I read your book "The Israeli Lobby & Americanforeign Policy" decades ago. It should have been put on the desk of every member of Congress. Alway s appreciate your insight and articles. Walt DuBlanica a 95 year old whose parents came from Ukraine over 100 years ago.
I read this book back then and was dismayed by the lack of quality. All the evidence came from the known "truth" tellers MSM.
After I heard professor talk about war in Ukraine, I went back and re-read it. No, I missed nothing. My friends now make fun of me, starting that I am the only person in the history of the humankind, who read the bad book twice
The plan is fully supported by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Turkey, among others. It puts an end to Hamas's senseless violence. It also provides a peaceful perspective for the Arabs in Gaza. The UAE's plan to establish a new administration is in keeping with Gaza's needs. Incidentally, legally speaking, there was no genocide, 1948, a term associated with the Holocaust.
The biggest problem facing the Arabs in Gaza is that its leaders are and have always been corrupt. Consider Arafat, an Egyptian terrorist and supporter of the pernicious Muslim Brotherhood. As a Kuwaiti government official put it, the Arabs in Gaza are largely to blame for their suffering. An ideology of hatred and martyrdom..
I remember the horrific murders of Lebanese Christians in 1975, the celebrating crowds in Gaza after 9/11. No pity.
For 80 years, the UN has failed in the conflict between Arabs and Jews. Even President Bill Clinton recently declared that the agreements with Arafat were worthless. Who is the fool?
Dude, get a grip, you can’t get yourself to say it can you. They are Palestinians first, Muslims and Christians second and Arabs third.
But I am really intrigued by your Sadat terrorist narrative and you sourcing a Kuwaiti guy. First Sadat was killed by Islamic Jihad, precisely for making peace with Israel. Second, no Kuwaiti official would have referred to Palestinians as Arabs, lest they think they have rights to be in any lands than other Palestine. The one thing you do get right though, through inadvertent insinuation, is that Gulf rulers, the real Arabs, absolutely hate the Palestinians, and the Lebanese and the Syrians and…. You get the point, and they would only refer to them as Arabs in very rare contexts.
There has to be a minimum historical literacy requirement in Substack else it’s going to degenerate.
Thank you for sharing your views on the proposal. I wholeheartedly agree with what you say here. And you have not even mentioned Tony Blair. The interviewer was befitting to the conservative publication that pays him. I unsubscribed the Spectator some years ago.
I thoroughly disagree with your attempt to describe Trump as an angel of peace. He is not, which eg., can be gleaned from the selection of Team Trump I (2017-21) and Team Trump II. These choices are the consequences of his character traits, ie. a psychopath according to the Hare list and a malignant narcicisst. He has always been quite ruthless in everything he has done (six bankruptcies are part of this description), holds no loyalty and likes, as you mentioned, to humiliate others. He wants to impress his superiors, the big billionaires, and for this he robs the poor with his Big Bastardly Bill. And as you mentioned yourself: he is even going Venezuela now, probably because he thinks it is doable, as in opposite to integrating Canada and Greenland.
Anyway, I hope he will find his Nuremberg, or the other way around, and in the end Sir Elton John will sing "Dangling in the Wind". And no, Biden is not much better, if at all. He might have the excuse of dementia, which currently is now visibly setting off with Trump. Anybody who heard his UNGA rant is likely to agree. "Did I ever tell you how I singlehandedly stopped the war between Ababaijan and Albania?", serves as one of many examples for paraphasia. Probably time to have a closer look at Amendment XXV.
What Japan is concerned:
"[General Curtis] LeMay said [to Robert McNamara], 'If we'd lost the war, we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals.' And I think he's right. He, and I'd say I, were behaving as war criminals." - from the 2003 documentary "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara", directed by Errol Morris.
Dead on These evil Jew haters are chasing their backsides It’s over If Hamas signs on Bibi has freed the remaining hostages chased what is left of Hamas out of Gaza killed most of their leaders and ended the fighting If Hamas refuses to sign on it commits suicide Bibi wins big Imean big Allthesejew hating podcasters including some who are Jewish end up eating horseballs and smelling worse
You make me laugh, almost like in an exchange with a clueless 8 year old.
