On 30 January 2025, I spoke with Steve Clemons on his Al Jazeera show: “The Bottom Line.” We talked about the Israeli genocide in Gaza, the stunning concessions Israel made to Hamas in the recent ceasefire agreement, and President Trump’s morally reprehensible commitment to help Israel drive all the Palestinians out of Gaza.
It is about wrapping capitalism in a protective mystical mantle.
All the paraphernalia invented by capitalism to hide its rottenness and make us swallow it as if it were a triumph of humanity, is based on fabricating appearances of distraction and anesthesia of reason. “Classical political economy moves within these appearances. It discovers the real connection, but does not expose it. This leads to the capitalist relations of production, appearing as eternal, natural and self-evident relations.”(Anti-Dühring, 1877, in Collected Works of Marx and Engels, volume 25).
Trump only wants Gaza, Greenland and the Panama Canal to develop properties, monopolize natural resources and maximize profits. He’s not a politician. He’s a businessman and being president of the US just gave access to prime real estate and a military to go get it.
LOL. Who put the "dirty head chopper" in place? Hmmm? Not Russia, friend. Israel and the U.S.A. Who funded al Quaeda? Who created ISIS? American CIA. Well documented. Do some research.
The Russians are trying to keep their military bases on the Mediterranean Coast. The current head choppers are demanding Russia return Assad and pay reparations. You need to read ZeroHedge daily. "Syrian Leaders Demand Russia 'Hand Over Assad, Pay Compensation'"
Uhh...yeah...sure nsakun. Whatever you say. Looks like the following sources were used in the ZeroHedge article: Reuters, The Cradle, BBC, almayadeen.net, and Bloomberg. You a bot?
"1920s HOLY LAND TRAVELOGUE " A PILGRIMAGE THROUGH PALESTINE "
"Created in the late 1920s or early 1930s by Philip M. Brown, "A Pilgrimage Through Palestine" borrows its title from a popular book first published in the 1890s. The film travelogue shows views of various cities in British occupied Palestine -- today's State of Israel -- including Nazareth, Jericho, Haifa, Tiberius and more. Mandatory Palestine as it was known, was a geopolitical entity under British administration, carved out of Ottoman Southern Syria after World War I. British civil administration in Palestine operated from 1920 until 1948."
"Independent film by American Andre de la Varre from Prelinger Archives"
PALESTINE, PALESTINE, PALESTINE!! It was always Palestine. Moreover, DNA testing shows that the current-day Palestinians are genetically the only surviving population of the original Jews during the time of Christ. They have lived on this land and converted to Islam and Christianity through the various centuries with various conquerors.
The "Jews" in Israel today are from the Caucus Mountains!!
Good stuff. Reminds me of the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour I watched in the 1980s in NYC. The legacy media doesn't have even that today. OTOH, you can spend half a day roaming through politics on XformerlyTwitter, and you still wouldn't come close to what I have been treated to in this interview. Thank you both.
To quote Putin from his 2017 interview with French broadsheet "Le Figaro":
« I have already spoken to three US Presidents. They come and go, but politics stay the same at all times. Do you know why? Because of the powerful bureaucracy. When a person is elected, they may have some ideas. Then people with briefcases arrive, well dressed, wearing dark suits, just like mine, except for the red tie, since they wear black or dark blue ones. These people start explaining how things are done. And instantly, everything changes. This is what happens with every administration. »
oh that's cute. putin who has been in power over 20 years and will stay on till he dies most likely is explaining to americans how bad it is that there is no change in american politics. honestly you guys, really? putin is your go-to guy on proper functioning of democracies.
All of it found to have been manufactured lies by Israeli propaganda. Hamas did abduct people and military personnel with the goal of doing a prisoner swap. However, because Israel is hindering investigations by the international community, we cannot determine how many people were killed by Israeli forces. They shot rockets and opened fire on the houses and trucks carrying hostages without a single thought for the hostages because Israel’s military policy is not to allow Hamas to capture people for hostage exchanges. Shameful
Mearsheimer’s claims are anything but “realist.” A realist approach is grounded in facts, but his assertions collapse under scrutiny.
Is it “real” to say that Israel committed genocide when it was Hamas that attempted one on October 7, deliberately targeting civilians for slaughter? Hamas is entirely responsible for every Gazan fatality and injury, embedding itself in hospitals, schools, and residential buildings while using civilians as human shields.
Is it “real” to insist that Israel must find a political solution with the Palestinians when the Palestinians have rejected every offer for statehood, from the 1947 partition plan through every major negotiation attempt since?
Is it “real” to argue that Israel is worse off now than before October 7? On the contrary, Syria is defeated, Hezbollah’s missile arsenal has been severely diminished, Hamas’s leadership and infrastructure are shattered, and Iran’s air defenses have been wiped out, leaving its military-industrial complex exposed to a direct strike.
