Full podcast episode: th-cam.com/video/r4wLXNydzeY/w-d-xo.html Lex Fridman podcast channel: th-cam.com/users/lexfridman Guest bio: John Mearsheimer is an international relations scholar at University of Chicago. He is one of the most influential and controversial thinkers in the world on the topics of war and power.
Am I first comment, I’m currently taking notes on Candace Owen’s hour long interview with political scientist Norman Finkelstein; it is painful trying to note take non bias.
Since Zionist Israel barbaric creation from Nakba, atrocities and terror never stop in the last 75 years. Israel Lobby (AIPAC) has weaponized victimhood & religion, conflated terms, bought out US CONGRESS. Israel lobby is worldwide phenomenon. They control media, banking & politics. Anti-Israel is not anti-semi. Anti-zionist is not antisemitic.
Why not a three states solution? Those Jews, Christians and Muslims who want to live together in friendship and peace as result of friendship could and should become the co-hosts of Jerusalem. (Based on development of the cerebrum) Hate should not occupy the heart of the s.c. holy land in my opinion. Those who want to separate themselves from other ethnic and religious groups should become their part of land where they can fight inside their own group, who is the dominant silver back/who has fully explored his brain stem. When I see how controversy is handled sometimes in the Knesset, and how Palestinians are divided too, I think the wisdom of zen and non-duality could help to build bridges inside individuals and groups etc. up to the level of international relations. However, it is an illusion, that leaders who are not supported by everyone they represent can reach a significant and lasting breakthrough with another leader with the similar internal problems. Big (collective) solutions are bigger than the sum of small (individual) solutions and their quality. Big (collective) problems are bigger than the sum of small (individual) problems. Until I/WE make the unconscious conscious, it will direct our lives, and we will call it fate (Carl Gustaf Jung)
Benjamin Netanyahu: 'America is a thing you can move very easily' : “I know what America is," Netanyahu told a group of terror victims, apparently not knowing his words were being recorded. "America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction. They won't get in their way." “Netanyahu also bragged how he undercut the peace process when he was prime minister during the Clinton administration. "They asked me before the election if I'd honor [the Oslo accords]," he said. "I said I would, but ... I'm going to interpret the accords in such a way that would allow me to put an end to this galloping forward to the '67 borders. How did we do it? Nobody said what defined military zones were. Defined military zones are security zones; as far as I'm concerned, the entire Jordan Valley is a defined military zone. Go argue." Source : Washington Post, Haaretz, Business Insider, etc
Clearly you are allowed to. The whole government in India does it. There are several hunts where Muslims are attacked, especially women who cover themselves.
Lobbyists routinely contribute valuable advice to naive legislators, often allowing pragmatic considerations to be incorporated in initial drafts of laws. This is not to deny outsized lobbyist influence in many realms, and severely degraded policy/laws in this process. Certainly the Citizens United decision seemingly polluted and depraved much recent legislation. We NEED corrective action (which is not manifest).
AIPAC should be registered as a foreign agency. Because no way on the God's earth a country worthy of the name should allow his policies being toppled and slapped around by entities that have in heart "another" country's interests. I can't emphasize enough on this.
Some Jews intentionally confuse the two terms, anti-Israeli and anti-Semite, just to try and shut down the debate and be able to get away with murder without facing any criticism.
We can not criticize anybody based on their religion. Israel does not represent all the Jews of the world. Most people are criticizing Israel government for their actions. This is not anti-semitism.
Their aware. They just don't care. The money and backing AIPAC provides is their meal ticket. It's not that they aren't aware - it's that they don't care.
The American Congress has been bought over by AIPAC and they know fully well what's going on. But because of the bribe being given to them forces them to turn a blind eyes on the atrocities being committed to the Palestinians.
This man deserves much respect and gratitude. Free mind, calling a spade a spade, and none of the "usual" Western hypocrisy. Many thanks to Lex for this enlightening interview.
He is a war cheerleader for WW3 against China, but not with "the usual Western hypocrisy." For no other reason than to maintain world domination, he pushes for pre-emptive global conflict rather than aim to live in peace. I think he is misguided here and dangerously escalatory, while he argues my perspective is dangerously naïve.
@@brentborgers5359 No, he admits himself it doesn't matter what system of government China has, that USA will oppose them. I know books aren't your thing, so you follow corporate news like a cat follows a laser pointer, a child-brained borderline-retard who worries about "the ccp."
@@martinledermann1862thank you for being open to learning. It's refreshing to see groups like "Not in my name" among other Jewish groups speaking out on the behalf of the Palestinians.
How can the AntiDefamation League be both the face of Israels Public Relations team & also be allowed to control censorship on Social Media & Big Tech?
As John points out "the great silencer" is such an effective tool. It moves the conversation from criticism of a national level of what is going on in Isreal to the wide world. The "dog whistle" plays perfectly into that to legitimise the great silencer and to give it more power. As the saying goes - to see who has real power, see who you can't critise.
Benjamin Netanyahu: 'America is a thing you can move very easily' : “I know what America is," Netanyahu told a group of terror victims, apparently not knowing his words were being recorded. "America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction. They won't get in their way." “Netanyahu also bragged how he undercut the peace process when he was prime minister during the Clinton administration. "They asked me before the election if I'd honor [the Oslo accords]," he said. "I said I would, but ... I'm going to interpret the accords in such a way that would allow me to put an end to this galloping forward to the '67 borders. How did we do it? Nobody said what defined military zones were. Defined military zones are security zones; as far as I'm concerned, the entire Jordan Valley is a defined military zone. Go argue." Source : Washington Post, Haaretz, Business Insider, etc
The day will come when Isreal will betray all Americans, they're already controlling our U.S government and taking our tax dollars...Real Americans we need to stop this.
@@thinkbeforeyoutype7106 That’s because he’s a liar, bin man who made sure people who have always been associated and been arrested for got on his administration . He knew he was and still is up in charges for corruption. So he wanted to revive the Supreme Court the only power for the people to keep the govt in line to not violate their rights. And also do he could reverse charges if found guilty! There were protest going on by the Israeli citizens with many being IDF .. they arrested them and threw them in jail!!! They don’t give a rats axx. About the people of their state! Also it’s pretty obvious there is something going on much more sinister involving Israel and the U S. Just watch all the documentaries on the USS LIBERTY . I don’t care that they are still making amends as of 2022 ! It’s the fact that they did it! There’s no way they didn’t know it was our ship !! Their own pilots told the command center after orders were given its a U.S. Intelligence ship, n they were told “YOU HAVE YOUR ORDERS!” Now if that’s not d high right there. There was no you are mistaken . Nothing ! You have your orders! So in other words … yeah we know do what your told .
JF Kennedy get killed because he didn't allow israel to get nuclear weapon , isreal has power infiltrate in CIA untll today . just google it . And dont forget USS Liberty incident by israel.
Steve Walt and John Meersheimer were among the first to put forward a mainstream analysis of the negative effect of the Israel lobby in the US and to deal with the inevitable character assassinations as a result. Such brave guys.
Thank you for educating me on this issue. I feel like an idiot for making it to 50 years old and not realizing what has been happening in Palenstine. To be honest, I prefer my prior ignorance. But even if I turn off the lights again, I know what is there.
Unfortunately you're not alone, there are whom prefer to stay in their comfy bubble and rather avoid confrontation with people around them, fortunately many following your footsteps and seeing the truth and that what matters.
So, it took another massacre of Jews on October 7th for you all to wake up? Think about it…. The Palestinians refused over and over the two state solution….what the heck this guy is talking about? Just another anti Jewish conspiracy theory. Keep it up this propaganda works “you can define antisemitism in any way you want” . Israel is the last very small Jewish refuge….and there is a difference between criticizing Israel vs from the River to the sea.
Guys if you think you know what’s really going on any where in the world especially in the Middle East from from your phone sitting on a couch, you are delusional 😂
@razjacobson1511 ok, what do you recommend? How do you personally understand what is going on in the world? What are the steps you have taken? You are obviously on TH-cam right now. Maybe you are viewing this piece from inside of the Gaza strip or from inside Israel's government offices?
calling someone a conspiracy theorist or using fringe characters who push conspiracies to claim those who are pointing out the truth are in the same camp is another example of using tactics in "Silencing" others from speaking the truth.
American taxpayers' money is financing the war in Gaza, & Americans should feel a moral responsibility to voice their concerns. Isreal, with just 0.01% of the world's population, has received the most U.S. foreign aid globally. They've been given roughly $4 billion each year, totaling nearly $300 billion since 1945, which accounts for about 30% of all U.S. foreign aid post-World War II. I pray for unity & peace among all humanity as a foremost priority.
Yes, it's clear John is about the taxes. You need to add up the money given to Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and UNRWA. The tax dollars given to Israel come back to us in the form of jobs, like 100,000 just at Lockheed-Martin alone. You decry the military-industrial complex, but the aid given to Israel is eventually well spent by families here in America
@@nuqwestrthis is a very sinister argument. I'd rather die before I start working for an arms manufacturer, who in return sends it's weapons to Israel with which they blow up kids into pieces. Shame on you. But I guess there are people out there who only think opportunistically and don't care about the pain of others.