The entire world, not just the Islamic world celebrated the plan that Trump announced. Openly. But what they didn’t do is accept the terms simply because there were no real terms that they were presented with, just a mini speech from a podium. That said, the one party that was excluded from the plan development, Hamas, did not and still has not rejected the plan.
You only have to look to the negotiations in Cairo to figure out that what Trump put forward is a proposed plan not a final plan. The final plan, if there is one, will be one that makes sense, one that ends hostilities, once and for all, and I can only think of one type of agreement that would do that, an agreement that right wing Israelis have been actively sabotaging for more than 50 years. Apologies about that last point, it requires you knowing there are history books to be read on the subject, let alone read them, and that there are more sources of information than just Fox News. I highly recommend the Israeli newspaper Haaretz as a starting point source.
Alex, I agree with you on one point: the final plan needs to end hostilities, once and for all. In the meantime, there are plans that have been agreed upon. Please spell out the plan that right wing Israelis have been sabotaging. Btw, our major disagreement is on the identity of the clueless eight year old.
Suleiman, curious what plans you refer to when you say they’ve been agreed to, and agreed to by whom? My highly placed sources (Reuters) says they’re still working out the details. But I am beyond certain we’re no where near the once and for all threshold for exactly the same reason that we’re here today - the reason being that unless Palestinians accept at a minimum total subjugation but preferably accede to expulsion, there is no one in Israel today that is willing to grant them self determination on their own lands. This latter denied option is the one and only once and for all solution.
Which incidentally also answers your question, particularly because this is not a situation we find ourselves in just after the terrorist attacks of October 7, it’s been the overtly stated position of Israeli administrations for nearly the entire period since 1967 to deny Palestinians self determination in a contiguous, viable Palestine. This last statement was crafted specifically to preempt the obligatory pre-packaged retort listing the endless times Israeli negotiators have offered Palestinians pigs in lipstick solutions, in reality mafiosy proposals Palestinians can only refuse. Former Israeli negotiator Shlomo Ben-Ami stated on Democracy Now! that "Camp David was not the missed opportunity for the Palestinians, and if I were a Palestinian I would have rejected Camp David” That’s just one that bubbles to the surface, the rest were no different.
Only a Jew-Israel hater like Mearsheimer could critique this peace plan the way he has. With the Arab world behind it, and Israel making major concessions—including allowing responsibility for internal security to ensure demilitarization and tunnel destruction with others rather than overseeing it themselves—the plan offers a real chance to end the war. It secures the release of hostages who have been held in horrific conditions, ensures the return of the dead, and opens the door to rebuilding Gaza for peaceful coexistence. Who, other than Mearsheimer, could be against that?
Richard what has Netanyahu ever done that makes you such a believer in him? Remember Rabin's wife even accused him of being complicit in her husbands death, and he was. He supported Hamas for years, neither wanting a two state solution. His ass belong in jail, or do you forget he was brought up on very legitimate charges. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Benjamin_Netanyahu
Bully is an understatement! I don't know if it will go public, but Blumenthal is showing a short video on the exodus of many Gazans and the evil that Israel has implemented, and will continue to do so. The soullessness of what they have done is unforgiveable.
Someone interviewing Professor Mearsheimer is supposed to be well-informed about the topics being discussed. So how could the interviewer possibly doubt that what's happening in Gaza is genocide? The evidence that it is is simply overwhelming.
I didn't like him either. His conservative position on whether this is a genocide, which is the way it came across to me, was disgusting. Maybe he needs to go to Gaza, stay a while to provide himself with a sense of clarity.
Guys, before discussing Trump's problems and possible solutions...have we cleared up the very origins of the Gaza "conflict"? If you believe that famed Israeli bird-on-wire security simply evaporated so that bulldozers and (comic overkill) paragliders could do their worst on the day, then by all means move on to discuss solutions. I can't believe.
