The Arabs and the Holocaust - Gilbert Achcar

The ArabIsraeli 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 ArabIsraeli conflict since 1948. From Hitlers rise to power up to the present day, he identifies a wide range of reactions among the Arab worlds 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 ArabIsraeli conflict. It is also groundbreaking in its effort to bridge the gap between the conflicting narratives and to promote mutual understanding. - - - - -