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Reactions to Oct 7 genocidal Islamic Palestinian onslaught: radical left, "Palestinian," so-called "pro palestine" activism, neo-Nazis and Islamic. Most notable are those who have since hurled the genocide slur at the very people defending themselves against the genocidal Hamas regime in Gaza. Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank Celebrate on October 7. Oct 29, 2023. https://www.memri.org/tv/palestinians-gaza-west-bank-celebrate-october-seven-massacre-hand-out-sweets-fire-guns Palestinians in West Bank city of Nablus celebrate Hamas infiltration operation into Israel. AP Archive. Oct 12, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxMzV0MMmKE Al-Jazeera Praises Hamas Attack. MEMRI. Oct 17, 2023. https://www.memri.org/reports/presenters-reporters-qatars-al-jazeera-praise-hamas-attack-celebrate-israels-disaster Pro-Hamas extremists and neo-Nazis flood social media with calls for violence. Law enforcement officials are concerned about attacks on Jewish...

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...