This is not about the type of doubt or critique dished out by assets like Tucker and Candace. It's about real reasons to suspect collusion and about real reasons to think the whole operation was about a planned demolition and evacuation of Gaza from the start. Israel doesn't just gain Gaza real estate, it and its partner stand to gain the Sinai and thus Suez (to deal with terror, doncha know).
Don't mind me. I'm off to the beach with mates to do our paraglider practise in strict secret from Surf Life Saving Australia and several hundred swimmers. Please don't tell.
There is time to throw stones and there is time to gather.
The time will certainly come and we'll learn. Just like we learned about details of 33,000 emails, 15 cell phones from the Muller investigation, ...., destroyed evidence of the J6 commission; not to mention Kennedy ...
I think it’s time for rational people to set aside all these foolish theories and recognize and accept what took place It is really very simple At the end just like the movies the good guys won The skinny This tragedy caused death destruction and accomplished zilch Tuly sad
I'll certainly take your advice and set aside all foolish theories...like paragliders and evaporating Israeli security. That just leaves the rational theories...like collusion and the long-planned demolition and evacuation of Gaza.
And let's not forget Suez! Not all Jews are crazy enough to want a state or sphere of influence stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates, but some really are that crazy and have declared their intentions. Sinai and David's Corridor would be a pretty good start to all that. All in the name of dealing with "terror" or protecting Druze, of course.
I very much admire Professor Mearsheimer’s outstanding intellect and knowledge of world affairs. I agree that it is abundantly clear that some Israelis (including some members of Israel’s coalition government) would like to drive the Palestinians out of Gaza. Nevertheless, I am unable to accept the suggestion that the Government of Israel is committing a genocide against the civilians in Gaza. In World War 2, Allied bombing killed thousands of civilians in enemy countries. In both World War 1 and World War 2, the Allies deliberately imposed blockades of food and other supplies against their enemies (eg, America’s “Operation Starvation” against the Japanese in World War 2). Thousands of civilians died as a result of those Allied blockades but those blockades helped the Allies to win those wars. The war in Gaza was commenced by Hamas, the authority elected by the Palestinians themselves. Furthermore, the attack on 7 October 2023 was celebrated by many civilians in Gaza. Subsequent to that attack, Hamas has threatened that it will repeat such attacks until Israel is destroyed. If Israel did not impose blockades and bomb Hamas targets because they were in or under hospitals or other civilian institutions they would have been obliged to mount a ground campaign. Any such campaign at the start of the war would have resulted in the death of a great number of Israeli soldiers because such a campaign would have favoured Hamas. In such circumstances, a defending force (Hamas) would have suffered fewer casualties than the attacking force (Israel). Consequently, I can come to no conclusion other than that Israel is doing what it must do to ensure the safety of its citizens and, in so doing, is limiting Palestinian casualties as far as possible in the context of a war for Israel’s own survival.
I accept that many people do not share my view. It is a truly complex and tragic situation. Indeed, even someone I greatly admire, namely Professor Mearsheimer, believes that Israel is engaged in genocide. I respect both his and your right to disagree with me but I can only say what I think to be true. By the way, although I am not Jewish, I do believe that it is impossible to undo what happened in 1948 and, accordingly, Jewish people should be permitted to keep Israel as their homeland. That being said, until the attack by Hamas on 7 October 2023, I had strongly supported a peaceful two state solution. I fear that the chances of achieving that solution were drastically reduced by reason of Hamas’ actions on that day.
Just like peaceful co-existence in Kuwait was destroyed by actions of Palestinians in 1991. Kuwait expelled ALL 440,000 Palestinians. Every single one.
How did Palestinians get to Kuwait and when? In 1986 Lebanon kicked them out also killing tens of thousands.
How did Palestinians get to Lebanon and when? In 1970 Jordan kicked them out also killing tens of thousands after they attempted overthrow of the Jordan's King Husein. As a Jordanian Arab recently told me, that was NOT the first attempt but 13th ...
What does Professor Mearshimer know that Arabs do not? The offer would not have been put forward without agreement of Qatari and other Arab League members.