@@nuqwestrhow much $$ are you willing to send to a foreign country to have them buy your manufacturing of weapons. Your logic is convoluted. We give THEM money so they can buy weapons from us with OUR money. Jobs could just as easily created here at home WITHOUT requiring dropping bombs on children held in concentration camp called Gaza. We could use OUR own money to pay for OUR healthcare, education, disabled and elderly.
@@nuqwestrlockheed martin will have jobs available regardless of giving israel money or not. We spend the most on military spending 4 billion a year is nothing to our military industrial complex
I never understood Netanyahu going over the head of Obama to go and adress the American congress....May the lowest point in American political history....Getting a foreign minister coming to America and humilating the American president that way!!!....WAAAAAWWWWW.
Obama is not a king and he doesn't run Congress. The Presidency should have 1/10 the power that it does and none of that power should be silencing people. If Obama can't defend himself against a dickhead like Netanyahu, fuck'm.
John has been on a roll the last 18 months. He is my go to for information on US policy abroad, even if i don't share his solutions i think he got the right diagnosis.
I don’t know man, John’s take on Ukraine is pretty out there. He seems to completely ignore or minimise any aspect of Putin’s personal motivations and ambitions in judging his actions towards Ukraine, and just chalks it all up to being NATO’s fault
@@wadegittleson1317 go deeper, to the Maidan and all the atrocities of the Ukranian government over Russian speaker population, that might help... obviously Putin felt into the Natos trap... but, 100% there's a lot of American interest there
@@AngeloGuardia oh poor Putin, one day he's the master politician who can do nothing wrong, everything has been thought 156 days before and other days he just happens to fall for a trap.
@@wadegittleson1317 i think you have to understand what his purpose is. He wants Russia as a counterbalance to China which he sees as the main threat to the US. So he will minimise any thing that might disrupt the possibility of an alliance. I think he knows that ship sailed a long time ago, but he's committed to this view by now. And whatever else, it is really of no importance whether there are personal motivations of Putin in Ukraine, there could be, probably, there perhaps are none
Dual citizenship should be automatic disqualification for public service. I used to be so supportive of Israel for 39 years of my life but I committed the sin of becoming informed and nearly all roads lead ominously to Jerusalem.
What’s even worse is your passport says you lose your American Citizenship if you fight for a foreign Military. Except they serve in the IDF all the time, when our own military is having trouble recruiting.
This man should be more famous. He is 1000% speaking truth. John Mearsheimer is right nobody talks about the occupation of Palestine. There videos of Israeli soldiers treating the civilians like crap. Awesome guest.
Palestine is not occupied, it’s Israel. The problem is that some Arabs want to live under theocratic Sharia nonsense and are willing to kill and die for it.
Civil discussion is what the world needs more of. Deeper understandings of the how's, why's and motivations of others. Thank you to Lex for delivering.
Agreed. Also, we need to value all lives regardless of their ethnicity. People tend to overlook this. Whereas I feel it’s the root cause of the injustice.
Kudos to Lex for conducting this interview. Wish he wouldn't have interviewed Netanyahu, who is a blatant war criminal, but I understand he has a code of talking to anyone. Glad to see him living the code in both directions. And kudos to John for having absolute massive brass balls. How do you even carry those things around mate
@@bmno.4565 that's what Lex does, he isn't a hard hitting journalist who pushes back, I think ye is the only person I've seen him slightly push back on. he let's people say their PoV. Netanyahu is a pro politician anyway and would have answers to any question you could ask.
Eh, I just wish he would be actually know or ask counterpoint questions instead of just accepting things at face value sometimes. Like: if you just want to be a grifter politician, certainly you know the arab lobby and interests attached to hundreds of billions to be against Israel is actually more profitable than backing israel, via it's lobby. And believe me, there's powerful lobbying collectives against Israel. I just want money out of all politics, but this sort of slant no matter who uses it on any issue these days is about 95% of the time only looking at one half of the picture.
One side taped kids women ..one doe kidnapped child be , elderly, women they taped z One side stole billions to have the option to tape and be headed the other side . The other side maybe stole a land .
@@adrianbundy3249You're naive. Do you really think owning a bunch of football teams and some oil flow is the same as what Israel is capable of? Israel lobby is at least 10 times more powerful. You can see that on the recent developments. Also, Arabs don't care about Arabs.
@@raptango_na6199 There is no French-American Political Action Committee, or an Italian-American Political Action Committee. This is a unique phenomenon involving an extremely small and ethnocentric special interest group. Bad for democracy when mafia tactics are used against the populace.
@@anna-tn8mgif you call everyone you disagree with a Nazi then that word ceases to have meaning. STOP 🛑. There’s actually Nazis out here, it’s not Elon, lex or this old man.
John Mearsheimer hits the nail on the head. He speaks for many. Criticizing atrocities doesn't make one an antisemite, and trying to silence people speaking against these crimes is a tactic used over and over to justify evil doing.
"I've never seen a president - I don't care who he is - stand up to them (the Israelis). It just boggles your mind. They always get what they want. The Israelis know what's going on all the time. I got to the point where I wasn't writing anything down. If the American people understood what grip those people have on our government, they would rise up in arms. Our citizens don't have any idea what goes on." - Admiral Thomas Moorer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
“Hamas, to my great regret, is Israel’s creation,” Avner Cohen, a former Israeli religious affairs official who worked in Gaza for more than two decades, told the Wall Street Journal in 2009. Back in the mid-1980s, Cohen even wrote an official report to his superiors warning them not to play divide-and-rule in the Occupied Territories, by backing Palestinian Islamists against Palestinian secularists. “I … suggest focusing our efforts on finding ways to break up this monster before this reality jumps in our face,” he wrote. Brig. Gen. Yitzhak Segev, who was the Israeli military governor in Gaza in the early 1980s. Segev later told a New York Times reporter that he had helped finance the Palestinian Islamist movement as a “counterweight” to the secularists and leftists of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Fatah party, led by Yasser Arafat (who himself referred to Hamas as “a creature of Israel.”)
I don’t find being critical of Israel equating with antisemitism. But you say you want to go back to the root? How did Israel come to occupy the Weat Bank and Gaza? In 1948 when Arab leaders with public support decide ethnicity cleanse Palestine of Jews. They lost and continued to lose. It was an attempt at ethnic cleansing that backfired. And continued to. It made the Israeli state very paranoid for their security and still does. The paranoia has them make drastic decisions and heavy handed ones. That being said I’m tired of both the state of Israel and Arab ideas of statehood. Which essentially promote ethnic states and in the latter a religious dominance of power. Have you seen an Intifada from Israeli Arabs? Don’t think I have.
The fact that Lex was stressed out just to find a way to elaborate his question means dude knows 100% the power of the J.lobby and how they can destroy his career ..
Also look up when professor released the book, that’s when J Street formed literally three months later. To counter balance incase aipac comes under fire
0:33: 📚 The video discusses the controversial book on the Israel Lobby, which argues that a loose coalition of individuals and organizations influence US policy in a pro-Israel direction. 4:51: 🌍 The lobby's influence on US-Israel relations prevents meaningful pressure on Israel for a two-state solution, which is not in the interest of both countries. 8:58: 🔍 The video discusses the issue of criticism towards Israel and its connection to anti-Semitism. 13:09: 🗣 The video discusses the influence of the Israeli lobby in silencing discussions about Israeli actions towards Palestinians. 17:37: ✅ The speaker agrees with the idea that the lobby being discussed is not a cabal or conspiracy, but rather an American interest group. Recapped using Tammy AI
Benjamin Netanyahu: 'America is a thing you can move very easily' : “I know what America is," Netanyahu told a group of terror victims, apparently not knowing his words were being recorded. "America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction. They won't get in their way." “Netanyahu also bragged how he undercut the peace process when he was prime minister during the Clinton administration. "They asked me before the election if I'd honor [the Oslo accords]," he said. "I said I would, but ... I'm going to interpret the accords in such a way that would allow me to put an end to this galloping forward to the '67 borders. How did we do it? Nobody said what defined military zones were. Defined military zones are security zones; as far as I'm concerned, the entire Jordan Valley is a defined military zone. Go argue." Source : Washington Post, Haaretz, Business Insider, etc
@@thinkbeforeyoutype7106Hmm, maybe mention that after the Oslo accords there were dozens of terrorist attacks on Israel? Suicide bombers blowing up buses in the middle of cities? Arafat literally declaring that the accords were a ruse and that they want Jihad?
maybe mention that the Oslo accords only recognised Arafat as the leader of the PLO, the representative of the Palestinian people, not the right to form a palestinian state. And not letting the UN or other body organise the deal, the huge imbalance of power meant that Israel kept taking land off of the Palestinians with no consequences. Oslo 2 was worse for the Palestinians as it protected the Israelis from Palestinian violence but not the Palestinians from Israeli Violence. And that Psychopathic Nettanyahu boasted about how he used the military outposts part of the agreement to justify more land stealing. Oslo was only done to placate the US, Israel never compromised or intended to fully commit to peace, and still controlled and subjugated the Palestinian s, denying them dignity,repressing and crushing any hope at building a state. The continued expansion of the Settlers colonization reinforces the fact that Israel did not want peace or a 2 state solution
John Mearsheimer has the straightforward but rare ability to blow away the fog to see straight to the sunlit uplands where the truth resides. I love how he wouldn't be deflected by the interviewer on the AS issue. They have got away with too much for far too long on the back of it.