Reality doesn’t conform to Mearsheimer’s delusions—it contradicts them.
Can you provide any instance where the Palestinians have agreed to establish their own peaceful state alongside Israel, recognizing Israel as a sovereign nation, and stipulating that their so-called ‘right of return’ would apply to their new state of Palestine rather than to Israel?
Richard, you are utterly lost to historical negationism and, even more so, to the 🇮🇱 Zionist aka. clero-fascist ethnosupremacist settler-colonial hasbara/propaganda. You can peddle all the above 🇮🇱 BS 24/7, but the fact still remains - both 🇮🇱 and you are delusional to the point of psychosis. Ergo the reality will always contradict you, on top of your perceived logical incoherence.
Trump is just voicing what was said over a year ago. It was pretty easy to see. Netanyahu's goal is to expel the Palestinians from Israel. Currently Gaza is pretty much uninhabitable. Now they have moved on to the West Bank.
To compare the carnage implemented by Israel to that which occurred by Hamas on October 7th, and reference it as a genocide is an incredible testament to your highly prejudicial, view which prevents you from perceiving reality. Mentally you are blind.
You are either phenomenally misinformed, a die hard Zionist or someone who long ago lost any sense of morality. No one should have to school you on these matters at this point. Please learn the facts of this ongoing Nakba, from occupation to genocide, from legitimate and reputable sources of information not hasbara propaganda or corrupt corporate media.
i think you are right to expect something else from meershimer. he gladly gave putin a pass for putin's genocide in ukraine. so why is he so persnickety about a little genocide in gaza?
He's just following the capitalist script.
It is about wrapping capitalism in a protective mystical mantle.
All the paraphernalia invented by capitalism to hide its rottenness and make us swallow it as if it were a triumph of humanity, is based on fabricating appearances of distraction and anesthesia of reason. “Classical political economy moves within these appearances. It discovers the real connection, but does not expose it. This leads to the capitalist relations of production, appearing as eternal, natural and self-evident relations.”(Anti-Dühring, 1877, in Collected Works of Marx and Engels, volume 25).
Trump only wants Gaza, Greenland and the Panama Canal to develop properties, monopolize natural resources and maximize profits. He’s not a politician. He’s a businessman and being president of the US just gave access to prime real estate and a military to go get it.
Then we have this fucking disaster... Putin. Russia please go back to communism.
Dirty head choppers backed by Putin.
https://youtu.be/JsMGoD139Y4?si=IYLIj2GCPOU4ksnp
LOL. Who put the "dirty head chopper" in place? Hmmm? Not Russia, friend. Israel and the U.S.A. Who funded al Quaeda? Who created ISIS? American CIA. Well documented. Do some research.
The Russians are trying to keep their military bases on the Mediterranean Coast. The current head choppers are demanding Russia return Assad and pay reparations. You need to read ZeroHedge daily. "Syrian Leaders Demand Russia 'Hand Over Assad, Pay Compensation'"
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/syrian-leaders-demand-russia-hand-over-assad-pay-compensation
no everybody every day read RT and RT only. that way you will not get confused when looking at what putin is doing in ukraine or did in syria
Uhh...yeah...sure nsakun. Whatever you say. Looks like the following sources were used in the ZeroHedge article: Reuters, The Cradle, BBC, almayadeen.net, and Bloomberg. You a bot?
https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-syria-hold-further-talks-russian-military-bases-syria-tass-reports-2025-01-29/
https://thecradle.co/articles/syrian-officials-ask-russia-to-pay-compensation-hand-over-assad-report
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c14nk475nd5o
https://www.almayadeen.net/news/politics/
Putin is the problem in your book, or am I misunderstanding you?
so it is wrong if trump wants a nakba in palestine but ok if putin wants a nakba in ukraine? why is that?
Ah! The comments are amusing. For all those who say that Palestine never existed, have a quick look.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9jHU-SFpB8
"1920s HOLY LAND TRAVELOGUE " A PILGRIMAGE THROUGH PALESTINE "
"Created in the late 1920s or early 1930s by Philip M. Brown, "A Pilgrimage Through Palestine" borrows its title from a popular book first published in the 1890s. The film travelogue shows views of various cities in British occupied Palestine -- today's State of Israel -- including Nazareth, Jericho, Haifa, Tiberius and more. Mandatory Palestine as it was known, was a geopolitical entity under British administration, carved out of Ottoman Southern Syria after World War I. British civil administration in Palestine operated from 1920 until 1948."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q01_zotBbgw
"First pictures from Palestine - Jerusalem historical impressions 1900 - 1918"
The last entry is "Arrival of the Zionist Commission in Palestine in April 1918"
Video voiceover: "...after the Balfour Commission in London the Zionist Commission initiated by the British government arrives in Palestine...."