Mearsheimer’s argument for using the term genocide against Israel here amounted to credentialism, the same sort of argument used to bolster transgenderism.
I deny the use of genocide to describe Israel’s intent and actions is clever, honest, or accurate. Its odd to hear him admit the loose use of genocide is similar to the use of Nazi, which those of the mendacious culture used to describe him, and yet in the same breath adopt the term
You are the best teacher of International Relations I have ever had. I loved “Why Leaders Lie” and “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics” …. I agree with you that the classical conception of tragedy is at the heart of political realism, but I take issue with you anyway in my recent book, “Chauvinism of the West.” As a child born to Coptic parents in Cairo, I am grateful to you for the courage of writing on the Israel Lobby. Follow me on Substack…I recently posted an essay on “The Christian Roots of Anti-Semitism.” Shadia Drury
As a great fan of you I have to disagree. By ‘accepting’ this ludicrous plan Hamas is exposing the flaws that will inevitably appear during the ‘implementation’. Would they have rejected it, they would have become the scapegoat for blocking peace. It’s a sinister game.
How strong is the Israel Lobby currently in Germany? Response: very very strong and maybe stronger than in the USA! Why? Moral imperative?! But the currently point of view of the majority of the German population don’t agree with the position of the government! That’s the reality!
I read your book "The Israeli Lobby & Americanforeign Policy" decades ago. It should have been put on the desk of every member of Congress. Alway s appreciate your insight and articles. Walt DuBlanica a 95 year old whose parents came from Ukraine over 100 years ago.
Most if not every member of Congress, and Senate obviously do not care.
I read this book back then and was dismayed by the lack of quality. All the evidence came from the known "truth" tellers MSM.
After I heard professor talk about war in Ukraine, I went back and re-read it. No, I missed nothing. My friends now make fun of me, starting that I am the only person in the history of the humankind, who read the bad book twice
Oh, well ...
Their choice is death now or when the spotlight has disappeared. It’s evil
Not controversial. It is definitely a genocide. Read through ICJ verdict of 2024 and the recent IN report
The plan is fully supported by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Turkey, among others. It puts an end to Hamas's senseless violence. It also provides a peaceful perspective for the Arabs in Gaza. The UAE's plan to establish a new administration is in keeping with Gaza's needs. Incidentally, legally speaking, there was no genocide, 1948, a term associated with the Holocaust.
The biggest problem facing the Arabs in Gaza is that its leaders are and have always been corrupt. Consider Arafat, an Egyptian terrorist and supporter of the pernicious Muslim Brotherhood. As a Kuwaiti government official put it, the Arabs in Gaza are largely to blame for their suffering. An ideology of hatred and martyrdom..
I remember the horrific murders of Lebanese Christians in 1975, the celebrating crowds in Gaza after 9/11. No pity.
All lies, fool.
Mc?
For 80 years, the UN has failed in the conflict between Arabs and Jews. Even President Bill Clinton recently declared that the agreements with Arafat were worthless. Who is the fool?
Just another Hamas devotee.
Dude, get a grip, you can’t get yourself to say it can you. They are Palestinians first, Muslims and Christians second and Arabs third.
But I am really intrigued by your Sadat terrorist narrative and you sourcing a Kuwaiti guy. First Sadat was killed by Islamic Jihad, precisely for making peace with Israel. Second, no Kuwaiti official would have referred to Palestinians as Arabs, lest they think they have rights to be in any lands than other Palestine. The one thing you do get right though, through inadvertent insinuation, is that Gulf rulers, the real Arabs, absolutely hate the Palestinians, and the Lebanese and the Syrians and…. You get the point, and they would only refer to them as Arabs in very rare contexts.
There has to be a minimum historical literacy requirement in Substack else it’s going to degenerate.
Thank you for sharing your views on the proposal. I wholeheartedly agree with what you say here. And you have not even mentioned Tony Blair. The interviewer was befitting to the conservative publication that pays him. I unsubscribed the Spectator some years ago.
