holocaust.A Francis R. Nicosia, author of Zionism and Anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany, and the Raul Hilberg Distinguished Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Vermont

About Gilbert Achcar

Gilbert Achcar is Professor of Development Studies and International Relations at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His previous books have been translated into more than fifteen languages. Author location London, UK Also by the same author The Clash of Barbarisms: The Making of the New World Disorder (2nd ed., Saqi, 2006) The 33-Day War: Israel's War on Hezbollah in Lebanon and its Consequences (Saqi, 2007)

Table of Contents

CONTENTS Preface Introduction: Words Laden with Pain Shoah, Holocaust, Jewish Genocide Zionism, Colonialism, Uprootedness Nakba I. THE TIME OF THE SHOAH: ARAB REACTIONS TO NAZISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM, 1933-1947 Prelude Chapter 1: The Liberal Westernizers Chapter 2: The Marxists Chapter 3: The Nationalists The Baath Party The Syrian Social Nationalist Party The Lebanese Phalange Young Egypt and Egyptian Nationalism The High-School Student Movement Futuwwa in Iraq Iraqi Arab Nationalists and Nazism Syrian Arab Nationalists and Nazism Arab Nationalism and Anti-Semitism The June 1941 Pogrom in Baghdad: the Farhud Chapter 4: Reactionary and/or Fundamentalist Pan-Islamists Pan-Islamism and Fundamentalist Counter-Reformation The Religion of Islam and the Jews Rashid Rida Shakib Arslan 'My Enemy's Enemy': Alliances of Convenience, Affinity and Complicity Amin al-Husseini: The Grand Mufti 'Izz-ul-Din al-Qassam Amin al-Husseini and the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt in Palestine Amin al-Husseini's Exile and Collaboration with Rome and Berlin Amin al-Husseini and the Jewish Genocide Amin al-Husseini, Architect of the Nakba Amin al-Husseini's Divergent Legacies II. THE TIME OF THE NAKBA: ARAB ATTITUDES TO THE JEWS AND THE HOLOCAUST FROM 1948 TO THE PRESENT Prelude The Nakba as seen by Benny Morris: a Symptomatic Trajectory Chapter 5: The Nasser Years (1948-1967) 'Throwing the Jews into the Sea'? Nasserism and Anti-Semitism The Eichmann Trial, Reparations, Comparisons and Holocaust Denial Chapter 6: The PLO Years (1967-1988) The Programmatic Redefinition of the Palestinian Position toward the Jews Transposing the Image of the Holocaust: The Battle of Comparisons with the Nazi Past Chapter 7: The Years of the Islamic Resistances (1988 to the Present) Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamized Anti-Semitism From Garaudy to Ahmadinejad: Reactive Exploitation of the Memory of the Holocaust Conclusion: Stigmas and Stigmatization Of Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism, Philosemitism, Islamophobia, and Exploitation of the Holocaust Of Zionisms, the State of Israel, Racism, the End of Denial and Peace Acknowledgments Notes References INDEX

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9780863566394
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The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives by Gilbert Achcar
Gilbert Achcar
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Saqi Books
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