ANOTHER GREAT VIGNETTE WHERE JEWS, MUSLIMS, AND WESTERNERS LIVED PEACEABLY:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F_dZCkousU
"Damascus, Syria & Jerusalem in 1938"
"Independent film by American Andre de la Varre from Prelinger Archives"
PALESTINE, PALESTINE, PALESTINE!! It was always Palestine. Moreover, DNA testing shows that the current-day Palestinians are genetically the only surviving population of the original Jews during the time of Christ. They have lived on this land and converted to Islam and Christianity through the various centuries with various conquerors.
The "Jews" in Israel today are from the Caucus Mountains!!
Good stuff. Reminds me of the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour I watched in the 1980s in NYC. The legacy media doesn't have even that today. OTOH, you can spend half a day roaming through politics on XformerlyTwitter, and you still wouldn't come close to what I have been treated to in this interview. Thank you both.
To quote Putin from his 2017 interview with French broadsheet "Le Figaro":
« I have already spoken to three US Presidents. They come and go, but politics stay the same at all times. Do you know why? Because of the powerful bureaucracy. When a person is elected, they may have some ideas. Then people with briefcases arrive, well dressed, wearing dark suits, just like mine, except for the red tie, since they wear black or dark blue ones. These people start explaining how things are done. And instantly, everything changes. This is what happens with every administration. »
oh that's cute. putin who has been in power over 20 years and will stay on till he dies most likely is explaining to americans how bad it is that there is no change in american politics. honestly you guys, really? putin is your go-to guy on proper functioning of democracies.
Maybe that happens because we are no democracy at all.
pals FAFOD.
Jeeze, i guess the pals shouldn't have, you know, raped abducted murdered all them nasty jews
All of it found to have been manufactured lies by Israeli propaganda. Hamas did abduct people and military personnel with the goal of doing a prisoner swap. However, because Israel is hindering investigations by the international community, we cannot determine how many people were killed by Israeli forces. They shot rockets and opened fire on the houses and trucks carrying hostages without a single thought for the hostages because Israel’s military policy is not to allow Hamas to capture people for hostage exchanges. Shameful
Mearsheimer’s claims are anything but “realist.” A realist approach is grounded in facts, but his assertions collapse under scrutiny.
Is it “real” to say that Israel committed genocide when it was Hamas that attempted one on October 7, deliberately targeting civilians for slaughter? Hamas is entirely responsible for every Gazan fatality and injury, embedding itself in hospitals, schools, and residential buildings while using civilians as human shields.
Is it “real” to insist that Israel must find a political solution with the Palestinians when the Palestinians have rejected every offer for statehood, from the 1947 partition plan through every major negotiation attempt since?
Is it “real” to argue that Israel is worse off now than before October 7? On the contrary, Syria is defeated, Hezbollah’s missile arsenal has been severely diminished, Hamas’s leadership and infrastructure are shattered, and Iran’s air defenses have been wiped out, leaving its military-industrial complex exposed to a direct strike.
Reality doesn’t conform to Mearsheimer’s delusions—it contradicts them.
Reality doesn't conform to Richard Jaffee's delusions-it contradicts them.
Can you provide any instance where the Palestinians have agreed to establish their own peaceful state alongside Israel, recognizing Israel as a sovereign nation, and stipulating that their so-called ‘right of return’ would apply to their new state of Palestine rather than to Israel?
Richard, you are utterly lost to historical negationism and, even more so, to the 🇮🇱 Zionist aka. clero-fascist ethnosupremacist settler-colonial hasbara/propaganda. You can peddle all the above 🇮🇱 BS 24/7, but the fact still remains - both 🇮🇱 and you are delusional to the point of psychosis. Ergo the reality will always contradict you, on top of your perceived logical incoherence.
Ok, you've got nothing. I figured.
Ok, you've 🤖 got nothing 🧠. I figured. ✌🏼
Trump is just voicing what was said over a year ago. It was pretty easy to see. Netanyahu's goal is to expel the Palestinians from Israel. Currently Gaza is pretty much uninhabitable. Now they have moved on to the West Bank.
Reversed, liar!
excuse me, dummy?
To compare the carnage implemented by Israel to that which occurred by Hamas on October 7th, and reference it as a genocide is an incredible testament to your highly prejudicial, view which prevents you from perceiving reality. Mentally you are blind.
You are either phenomenally misinformed, a die hard Zionist or someone who long ago lost any sense of morality. No one should have to school you on these matters at this point. Please learn the facts of this ongoing Nakba, from occupation to genocide, from legitimate and reputable sources of information not hasbara propaganda or corrupt corporate media.
i think you are right to expect something else from meershimer. he gladly gave putin a pass for putin's genocide in ukraine. so why is he so persnickety about a little genocide in gaza?