I thoroughly disagree with your attempt to describe Trump as an angel of peace. He is not, which eg., can be gleaned from the selection of Team Trump I (2017-21) and Team Trump II. These choices are the consequences of his character traits, ie. a psychopath according to the Hare list and a malignant narcicisst. He has always been quite ruthless in everything he has done (six bankruptcies are part of this description), holds no loyalty and likes, as you mentioned, to humiliate others. He wants to impress his superiors, the big billionaires, and for this he robs the poor with his Big Bastardly Bill. And as you mentioned yourself: he is even going Venezuela now, probably because he thinks it is doable, as in opposite to integrating Canada and Greenland.
Anyway, I hope he will find his Nuremberg, or the other way around, and in the end Sir Elton John will sing "Dangling in the Wind". And no, Biden is not much better, if at all. He might have the excuse of dementia, which currently is now visibly setting off with Trump. Anybody who heard his UNGA rant is likely to agree. "Did I ever tell you how I singlehandedly stopped the war between Ababaijan and Albania?", serves as one of many examples for paraphasia. Probably time to have a closer look at Amendment XXV.
What Japan is concerned:
"[General Curtis] LeMay said [to Robert McNamara], 'If we'd lost the war, we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals.' And I think he's right. He, and I'd say I, were behaving as war criminals." - from the 2003 documentary "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara", directed by Errol Morris.
When the entire Islamic world supports the plan and only you and Hamas oppose it, one cannot fail to recognize what you really stand for.
Dead on These evil Jew haters are chasing their backsides It’s over If Hamas signs on Bibi has freed the remaining hostages chased what is left of Hamas out of Gaza killed most of their leaders and ended the fighting If Hamas refuses to sign on it commits suicide Bibi wins big Imean big Allthesejew hating podcasters including some who are Jewish end up eating horseballs and smelling worse
Wow. Really foaming at the mouth here.
Fools always do.
You make me laugh, almost like in an exchange with a clueless 8 year old.
The entire world, not just the Islamic world celebrated the plan that Trump announced. Openly. But what they didn’t do is accept the terms simply because there were no real terms that they were presented with, just a mini speech from a podium. That said, the one party that was excluded from the plan development, Hamas, did not and still has not rejected the plan.
You only have to look to the negotiations in Cairo to figure out that what Trump put forward is a proposed plan not a final plan. The final plan, if there is one, will be one that makes sense, one that ends hostilities, once and for all, and I can only think of one type of agreement that would do that, an agreement that right wing Israelis have been actively sabotaging for more than 50 years. Apologies about that last point, it requires you knowing there are history books to be read on the subject, let alone read them, and that there are more sources of information than just Fox News. I highly recommend the Israeli newspaper Haaretz as a starting point source.
Alex, I agree with you on one point: the final plan needs to end hostilities, once and for all. In the meantime, there are plans that have been agreed upon. Please spell out the plan that right wing Israelis have been sabotaging. Btw, our major disagreement is on the identity of the clueless eight year old.
Suleiman, curious what plans you refer to when you say they’ve been agreed to, and agreed to by whom? My highly placed sources (Reuters) says they’re still working out the details. But I am beyond certain we’re no where near the once and for all threshold for exactly the same reason that we’re here today - the reason being that unless Palestinians accept at a minimum total subjugation but preferably accede to expulsion, there is no one in Israel today that is willing to grant them self determination on their own lands. This latter denied option is the one and only once and for all solution.
Which incidentally also answers your question, particularly because this is not a situation we find ourselves in just after the terrorist attacks of October 7, it’s been the overtly stated position of Israeli administrations for nearly the entire period since 1967 to deny Palestinians self determination in a contiguous, viable Palestine. This last statement was crafted specifically to preempt the obligatory pre-packaged retort listing the endless times Israeli negotiators have offered Palestinians pigs in lipstick solutions, in reality mafiosy proposals Palestinians can only refuse. Former Israeli negotiator Shlomo Ben-Ami stated on Democracy Now! that "Camp David was not the missed opportunity for the Palestinians, and if I were a Palestinian I would have rejected Camp David” That’s just one that bubbles to the surface, the rest were no different.