MAX BLUMENTHAL: Well, her speech before the Council for National Policy really highlights how she exploited the United Nations in her position there, to leverage her- to propel her ambitions, which apparently seemed to be leaning towards a presidential run. So basically she’s already appealed strongly to the Likudnik oligarchs, who are top funders of the Republican Party, and specifically the Trump political machine. Sheldon Adelson and these characters have contributed to Nikki Haley’s 527 back in 2016. She got money from Adelson when she was South Carolina governor. Adelson also contributed something like $40 million to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. So she has, though, that constituency locked up. The Christian right also holds extremist views on Israel-Palestine. And her visit to the Council for National Policy, you know, was completely in line with her exploitation of the UN around the issue of Israel. So she spent, devoted a lot of her time on the speech to boasting about how she had withdrawn the United States from the UN Human Rights Council over the issue of Israel. Then she boasted about her role, and she did play a really central role in this, in cutting off almost all U.S. funds to the United Nations Relief Works Agency, which is the agency in charge of basically keeping millions of Palestinian refugees alive. These are some of the most destitute and trapped people on earth. And Nikki Haley earned massive ovations for these boasts of her anti-Palestinian activity at the UN, as well as moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and really driving a nail in the coffin of the two-state solution. You know, it was unknown to the media that Nikki Haley was at an event like this while she was serving as UN ambassador. She still was there. But she’s simultaneously serving on the Security Council, doing everything she can to strangle Palestinians. And at the same time she’s going to meetings of the Christian right in rooms filled with people who are are Armageddon end-timers, who see Jerusalem as a landing pad for Messiah, and bragging about withdrawing the U.S. from international institutions on behalf of Israel. I think that’s a fairly unprecedented and incredible dynamic.
There’s also a symbiotic relationship between the US/UK and Israel. Israel is a military outpost for them in the Middle East. WW2 taught us the importance of a safe and continuous supply of oil.
America does not necessarily have a need for a continuous supply of oil from “outside of the US”. The military industrial complex however needs a continuous need of buyers and consumers.
Israel is the UK/US's middle east "bum boy". In return for services, Israel is weaponized and given a green light to kill Palestinians and steal their land.
"ran" hollywood in the early years, but when Jews were 2nd class citizens unable to own homes in many part of Los Angeles or join clubs and organizations. Hearst and and Colonel Otis then the Chandlers of the LA Times had more political influence in California than any Jews. And the money behind the Hollywood Jews was Italian. The Gianninis who started Bank of America.
@@nameme5280 Kanye called us "fake" jews and as an African he was the only real Jews. Cancelled for good reason. The same Muslims who slaughtered innocent Israelis are doing the same to Black Africans right now in Darfur.
Since Lex "Im a CIA connected Russian Jew that came from nowhere to be famous" Fridman showed up on the scene, he has done nothing but espouse normie BS. Lex is a limited hangout.
I wish the Jewish community would stop throwing around the term "antisemitic" whenever someone criticises Israel's behaviour in Gaza, or the lobbyist's representing Israel's interests. Are the Jewish people who are opposed to Netanyahu's genocide, and Israel's lobbyists influencing America's politicians also called antisemitic? Please stop confusing Antisemitism with Antizionism!
Lex goes there. I always appreciate his courage. I read the book, and Mearsheimer is correct, our interests don’t always converge. This conflict is a perfect example, let alone the $ we give them yearly when they have free healthcare and college. It rightfully pisses off the tax payers including myself.
This is what happens when you have special interest groups run the country. Supreme court made this worse when they ruled that monetary contribution is a form of expression and therefore protected under the 1st amendment.
@@nuqwestr Hmmmmmm: As of 2021, 35 states have passed bills and executive orders designed to discourage boycotts of Israel.[4] Many of them have been passed with broad bipartisan support.[5] Most anti-BDS laws have taken one of two forms: contract-focused laws requiring government contractors to promise that they are not boycotting Israel; and investment-focused laws, mandating public investment funds to avoid entities boycotting Israel.
Lex rated it very well at the end. Discussion is necessary, but at the same time great care must be taken so that open discussion does not slip into open and general hatred of Jews. And John rightly noted that it is the silencing and stifling of debate that leads to the rise of anti-Semitism.
not at all. there are so many stories going around about jews. It's not logical, and "debates" like that only add to those stories. people who hate will only focus on those parts that add oil to the fire. this guy speeks half truth.
There’s no general hatred of Jews here, just hatred of Israelis if anything because they are very openly hateful racist people. Journalists that have been there have done plenty of interviews and heard “yh we should kill all Arabs” very often. Journalist Aby Martin has plenty of content on this
I totally agree but it's hard to gage how much of the 'rise in antisemitism' is real versus people being called antisemetic just for criticizing israel. The overuse of the term is especially terrible because I'm sure it's hiding any real stuff, which is undoubtably deplorable.
The best way to control discourse is to allow people to debate and argue within a certain preconceived area, without stepping outside of those bounds that the power has chosen.
@@donaldquirk7801Israel is the last remaining apartheid ethnostate that came to be by mass expulsion of the native people and mass migration from Europe and then excluding the native population by virtue of being an ethnostate.
Israel is 20% Arab, they serve on the Knesset, the Supreme Court, and the IDF. No apartheid. apartheid is the muslim law of DHIMMIS, the original Jim Crow.
Any lobby will have their own interests……but when it influences the decisions around death of thousands including children, the lobby needs to bear as much responsibility as the states encouraging it
@@nuqwestr My liking has nothing to do with it. AIPAC is a foreign agent. It should register as a foreign agent. If it was a lobby for any other country it would have to register as a foreign agent or they'd be breaking the law - specifically FARA (the Foreign Agents Registration Act). That's how Giuliani's associates got themselves arrested, and why Bob Menendez is facing prison. Yet somehow AIPAC keeps getting a pass on this. I don't like that my government and Congress are getting money from a foreign agent that's not being required to register as such, and I would say the same no matter which foreign country this foreign agent was working for.
@@nuqwestrumm no - Aipac is the only lobbying group that does not have to register as a foreign agent when advocating for a foreign country. You wanna set up a lobbying group for US allies France and Germany - you have to register as a foreign agent. Not so for Israel. The difference is blatant.
@@nuqwestr omg - you think you can fool people with this nonsense? The Alliance is a state supported organization that promotes the French language and culture. It is not a foreign agent.
John Mearsheimer's view on the Israel Lobby suggests a profound disconnect between America's national interests and its Middle East policy. Is this alignment truly beneficial for the U.S., or is it a case of external interests overshadowing national priorities?
Seems there’s a nexus of interests between powerful entities both external and internal to the United States. I wouldn’t say these entities overshadow U.S. national interests, I’d argue they shape and create U.S. National interest to align with their own.
Of course external interests overshadow the country's interests. But that is what happens in a electoral system where the highest bidders get politicians to do what they want.
I'm sorry to say it but the US is not the power holder in this relationship. Israel is firmly in charge of US policy and it is a major national security problem. They are not our 'friends'. We must remeber Israel has killed US soldiers (deliberate attack on USS Liberty) and stolen state secrets at the highest level and more secrets than any enemy ever has (see Jonathan pollard as an example), they've sold US military secrets to China and their espionage in the US has been called 'unrivalled' by the US counter intelligence officials. This is sinister stuff.
you should bring on Norman Finkelstein and give your viewers a real history on the Palestinian issue. He is the number one authority on the subject and could any Zionist if you chose such a format. I appreciate you trying to support the end of the Genocide that the Zionists are trying to do to the indigenous Palestinian people.
Gaza population has increased Seven Fold in 20 years. Oddest genocide I've ever heard of. The use of the word "genocide" was conceived as propaganda by Marxists at a conference in South Africa in the early 1980s.
But why? Why does the lobby have so much power? Are they giving a lot of money? Are they holding something over their heads? I’m not hearing him answer why they have so much power.
@@BambiOnIce19 it goes much deeper than money, they have subverted the country for the last 65 years, promoting multiculturalism, feminism, homosexuality etc, so they’re the ones holding this artificial morass of country together, if the politicians were to turn against them, they could instigate a civil war and destroy the country
Americans must face the fact we need political figures that will not be beholden to Israel Lobbyists! I am not anti-Semitic…but this discussion rings true from all I have learned in the last few years!
Not sure what you've learned, or who you are. But I disagree. John is wrong about the creation of Israel. There were no "conquers", Gaza was not "occupied" on 10/7, and if Jordan had been able to keep its word, the West Bank would not have an occupying force, either. You can thank the PLO and the PA for that. The PA just claimed the Rave massacre on Oct 7th was done by the IDF.
