Unreliable source: Gilbert Achcar
Summaries of Critiques of Gilbert Achcar ### 1. *The dangerous idiots of academia* (2015) David Collier argues that Achcar represents a trend within parts of academia that, in Collier’s view, excuses or minimizes Islamist extremism and antisemitism when framed through anti-imperialist or anti-Zionist politics. The article criticizes Achcar for supporting positions hostile to Israel while overlooking authoritarian or extremist elements within Hamas and related movements. ### 2. Signature on the 2009 boycott letter Critics highlighted Achcar’s support for a boycott letter during the Gaza conflict that argued Israel “must lose” against Hamas. Evidence that Achcar prioritized ideological hostility toward Israel over concerns about [genocidal] Hamas’s ideology, violence, or governance. ### 3. *Politics gets in the way* (Jerusalem Post, 2010) Seth J. Frantzman criticizes Achcar’s *The Arabs and the Holocaust* for downplaying Arab and Islamist antisemitism. Frantzman points out that Achcar fr...