Only a Jew-Israel hater like Mearsheimer could critique this peace plan the way he has. With the Arab world behind it, and Israel making major concessions—including allowing responsibility for internal security to ensure demilitarization and tunnel destruction with others rather than overseeing it themselves—the plan offers a real chance to end the war. It secures the release of hostages who have been held in horrific conditions, ensures the return of the dead, and opens the door to rebuilding Gaza for peaceful coexistence. Who, other than Mearsheimer, could be against that?
Richard what has Netanyahu ever done that makes you such a believer in him? Remember Rabin's wife even accused him of being complicit in her husbands death, and he was. He supported Hamas for years, neither wanting a two state solution. His ass belong in jail, or do you forget he was brought up on very legitimate charges. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Benjamin_Netanyahu
In the World where Mr Jaffe lives everybody who has the stomach to criticize one Jew, the state of Israel or PM Netanyahu is a Jew-Israel hater.
In that World we better have to leave Mr Jaffe be in splendid isolation.
Yes, he seems to enjoy it. A kind of fool's paradise.
Fact is, zionists are increasingly on the run now. Hence their stepping-up of lies etc
Those who were once bullied are now the bullies.
Bully is an understatement! I don't know if it will go public, but Blumenthal is showing a short video on the exodus of many Gazans and the evil that Israel has implemented, and will continue to do so. The soullessness of what they have done is unforgiveable.
This is not a game sport lives Arab and Jewish are at stake
You can't even write coherently.
Someone interviewing Professor Mearsheimer is supposed to be well-informed about the topics being discussed. So how could the interviewer possibly doubt that what's happening in Gaza is genocide? The evidence that it is is simply overwhelming.
I didn't like him either. His conservative position on whether this is a genocide, which is the way it came across to me, was disgusting. Maybe he needs to go to Gaza, stay a while to provide himself with a sense of clarity.
Guys, before discussing Trump's problems and possible solutions...have we cleared up the very origins of the Gaza "conflict"? If you believe that famed Israeli bird-on-wire security simply evaporated so that bulldozers and (comic overkill) paragliders could do their worst on the day, then by all means move on to discuss solutions. I can't believe.
This is not about the type of doubt or critique dished out by assets like Tucker and Candace. It's about real reasons to suspect collusion and about real reasons to think the whole operation was about a planned demolition and evacuation of Gaza from the start. Israel doesn't just gain Gaza real estate, it and its partner stand to gain the Sinai and thus Suez (to deal with terror, doncha know).
Don't mind me. I'm off to the beach with mates to do our paraglider practise in strict secret from Surf Life Saving Australia and several hundred swimmers. Please don't tell.
There is time to throw stones and there is time to gather.
The time will certainly come and we'll learn. Just like we learned about details of 33,000 emails, 15 cell phones from the Muller investigation, ...., destroyed evidence of the J6 commission; not to mention Kennedy ...
I think it’s time for rational people to set aside all these foolish theories and recognize and accept what took place It is really very simple At the end just like the movies the good guys won The skinny This tragedy caused death destruction and accomplished zilch Tuly sad
I'll certainly take your advice and set aside all foolish theories...like paragliders and evaporating Israeli security. That just leaves the rational theories...like collusion and the long-planned demolition and evacuation of Gaza.
And let's not forget Suez! Not all Jews are crazy enough to want a state or sphere of influence stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates, but some really are that crazy and have declared their intentions. Sinai and David's Corridor would be a pretty good start to all that. All in the name of dealing with "terror" or protecting Druze, of course.
Want support for Israel? Stop. Just stop.