@@nuqwestr Biden won’t order Netanyahu to do a ceasefire, our government is owned by AIPAC and Israel lobbyists! AIPAC, has reported that they will put up 100 million dollars to defeat a handful of republicans that signed a letter for ceasefire!
@@nuqwestr Jews were GIFTED land by European powers and the US. End of. People already lived there. Those powers considered dropping the Jews in Uganda of all places. And if they had they would have been settlers there as well, arriving on land with people ALREADY there.
@@Bamboodonutz Jews were 55% of the population in Jerusalem in 1920, and 8-10% of the population in that Ottman region, Jews in Jaffa/Yafo where there in 1840 building what would later become Tel-Aviv. You are misinformed.
One thing is for certain, this wont end well for Israel. It may take some time but the very fact that Israel lack the ability to draw a line it will not cross will drive some group or nation to to inflict extreme damage on them. Off the shelf technology is getting to a point where its possible to send an object 1000km from technology assembled in your kitchen.
Maybe, but Israel is working to destroy Hamas and rescue the hostages. Israel has been surrounded by enemies who want to destroy it for many years. While Israel could do certain things much, much better, it is obviously focused first and foresmost on getting the hostages back and removing Hamas from power.
IMO in democracy there shouldn’t be such powerful influence given in lobbies. Always citizens and the active representative of citizens should have power. It’s the definition. Once you see things not going as it should be, this means your system infected by a virus. You are not healthy and soon you will get worse.. so the people of there standing for humanity is also standing for USA .
Lobbies are just Citizens banding together to have a louder voice. What people don't realize is most don't understand the system, so they do grassroots activism and while that sometimes works. Democracy will always have lobbies, you can try to limit the power, but to want to be a politician you have to be a narcissist and like power.
In capitalism, people with money have more power than anyone else. So don’t imagine they’re just “people gathering” they have a lot of power and they can use it in politics to remain in power and silence others. Not a fair game, and not how democracy should be!
@@importantsomeone153 that's true because we haven't seen before a communist democracy :) I think people are just not yet ready for it! Yet there are some examples, scandinavia are far better than any other countries in the globe because they're somehow not following the western capitalism! The american liberal capitalism is the worst of all of them, and it does not bring a lot of benifits to the people after all. people even in saudi arabia are having more social benifits than US citizens.
The comparison with the NRA lobby was great; nothing can be done to control guns - even very minimal - because of the NRA grip on many politicians in Washington. We learned that the same kind of influence exists with another powerful lobby, the Israel/Jewish! In fact, we knew it existed, now we see his power, even more with what is going on in Gaza. Thousands upon thousands death of innocent Palestinians, but always the same old song: "We must stand with Israel!". 🤦♂😥
Not really. The NRA has been completely complicit and involved in every piece of gun legislation in the last 50 years. The GCA, Hughes Amendment, and Brady bill among others.
its not just about the NRA you nitwit. We have a constitution that politicians must follow. This is America not China or North Korea. What happened to your brain?
There are dare I say pro gun people in America. I laugh when people bring up the nra like it’s the boogeyman it’s been out of the picture for a while now
Brave man to speak on the elephant in the room. I like the fact that Americans (including jewsih amercians) are standing against this more and more now, politians need to represent the people not lobbies.
@@nuqwestr what? So, if one says he’s anti African doesn’t it imply that he’s anti black or if one says he’s anti Sllavik does it mean he hates only Russians, while Slovenians, Serbs and the rest of Sllavik nations should not mind?
@@nuqwestr I have searched and haven’t found an answer. You started with a comparison and I’m using your comparison with other group race peoples and you don’t follow now. When one says Sllavik one means the Sllavik people regardless where they reside. When one says Semite, one means the Semite people wherever they reside. Anyone can embrace the Jewish religion and call themselves Jews, but the Israeli tribes and the Arabs are are Semite people so if one is anti Semite one is anti Jews and Arabs. I’m asking to find out because it doesn’t make sense on how the term is used you say I could have researched but I have an answer. I love to debate with people that assume. A lot of intellect there.
I don’t know you Lex, but I’m proud of you to have knowledgeable people to discuss such complicated issues. Unless there are open discussions to bring out the problems and then try to solve them to reach peace, there will be huge antisemitism around the world. Thanks
Lobbying is bribery. All politicians who have engaged in such activities should change their ‘Honorable’ to Dishonorable’ period. People go to jail for bribery.
Full podcast episode: th-cam.com/video/r4wLXNydzeY/w-d-xo.html
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Guest bio: John Mearsheimer is an international relations scholar at University of Chicago. He is one of the most influential and controversial thinkers in the world on the topics of war and power.
Am I first comment, I’m currently taking notes on Candace Owen’s hour long interview with political scientist Norman Finkelstein; it is painful trying to note take non bias.
Since Zionist Israel barbaric creation from Nakba, atrocities and terror never stop in the last 75 years. Israel Lobby (AIPAC) has weaponized victimhood & religion, conflated terms, bought out US CONGRESS. Israel lobby is worldwide phenomenon. They control media, banking & politics. Anti-Israel is not anti-semi. Anti-zionist is not antisemitic.
Why not a three states solution?
Those Jews, Christians and Muslims who want to live together in friendship and peace as result of friendship could and should become the co-hosts of Jerusalem. (Based on development of the cerebrum)
Hate should not occupy the heart of the s.c. holy land in my opinion.
Those who want to separate themselves from other ethnic and religious groups should become their part of land where they can fight inside their own group, who is the dominant silver back/who has fully explored his brain stem.
When I see how controversy is handled sometimes in the Knesset, and how Palestinians are divided too, I think the wisdom of zen and non-duality could help to build bridges inside individuals and groups etc. up to the level of international relations.
However, it is an illusion, that leaders who are not supported by everyone they represent can reach a significant and lasting breakthrough with another leader with the similar internal problems.
Big (collective) solutions are bigger than the sum of small (individual) solutions and their quality.
Big (collective) problems are bigger than the sum of small (individual) problems.
Until I/WE make the unconscious conscious, it will direct our lives, and we will call it fate (Carl Gustaf Jung)
Here in Asia, John Mearsheimer is much admired.
Benjamin Netanyahu: 'America is a thing you can move very easily' :
“I know what America is," Netanyahu told a group of terror victims, apparently not knowing his words were being recorded. "America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction. They won't get in their way."
“Netanyahu also bragged how he undercut the peace process when he was prime minister during the Clinton administration. "They asked me before the election if I'd honor [the Oslo accords]," he said. "I said I would, but ... I'm going to interpret the accords in such a way that would allow me to put an end to this galloping forward to the '67 borders. How did we do it? Nobody said what defined military zones were. Defined military zones are security zones; as far as I'm concerned, the entire Jordan Valley is a defined military zone. Go argue."
Source : Washington Post, Haaretz, Business Insider, etc
AIPAC should be registered as foreign organization
Register**
I believe JFK tried it
or a terrorist organization.. oh wait that just happened! thank heavens
JFK tried and then he got murked, so everyone else pretty much got the message
Why 🇮🇱 assassinated JFK
"To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize”
That's anti-semitic
- Israel
anddd 1 comment but nothing comes up greatt
Hmm interesting point.
In India, you cannot criticise Muslims & then Xtians to a lesser extent.
Clearly you are allowed to. The whole government in India does it. There are several hunts where Muslims are attacked, especially women who cover themselves.
Wow excellent quote and so true
The most hilarious thing about this lobby is that they are literally bribing you with your own money.
Thats the Washington Way
Even the IRA has to earn their money.@@nilskp
Sad thing i would have said...
And imagine what they do with armerican taxe money abroad...
It's still not a conspiracy. Dude.
@@chelovekrazumni9960 it is ..
I’m always intrigued by the US political system allowing lobbying just to make bribes legal
Spot on 👌
Ain’t capitalism grand!
Lobbyists routinely contribute valuable advice to naive legislators, often allowing pragmatic considerations to be incorporated in initial drafts of laws. This is not to deny outsized lobbyist influence in many realms, and severely
degraded policy/laws in this process. Certainly the Citizens United decision seemingly polluted and depraved
much recent legislation. We NEED corrective action (which is not manifest).
comment of the year if not the decade
Gotta love the land of the free lol.
AIPAC should be registered as a foreign agency. Because no way on the God's earth a country worthy of the name should allow his policies being toppled and slapped around by entities that have in heart "another" country's interests. I can't emphasize enough on this.
Name one instance of the US compromising its own interests in favour of Israel.
#DefundIsrael
I feel that America should change name to the united states of Israel
Dual citizens lawmakers on both side won't allow this.
@@ilovejesusalwaysdual citizens should be barred from sitting in any official Federal or state office in the USA.
Some Jews intentionally confuse the two terms, anti-Israeli and anti-Semite, just to try and shut down the debate and be able to get away with murder without facing any criticism.
I say it's all zionists intentionally confuse the two terms anti jews and slanti semite.
Bring AIPAC to justice for legalizing bribery in the Congress and sucking trillions from American Tax payers
You definitely know the terms, it's self explanatory, but these zionist lobbyist twist terms definitions.
