This is the first genocide perpetrated by an industrially advanced state since the second World War…This is the first such genocide perpetrated by Israel, but this time with the support of the whole western system. That's why I believe that that was the final nail in the coffin of this so-called liberal rules-based international order.

Gilbert Achcar joins us to discuss his recent book, Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective (University of California Press). "This Day in Rotten History" from Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview.

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Guest

Gilbert Achcar

@gilbertachcar

Gilbert Achcar is Emeritus Professor at SOAS, University of London. His many books include: The Clash of Barbarisms (2002, 2006); Perilous Power: The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy, with Noam Chomsky (2007, 2024); The Arabs and the Holocaust (2010, 2025); The People Want: A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising (2013, 2022); The New Cold War: The United States, Russia and China, from Kosovo to Ukraine (2023); and The Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective (2025).

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