I very much admire Professor Mearsheimer’s outstanding intellect and knowledge of world affairs. I agree that it is abundantly clear that some Israelis (including some members of Israel’s coalition government) would like to drive the Palestinians out of Gaza. Nevertheless, I am unable to accept the suggestion that the Government of Israel is committing a genocide against the civilians in Gaza. In World War 2, Allied bombing killed thousands of civilians in enemy countries. In both World War 1 and World War 2, the Allies deliberately imposed blockades of food and other supplies against their enemies (eg, America’s “Operation Starvation” against the Japanese in World War 2). Thousands of civilians died as a result of those Allied blockades but those blockades helped the Allies to win those wars. The war in Gaza was commenced by Hamas, the authority elected by the Palestinians themselves. Furthermore, the attack on 7 October 2023 was celebrated by many civilians in Gaza. Subsequent to that attack, Hamas has threatened that it will repeat such attacks until Israel is destroyed. If Israel did not impose blockades and bomb Hamas targets because they were in or under hospitals or other civilian institutions they would have been obliged to mount a ground campaign. Any such campaign at the start of the war would have resulted in the death of a great number of Israeli soldiers because such a campaign would have favoured Hamas. In such circumstances, a defending force (Hamas) would have suffered fewer casualties than the attacking force (Israel). Consequently, I can come to no conclusion other than that Israel is doing what it must do to ensure the safety of its citizens and, in so doing, is limiting Palestinian casualties as far as possible in the context of a war for Israel’s own survival.
Spoken like a true zionist on the wrong side of history.
Speaken like a true Jew-hater. Oh well, just another one in the more than 3,000 years of Jewish history.
Jew-haters come and go. And Jews keep having tasty meals out of it.
I accept that many people do not share my view. It is a truly complex and tragic situation. Indeed, even someone I greatly admire, namely Professor Mearsheimer, believes that Israel is engaged in genocide. I respect both his and your right to disagree with me but I can only say what I think to be true. By the way, although I am not Jewish, I do believe that it is impossible to undo what happened in 1948 and, accordingly, Jewish people should be permitted to keep Israel as their homeland. That being said, until the attack by Hamas on 7 October 2023, I had strongly supported a peaceful two state solution. I fear that the chances of achieving that solution were drastically reduced by reason of Hamas’ actions on that day.
Just like peaceful co-existence in Kuwait was destroyed by actions of Palestinians in 1991. Kuwait expelled ALL 440,000 Palestinians. Every single one.
How did Palestinians get to Kuwait and when? In 1986 Lebanon kicked them out also killing tens of thousands.
How did Palestinians get to Lebanon and when? In 1970 Jordan kicked them out also killing tens of thousands after they attempted overthrow of the Jordan's King Husein. As a Jordanian Arab recently told me, that was NOT the first attempt but 13th ...
What does Professor Mearshimer know that Arabs do not? The offer would not have been put forward without agreement of Qatari and other Arab League members.
https://rumble.com/v3q0g1j-a-saudi-says-that-the-palestinians-are-not-arab-and-that-this-land-belongs-.html
George You have a serious problem Can I help
Mearsheimer’s argument for using the term genocide against Israel here amounted to credentialism, the same sort of argument used to bolster transgenderism.
Clever word use, denialist.
I deny the use of genocide to describe Israel’s intent and actions is clever, honest, or accurate. Its odd to hear him admit the loose use of genocide is similar to the use of Nazi, which those of the mendacious culture used to describe him, and yet in the same breath adopt the term
Define genocide. Word does not mean what you wish it meant.
You are the best teacher of International Relations I have ever had. I loved “Why Leaders Lie” and “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics” …. I agree with you that the classical conception of tragedy is at the heart of political realism, but I take issue with you anyway in my recent book, “Chauvinism of the West.” As a child born to Coptic parents in Cairo, I am grateful to you for the courage of writing on the Israel Lobby. Follow me on Substack…I recently posted an essay on “The Christian Roots of Anti-Semitism.” Shadia Drury
As a great fan of you I have to disagree. By ‘accepting’ this ludicrous plan Hamas is exposing the flaws that will inevitably appear during the ‘implementation’. Would they have rejected it, they would have become the scapegoat for blocking peace. It’s a sinister game.
How strong is the Israel Lobby currently in Germany? Response: very very strong and maybe stronger than in the USA! Why? Moral imperative?! But the currently point of view of the majority of the German population don’t agree with the position of the government! That’s the reality!
thx so much! btw anyone out there that can recommend a book on the creation of isreal?