It's absolutely fine to be anti cement and anti juice. Trust me on that.
Yeah I have seen them weaponize the word recently they changed laws to intact it
I like how calm, collected, and good spirited John Mearsheimer is. He'd be escorted out of congress if he were to say this stuff in a hearing.
Congress knows who he is believe me. They would rather walk on broken glass than invite him to speak.
Because our Congress is bought and paid for by the Jewish/Israel lobby.
“Lobbying is a fancy word for bribing”
it's easier to fool someone than to convince them that they have been fooled😃
Why can’t Jews not be criticised every other nation gets criticised.
Because they are chosen people
Well they are self proclaimed God's Chosen people didn't you hear.
You are not allowed, you may be labelled as a Anti-Semite - and that is wrong...
It's not the Jews, it's the zionists and zionism that is the problem. As genocide joe says: you don't have to be a jew to be a zionist
We can not criticize anybody based on their religion. Israel does not represent all the Jews of the world. Most people are criticizing Israel government for their actions. This is not anti-semitism.
John Mearsheimer should be summoned by the US Congress to educate lawmakers on Israeli-Palestine conflict!
they dont want to learn anything. they just want the money to keep flowing
You cannot wake up someone who pretends to sleep
Their aware. They just don't care. The money and backing AIPAC provides is their meal ticket. It's not that they aren't aware - it's that they don't care.
Congress already knows...they're there and stay there for certain reasons, one of which is funding..
The American Congress has been bought over by AIPAC and they know fully well what's going on. But because of the bribe being given to them forces them to turn a blind eyes on the atrocities being committed to the Palestinians.
This man deserves much respect and gratitude. Free mind, calling a spade a spade, and none of the "usual" Western hypocrisy. Many thanks to Lex for this enlightening interview.
He is a war cheerleader for WW3 against China, but not with "the usual Western hypocrisy."
For no other reason than to maintain world domination, he pushes for pre-emptive global conflict rather than aim to live in peace.
I think he is misguided here and dangerously escalatory, while he argues my perspective is dangerously naïve.
@@jayvander7156he is honest
Thank you for pointing out this aspect.@@jayvander7156
@@jayvander7156 you're ignorance of the ccp is noted. You have no idea how wrong you are.
@@brentborgers5359 No, he admits himself it doesn't matter what system of government China has, that USA will oppose them.
I know books aren't your thing, so you follow corporate news like a cat follows a laser pointer, a child-brained borderline-retard who worries about "the ccp."
Dr. Mearsheimer is a fearless intellectual and astute researcher. Reading his book now.
He’s great. Approaches tough issues like a real scientist.
Which one?
@@martinledermann1862 The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy. Well worth the time!
@@tayrowell Oh, that one! Yeah, I have it on my list already. As a Jew, I feel like it's a must-read for me.
@@martinledermann1862thank you for being open to learning. It's refreshing to see groups like "Not in my name" among other Jewish groups speaking out on the behalf of the Palestinians.
It is mind-boggling, how many people in the Congress and the Senate have dual citizenships and guess which one is the second one😂
Mars?
They literally have handlers lol. Republican Congressman Thomas Massie said every Republican member of Congress has an “AIPAC babysitter".
How can the AntiDefamation League be both the face of Israels Public Relations team & also be allowed to control censorship on Social Media & Big Tech?
ADL is a WOKE infected institution. What are you talking about?
This is why when I post verifiable information about Israel my posts keep disappearing
True
They operate shamelessly without any any real repercussions because they are protected by the little hats, the lobbist, Israel in general, and USA
ADL=Apartheid Defense League.
AIPAC should be charged with aiding and abetting genocide, mass starvation, war crimes against humanity in Rafah, Gaza.
That is a dumb comment.
Zionist @@JerryJanoff
@@JerryJanoffare you paid by AIPAC or are you just evil on your own ?
As John points out "the great silencer" is such an effective tool. It moves the conversation from criticism of a national level of what is going on in Isreal to the wide world. The "dog whistle" plays perfectly into that to legitimise the great silencer and to give it more power. As the saying goes - to see who has real power, see who you can't critise.
Thank you, Lex, for providing the world with these arguments that were silenced.
Benjamin Netanyahu: 'America is a thing you can move very easily' :
“I know what America is," Netanyahu told a group of terror victims, apparently not knowing his words were being recorded. "America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction. They won't get in their way."
“Netanyahu also bragged how he undercut the peace process when he was prime minister during the Clinton administration. "They asked me before the election if I'd honor [the Oslo accords]," he said. "I said I would, but ... I'm going to interpret the accords in such a way that would allow me to put an end to this galloping forward to the '67 borders. How did we do it? Nobody said what defined military zones were. Defined military zones are security zones; as far as I'm concerned, the entire Jordan Valley is a defined military zone. Go argue."
Source : Washington Post, Haaretz, Business Insider, etc
The day will come when Isreal will betray all Americans, they're already controlling our U.S government and taking our tax dollars...Real Americans we need to stop this.
@@thinkbeforeyoutype7106
That’s because he’s a liar, bin man who made sure people who have always been associated and been arrested for got on his administration . He knew he was and still is up in charges for corruption. So he wanted to revive the Supreme Court the only power for the people to keep the govt in line to not violate their rights. And also do he could reverse charges if found guilty! There were protest going on by the Israeli citizens with many being IDF .. they arrested them and threw them in jail!!! They don’t give a rats axx. About the people of their state!
Also it’s pretty obvious there is something going on much more sinister involving Israel and the U S. Just watch all the documentaries on the USS LIBERTY .
I don’t care that they are still making amends as of 2022 !
It’s the fact that they did it!
There’s no way they didn’t know it was our ship !!
Their own pilots told the command center after orders were given its a U.S. Intelligence ship, n they were told
“YOU HAVE YOUR ORDERS!” Now if that’s not d high right there. There was no you are mistaken . Nothing ! You have your orders! So in other words … yeah we know do what your told .
JF Kennedy get killed because he didn't allow israel to get nuclear weapon , isreal has power infiltrate in CIA untll today . just google it . And dont forget USS Liberty incident by israel.
Lex is controlled opposition.
Steve Walt and John Meersheimer were among the first to put forward a mainstream analysis of the negative effect of the Israel lobby in the US and to deal with the inevitable character assassinations as a result. Such brave guys.
Israel commiting genocide in broad daylight while being supported by wester media, and their leaders is one of the most horrific things i have seen. 😢
All AIPAC employees should sign the "Foreign Agents Registration Act". FORCEFULLY NEED TO COMPLY
Mearsheimer expose is simply brilliant. Thank you for inviting him. Absolutely liberating!
Thank you for educating me on this issue. I feel like an idiot for making it to 50 years old and not realizing what has been happening in Palenstine. To be honest, I prefer my prior ignorance. But even if I turn off the lights again, I know what is there.
you are still ignorant, or a liar
Unfortunately you're not alone, there are whom prefer to stay in their comfy bubble and rather avoid confrontation with people around them, fortunately many following your footsteps and seeing the truth and that what matters.
So, it took another massacre of Jews on October 7th for you all to wake up? Think about it….
The Palestinians refused over and over the two state solution….what the heck this guy is talking about? Just another anti Jewish conspiracy theory. Keep it up this propaganda works “you can define antisemitism in any way you want” . Israel is the last very small Jewish refuge….and there is a difference between criticizing Israel vs from the River to the sea.
Guys if you think you know what’s really going on any where in the world especially in the Middle East from from your phone sitting on a couch, you are delusional 😂
@razjacobson1511 ok, what do you recommend? How do you personally understand what is going on in the world? What are the steps you have taken? You are obviously on TH-cam right now. Maybe you are viewing this piece from inside of the Gaza strip or from inside Israel's government offices?
calling someone a conspiracy theorist or using fringe characters who push conspiracies to claim those who are pointing out the truth are in the same camp is another example of using tactics in "Silencing" others from speaking the truth.
They turned the frickin' frogs gay!!
@@apointonacurvealex was right they actually did
Wrong its anti Semitic
It’s the main way
like calling everyone who dares to mention the thousands of killed children antisemite. Very sad to see how twisted this crisis has become.
American taxpayers' money is financing the war in Gaza, & Americans should feel a moral responsibility to voice their concerns. Isreal, with just 0.01% of the world's population, has received the most U.S. foreign aid globally. They've been given roughly $4 billion each year, totaling nearly $300 billion since 1945, which accounts for about 30% of all U.S. foreign aid post-World War II.
I pray for unity & peace among all humanity as a foremost priority.
Excellent point.
Yes, it's clear John is about the taxes. You need to add up the money given to Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and UNRWA. The tax dollars given to Israel come back to us in the form of jobs, like 100,000 just at Lockheed-Martin alone. You decry the military-industrial complex, but the aid given to Israel is eventually well spent by families here in America
@@nuqwestrthis is a very sinister argument. I'd rather die before I start working for an arms manufacturer, who in return sends it's weapons to Israel with which they blow up kids into pieces. Shame on you. But I guess there are people out there who only think opportunistically and don't care about the pain of others.
@@nuqwestrhow much $$ are you willing to send to a foreign country to have them buy your manufacturing of weapons.
Your logic is convoluted.
We give THEM money so they can buy weapons from us with OUR money. Jobs could just as easily created here at home WITHOUT requiring dropping bombs on children held in concentration camp called Gaza. We could use OUR own money to pay for OUR healthcare, education, disabled and elderly.
@@nuqwestrlockheed martin will have jobs available regardless of giving israel money or not. We spend the most on military spending 4 billion a year is nothing to our military industrial complex
I never understood Netanyahu going over the head of Obama to go and adress the American congress....May the lowest point in American political history....Getting a foreign minister coming to America and humilating the American president that way!!!....WAAAAAWWWWW.
Obama is not a king and he doesn't run Congress. The Presidency should have 1/10 the power that it does and none of that power should be silencing people. If Obama can't defend himself against a dickhead like Netanyahu, fuck'm.
John has been on a roll the last 18 months.
He is my go to for information on US policy abroad, even if i don't share his solutions i think he got the right diagnosis.
I don’t know man, John’s take on Ukraine is pretty out there. He seems to completely ignore or minimise any aspect of Putin’s personal motivations and ambitions in judging his actions towards Ukraine, and just chalks it all up to being NATO’s fault
He is of one of the most prominent IR scholars of the contemporary era.
@@wadegittleson1317 go deeper, to the Maidan and all the atrocities of the Ukranian government over Russian speaker population, that might help... obviously Putin felt into the Natos trap... but, 100% there's a lot of American interest there
@@AngeloGuardia oh poor Putin, one day he's the master politician who can do nothing wrong, everything has been thought 156 days before and other days he just happens to fall for a trap.
@@wadegittleson1317 i think you have to understand what his purpose is. He wants Russia as a counterbalance to China which he sees as the main threat to the US. So he will minimise any thing that might disrupt the possibility of an alliance. I think he knows that ship sailed a long time ago, but he's committed to this view by now. And whatever else, it is really of no importance whether there are personal motivations of Putin in Ukraine, there could be, probably, there perhaps are none
1. Haifa massacre of 1937.
2. Jerusalem massacre of 1937.
3. Haifa massacre of 1938.
4. Balad al-Sheikh massacre, 1939.
5. Haifa massacre of 1939.
6. Haifa massacre, 1947.
7. Abbasiya massacre, 1947
8. Al-Hisas massacre, 1947.
9. Bab el-Amoud massacre, 1947.
10. Jerusalem massacre of 1947.
11. Massacre in Sheikh Bureika, 1947.
12. Jaffa massacre, 1948.
13. Khan Yunis massacre, 1956.
14. Jerusalem massacre of 1967.
15. Massacre in Sabra and Shatila, 1982.
16. Al-Aqsa massacre, 1990
17. Ibrahimi Mosque massacre, 1994.
18. Jenin refugee camp, April 2002.
19. Gaza massacre 2008-09
20. Gaza massacre, 2012
21. Gaza massacre, 2014
22. Massacre in Gaza 2018-2019.
23. Gaza massacre 2021
24. Gaza Genocide 2023 still
continues.
SO DON'T LET ANYONE CONVINCE
YOU, THAT ALL STARTED ON OCTOBER 7.
Muslims believe any means can be used to conquer the world to bring it under the administration of Islam the only true religion.
Thats just modern history, go far back
Dual citizenship should be automatic disqualification for public service. I used to be so supportive of Israel for 39 years of my life but I committed the sin of becoming informed and nearly all roads lead ominously to Jerusalem.
What’s even worse is your passport says you lose your American Citizenship if you fight for a foreign Military. Except they serve in the IDF all the time, when our own military is having trouble recruiting.
@@moazim1993 That is not what the passport says.
@@JerryJanoff Anyone can look at their passport and confirm you lying propagandist
@@moazim1993That is completely false.
@@evanb4189 Ok Hasbara bot, anyone can look at their passport and confirm
Best discussion and analysis of the subject I've heard so far. Hats off to you gentlemen
This man should be more famous. He is 1000% speaking truth. John Mearsheimer is right nobody talks about the occupation of Palestine. There videos of Israeli soldiers treating the civilians like crap. Awesome guest.
´murikans do not talk about Palestine. The rest of the world does. Mearsheimer as usual talks like a flyover-state shtkicker.
Palestine is not occupied, it’s Israel. The problem is that some Arabs want to live under theocratic Sharia nonsense and are willing to kill and die for it.
How would you solve the problem then?
@Nollic15 wouldn't you just let Palestine be its own government and gaza strip not being kenneled up by Israel?😊
Speaking 1000% anti-Semitic lies. I am choosing this word very consciously here.
Civil discussion is what the world needs more of. Deeper understandings of the how's, why's and motivations of others. Thank you to Lex for delivering.
Agreed. Also, we need to value all lives regardless of their ethnicity. People tend to overlook this. Whereas I feel it’s the root cause of the injustice.
@@drhossawy I've always been baffled and perplexed by disliking someone based on culture. Culture is beautiful.
Free America from Israel/AIPAC
Amen!
....and FED!!!
Kudos to Lex for conducting this interview. Wish he wouldn't have interviewed Netanyahu, who is a blatant war criminal, but I understand he has a code of talking to anyone. Glad to see him living the code in both directions.
And kudos to John for having absolute massive brass balls. How do you even carry those things around mate
If you refuse to understand both sides nothing can ever be solved.
@@succatashvery true
He was right to interview Netanyahu, but his mistake was asking a bunch of soft-ball fence sitting questions instead of confronting him head on.
@@bmno.4565 that's what Lex does, he isn't a hard hitting journalist who pushes back, I think ye is the only person I've seen him slightly push back on. he let's people say their PoV.
Netanyahu is a pro politician anyway and would have answers to any question you could ask.
@@succatash Pretty sure one side has been universally hated by every single country on earth.
Thank you Lex for bringing the other side of the argument, I respect that. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this.
Eh, I just wish he would be actually know or ask counterpoint questions instead of just accepting things at face value sometimes. Like: if you just want to be a grifter politician, certainly you know the arab lobby and interests attached to hundreds of billions to be against Israel is actually more profitable than backing israel, via it's lobby. And believe me, there's powerful lobbying collectives against Israel. I just want money out of all politics, but this sort of slant no matter who uses it on any issue these days is about 95% of the time only looking at one half of the picture.
One side taped kids women ..one doe kidnapped child be , elderly, women they taped z
One side stole billions to have the option to tape and be headed the other side .
The other side maybe stole a land .
@@adrianbundy3249You're naive. Do you really think owning a bunch of football teams and some oil flow is the same as what Israel is capable of? Israel lobby is at least 10 times more powerful. You can see that on the recent developments. Also, Arabs don't care about Arabs.
@@adrianbundy3249 your lying arabs are like woman you have keep doing them lol
@@adrianbundy3249 The US oligarchy is extremely islamaphobic, your point is moot.
John Mearsheimer is an American hero for speaking the truth.
what truth? That we have a close relationship with israel? so what
@@raptango_na6199 These people act like they are on some noble quest whilst changing zero
@@raptango_na6199 There is no French-American Political Action Committee, or an Italian-American Political Action Committee. This is a unique phenomenon involving an extremely small and ethnocentric special interest group. Bad for democracy when mafia tactics are used against the populace.
John is a foreign agent
@@Rbb0828 commies abound
Why is it always "complicated" when you need to criticise Israel based on facts?
John Mearsheimer is a class act. He is absolutely correct.
Hi Goebbels
@@anna-tn8mgif you call everyone you disagree with a Nazi then that word ceases to have meaning. STOP 🛑. There’s actually Nazis out here, it’s not Elon, lex or this old man.
but how if they control the refulators and would block any attempt at regulating them?
John Meyersheymer is antisemitic
+1. He’s been more correct about Israel and Ukraine than most anyone else I’ve seen
People like him restore my faith in humanity
John Mearsheimer hits the nail on the head. He speaks for many. Criticizing atrocities doesn't make one an antisemite, and trying to silence people speaking against these crimes is a tactic used over and over to justify evil doing.
"I've never seen a president - I don't care who he is - stand up to them (the Israelis). It just boggles your mind. They always get what they want. The Israelis know what's going on all the time. I got to the point where I wasn't writing anything down. If the American people understood what grip those people have on our government, they would rise up in arms. Our citizens don't have any idea what goes on." - Admiral Thomas Moorer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
“Hamas, to my great regret, is Israel’s creation,” Avner Cohen, a former Israeli religious affairs official who worked in Gaza for more than two decades, told the Wall Street Journal in 2009. Back in the mid-1980s, Cohen even wrote an official report to his superiors warning them not to play divide-and-rule in the Occupied Territories, by backing Palestinian Islamists against Palestinian secularists. “I … suggest focusing our efforts on finding ways to break up this monster before this reality jumps in our face,” he wrote.
Brig. Gen. Yitzhak Segev, who was the Israeli military governor in Gaza in the early 1980s. Segev later told a New York Times reporter that he had helped finance the Palestinian Islamist movement as a “counterweight” to the secularists and leftists of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Fatah party, led by Yasser Arafat (who himself referred to Hamas as “a creature of Israel.”)
Saved.
So let's get rid of Netanyahu and Hamas both!
"controlled opposition."
The truth.
I don’t find being critical of Israel equating with antisemitism. But you say you want to go back to the root? How did Israel come to occupy the Weat Bank and Gaza? In 1948 when Arab leaders with public support decide ethnicity cleanse Palestine of Jews. They lost and continued to lose. It was an attempt at ethnic cleansing that backfired. And continued to. It made the Israeli state very paranoid for their security and still does. The paranoia has them make drastic decisions and heavy handed ones.
That being said I’m tired of both the state of Israel and Arab ideas of statehood. Which essentially promote ethnic states and in the latter a religious dominance of power. Have you seen an Intifada from Israeli Arabs? Don’t think I have.
He's a real American patriot. There is a universality to his arguments.
Truth?
Imagine paying taxes just for your money to go to a RICH country to fund war crimes. America at its finest
The fact that Lex was stressed out just to find a way to elaborate his question means dude knows 100% the power of the J.lobby and how they can destroy his career ..
I did notice he was uncomfortable asking the questions. I was thinking will this damage his career.
Also look up when professor released the book, that’s when J Street formed literally three months later. To counter balance incase aipac comes under fire
@@malikarif8398what is J street?
Very true.
Exactly! He was so not at ease,to me he didn't like what john was saying at all!
0:33: 📚 The video discusses the controversial book on the Israel Lobby, which argues that a loose coalition of individuals and organizations influence US policy in a pro-Israel direction.
4:51: 🌍 The lobby's influence on US-Israel relations prevents meaningful pressure on Israel for a two-state solution, which is not in the interest of both countries.
8:58: 🔍 The video discusses the issue of criticism towards Israel and its connection to anti-Semitism.
13:09: 🗣 The video discusses the influence of the Israeli lobby in silencing discussions about Israeli actions towards Palestinians.
17:37: ✅ The speaker agrees with the idea that the lobby being discussed is not a cabal or conspiracy, but rather an American interest group.
Recapped using Tammy AI
Benjamin Netanyahu: 'America is a thing you can move very easily' :
“I know what America is," Netanyahu told a group of terror victims, apparently not knowing his words were being recorded. "America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction. They won't get in their way."
“Netanyahu also bragged how he undercut the peace process when he was prime minister during the Clinton administration. "They asked me before the election if I'd honor [the Oslo accords]," he said. "I said I would, but ... I'm going to interpret the accords in such a way that would allow me to put an end to this galloping forward to the '67 borders. How did we do it? Nobody said what defined military zones were. Defined military zones are security zones; as far as I'm concerned, the entire Jordan Valley is a defined military zone. Go argue."
Source : Washington Post, Haaretz, Business Insider, etc
Thanks
@@thinkbeforeyoutype7106Hmm, maybe mention that after the Oslo accords there were dozens of terrorist attacks on Israel? Suicide bombers blowing up buses in the middle of cities?
Arafat literally declaring that the accords were a ruse and that they want Jihad?
It becomes a conspiracy when you add Epstein and his activities into the mix
maybe mention that the Oslo accords only recognised Arafat as the leader of the PLO, the representative of the Palestinian people, not the right to form a palestinian state. And not letting the UN or other body organise the deal, the huge imbalance of power meant that Israel kept taking land off of the Palestinians with no consequences. Oslo 2 was worse for the Palestinians as it protected the Israelis from Palestinian violence but not the Palestinians from Israeli Violence. And that Psychopathic Nettanyahu boasted about how he used the military outposts part of the agreement to justify more land stealing. Oslo was only done to placate the US, Israel never compromised or intended to fully commit to peace, and still controlled and subjugated the Palestinian s, denying them dignity,repressing and crushing any hope at building a state. The continued expansion of the Settlers colonization reinforces the fact that Israel did not want peace or a 2 state solution
John Mearsheimer has the straightforward but rare ability to blow away the fog to see straight to the sunlit uplands where the truth resides. I love how he wouldn't be deflected by the interviewer on the AS issue. They have got away with too much for far too long on the back of it.
MAX BLUMENTHAL: Well, her speech before the Council for National Policy really highlights how she exploited the United Nations in her position there, to leverage her- to propel her ambitions, which apparently seemed to be leaning towards a presidential run.
So basically she’s already appealed strongly to the Likudnik oligarchs, who are top funders of the Republican Party, and specifically the Trump political machine. Sheldon Adelson and these characters have contributed to Nikki Haley’s 527 back in 2016. She got money from Adelson when she was South Carolina governor. Adelson also contributed something like $40 million to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. So she has, though, that constituency locked up. The Christian right also holds extremist views on Israel-Palestine. And her visit to the Council for National Policy, you know, was completely in line with her exploitation of the UN around the issue of Israel. So she spent, devoted a lot of her time on the speech to boasting about how she had withdrawn the United States from the UN Human Rights Council over the issue of Israel.
Then she boasted about her role, and she did play a really central role in this, in cutting off almost all U.S. funds to the United Nations Relief Works Agency, which is the agency in charge of basically keeping millions of Palestinian refugees alive. These are some of the most destitute and trapped people on earth. And Nikki Haley earned massive ovations for these boasts of her anti-Palestinian activity at the UN, as well as moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and really driving a nail in the coffin of the two-state solution.
You know, it was unknown to the media that Nikki Haley was at an event like this while she was serving as UN ambassador. She still was there. But she’s simultaneously serving on the Security Council, doing everything she can to strangle Palestinians. And at the same time she’s going to meetings of the Christian right in rooms filled with people who are are Armageddon end-timers, who see Jerusalem as a landing pad for Messiah, and bragging about withdrawing the U.S. from international institutions on behalf of Israel. I think that’s a fairly unprecedented and incredible dynamic.
Well written
Truth
I'm really surprised Lex even allowed this type of discussion.
Mearsheimer's book is outstanding and completely eye-opening.
There’s also a symbiotic relationship between the US/UK and Israel. Israel is a military outpost for them in the Middle East. WW2 taught us the importance of a safe and continuous supply of oil.
America does not necessarily have a need for a continuous supply of oil from “outside of the US”. The military industrial complex however needs a continuous need of buyers and consumers.
@@thecarlob_007Pretodollar is a pretty important jigsaw 🧩
Israel is the UK/US's middle east "bum boy". In return for services, Israel is weaponized and given a green light to kill Palestinians and steal their land.
You didn't learn anything from ww2 if you're still supporting jews.
@@thecarlob_007 Read Eisenhower's full speech, he made it clear it is required.
The Lobby is BRIBERY. ALL OF IT.
Spot on
At last, the truth that no one dared discus. Like who runs Hollywood?
Well, Kanye tried and got cancelled
@@nameme5280 And lex and the other js on utube support it.
and Elon is next@@nameme5280
"ran" hollywood in the early years, but when Jews were 2nd class citizens unable to own homes in many part of Los Angeles or join clubs and organizations. Hearst and and Colonel Otis then the Chandlers of the LA Times had more political influence in California than any Jews. And the money behind the Hollywood Jews was Italian. The Gianninis who started Bank of America.
@@nameme5280 Kanye called us "fake" jews and as an African he was the only real Jews. Cancelled for good reason. The same Muslims who slaughtered innocent Israelis are doing the same to Black Africans right now in Darfur.
Lex “it’s complicated” Friedman. Lmao but for real, glad Lex is putting people like John on his platform.
Since Lex "Im a CIA connected Russian Jew that came from nowhere to be famous" Fridman showed up on the scene, he has done nothing but espouse normie BS. Lex is a limited hangout.
Mearsheimer is so kind otherwise would have told him 'WTF are you trying to say?'
@@mostlypeacefulguntraining Remember how he said that anti-semitism can sometimes be a "great silencer"? Yeah bro, you're an actual anti semite lol
I wish the Jewish community would stop throwing around the term "antisemitic" whenever someone criticises Israel's behaviour in Gaza, or the lobbyist's representing Israel's interests. Are the Jewish people who are opposed to Netanyahu's genocide, and Israel's lobbyists influencing America's politicians also called antisemitic? Please stop confusing Antisemitism with Antizionism!
Lex goes there. I always appreciate his courage. I read the book, and Mearsheimer is correct, our interests don’t always converge. This conflict is a perfect example, let alone the $ we give them yearly when they have free healthcare and college. It rightfully pisses off the tax payers including myself.
thank you Lex for doing this ❤ this is so important for the world to move forward.
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.
So true
Good point
we're not allowed to criticize brown people and jews
22 states Have passed an OATH OF ALLIGIENCE TO Israel. That's how strong they are in the US
No state has passed an "oath of allgience to Israel"
Thank you John Mearsheimer
For what?
John Meyersheymer is antisemitic
This is what happens when you have special interest groups run the country. Supreme court made this worse when they ruled that monetary contribution is a form of expression and therefore protected under the 1st amendment.
And that was proof these Justices are part of the Zionist machine.
If you want to know who the rulers are in any society? You merely need to ask yourself who it is that nobody is allowed to criticize. - Voltaire.
there is nothing in our society that prevents criticism of Israel. Lex just proved that.
@@nuqwestr Yeah go check. They are already attacking him for it.
@@nuqwestr
Hmmmmmm:
As of 2021, 35 states have passed bills and executive orders designed to discourage boycotts of Israel.[4] Many of them have been passed with broad bipartisan support.[5] Most anti-BDS laws have taken one of two forms: contract-focused laws requiring government contractors to promise that they are not boycotting Israel; and investment-focused laws, mandating public investment funds to avoid entities boycotting Israel.
John is the smartest guy I've ever listened to
Hands down
Lex rated it very well at the end. Discussion is necessary, but at the same time great care must be taken so that open discussion does not slip into open and general hatred of Jews. And John rightly noted that it is the silencing and stifling of debate that leads to the rise of anti-Semitism.
not at all. there are so many stories going around about jews. It's not logical, and "debates" like that only add to those stories. people who hate will only focus on those parts that add oil to the fire. this guy speeks half truth.
There’s no general hatred of Jews here, just hatred of Israelis if anything because they are very openly hateful racist people. Journalists that have been there have done plenty of interviews and heard “yh we should kill all Arabs” very often. Journalist Aby Martin has plenty of content on this
Very astute
On the last point, Jew haters are responsible for their hatred and no one else.
I totally agree but it's hard to gage how much of the 'rise in antisemitism' is real versus people being called antisemetic just for criticizing israel. The overuse of the term is especially terrible because I'm sure it's hiding any real stuff, which is undoubtably deplorable.
JOHN remains a renowned and wise worldwide reference in Geopolitics. That's confirmed in all his debates/ interviews.
He is a flippin´moron when it comes to Putin. His inconsistency is legendary. He is only a reference for ko oks.
I'm surprised TH-cam didn't censor this clip.
Shouldn’t be
Best video i have seen on your channel so far.
I almost thought the day would never come that people were allowed to speak the truth again!
Great interview and info.
Giving the silenced a voice.
Slot of respect to you Lex
Yep. I always have lots of respect to jews who allow for and do criticize their own group.
@@karlheven8328Mearsheimer is criticizing. Lex is trying to spin it....
Enormous influence? The lobby practically runs the country 😂
The best way to control discourse is to allow people to debate and argue within a certain preconceived area, without stepping outside of those bounds that the power has chosen.
“The apartheid nation crys in pain as they strike”
Most nation states are ethno states with the exception of the US.
@@donaldquirk7801Israel is the last remaining apartheid ethnostate that came to be by mass expulsion of the native people and mass migration from Europe and then excluding the native population by virtue of being an ethnostate.
@joeysinde1340misusing the definition of genocide to fit a ridiculous narrative😂
Israel is 20% Arab, they serve on the Knesset, the Supreme Court, and the IDF. No apartheid. apartheid is the muslim law of DHIMMIS, the original Jim Crow.
Apartheid
It’s sad how clueless you are
Any lobby will have their own interests……but when it influences the decisions around death of thousands including children, the lobby needs to bear as much responsibility as the states encouraging it
FALSE no lobby is advocating for the death of children. That's irrational to say so.
Write this down: "The idea that you want to silence critics is not a smart way to go about doing business".
There is a difference between an American interest group and an interest group working for a foreign country.
not in this case. AIPAC may not be to your liking, but it is legal, and even John makes that point clear at the beginning.
@@nuqwestr My liking has nothing to do with it. AIPAC is a foreign agent. It should register as a foreign agent. If it was a lobby for any other country it would have to register as a foreign agent or they'd be breaking the law - specifically FARA (the Foreign Agents Registration Act). That's how Giuliani's associates got themselves arrested, and why Bob Menendez is facing prison. Yet somehow AIPAC keeps getting a pass on this. I don't like that my government and Congress are getting money from a foreign agent that's not being required to register as such, and I would say the same no matter which foreign country this foreign agent was working for.
@@nuqwestrumm no - Aipac is the only lobbying group that does not have to register as a foreign agent when advocating for a foreign country. You wanna set up a lobbying group for US allies France and Germany - you have to register as a foreign agent. Not so for Israel. The difference is blatant.
@@vmoses1979 France has a lobbying group which is not registered. French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)
@@nuqwestr omg - you think you can fool people with this nonsense? The Alliance is a state supported organization that promotes the French language and culture. It is not a foreign agent.
John Mearsheimer's view on the Israel Lobby suggests a profound disconnect between America's national interests and its Middle East policy. Is this alignment truly beneficial for the U.S., or is it a case of external interests overshadowing national priorities?
Good point
Seems there’s a nexus of interests between powerful entities both external and internal to the United States. I wouldn’t say these entities overshadow U.S. national interests, I’d argue they shape and create U.S. National interest to align with their own.
You also have to factor in intelligence agency blackmail here ie what do you think Jeffrey Epstein was?
Of course external interests overshadow the country's interests. But that is what happens in a electoral system where the highest bidders get politicians to do what they want.
I'm sorry to say it but the US is not the power holder in this relationship. Israel is firmly in charge of US policy and it is a major national security problem. They are not our 'friends'. We must remeber Israel has killed US soldiers (deliberate attack on USS Liberty) and stolen state secrets at the highest level and more secrets than any enemy ever has (see Jonathan pollard as an example), they've sold US military secrets to China and their espionage in the US has been called 'unrivalled' by the US counter intelligence officials. This is sinister stuff.
you should bring on Norman Finkelstein and give your viewers a real history on the Palestinian issue. He is the number one authority on the subject and could any Zionist if you chose such a format. I appreciate you trying to support the end of the Genocide that the Zionists are trying to do to the indigenous Palestinian people.
Norman has no credibility, he speak nonsense. If all you know is from Norman, you are grossly ignorant.
Gaza population has increased Seven Fold in 20 years. Oddest genocide I've ever heard of. The use of the word "genocide" was conceived as propaganda by Marxists at a conference in South Africa in the early 1980s.
Yes I agree!
Norm would have been killed on October 7
But why? Why does the lobby have so much power? Are they giving a lot of money? Are they holding something over their heads? I’m not hearing him answer why they have so much power.
Because they are supported by cooperates and families.
The same way any lobby has power.
Jewish people are genuinely very progressive and business savvy, therefore very rich. And as you know, money talks… 😊
@@BambiOnIce19 it goes much deeper than money, they have subverted the country for the last 65 years, promoting multiculturalism, feminism, homosexuality etc, so they’re the ones holding this artificial morass of country together, if the politicians were to turn against them, they could instigate a civil war and destroy the country
Americans must face the fact we need political figures that will not be beholden to Israel Lobbyists! I am not anti-Semitic…but this discussion rings true from all I have learned in the last few years!
Not sure what you've learned, or who you are. But I disagree. John is wrong about the creation of Israel. There were no "conquers", Gaza was not "occupied" on 10/7, and if Jordan had been able to keep its word, the West Bank would not have an occupying force, either. You can thank the PLO and the PA for that. The PA just claimed the Rave massacre on Oct 7th was done by the IDF.
@@nuqwestr Biden won’t order Netanyahu to do a ceasefire, our government is owned by AIPAC and Israel lobbyists! AIPAC, has reported that they will put up 100 million dollars to defeat a handful of republicans that signed a letter for ceasefire!
@@nuqwestr Jews were GIFTED land by European powers and the US. End of. People already lived there. Those powers considered dropping the Jews in Uganda of all places. And if they had they would have been settlers there as well, arriving on land with people ALREADY there.
@@BamboodonutzThe Uganda plan was made by the Zionist congress in 1903 and was never anything but a paper report. You are misinformed.
@@Bamboodonutz Jews were 55% of the population in Jerusalem in 1920, and 8-10% of the population in that Ottman region, Jews in Jaffa/Yafo where there in 1840 building what would later become Tel-Aviv. You are misinformed.
This video will go down in history. Thank you. We must address these topics and be allowed to have an open discourse to advance humanity.
It isn’t a “loose-knit coalition” More like an “air-tight coalition” that is the most powerful lobby in the history of politics anywhere in the world…
One thing is for certain, this wont end well for Israel. It may take some time but the very fact that Israel lack the ability to draw a line it will not cross will drive some group or nation to to inflict extreme damage on them. Off the shelf technology is getting to a point where its possible to send an object 1000km from technology assembled in your kitchen.
Maybe, but Israel is working to destroy Hamas and rescue the hostages. Israel has been surrounded by enemies who want to destroy it for many years.
While Israel could do certain things much, much better, it is obviously focused first and foresmost on getting the hostages back and removing Hamas from power.
Excellent discussion. Thank you Lex for creating a space for open discourse in times where silencing is a strong weapon.
How is this guy still alive?
IMO in democracy there shouldn’t be such powerful influence given in lobbies. Always citizens and the active representative of citizens should have power. It’s the definition. Once you see things not going as it should be, this means your system infected by a virus. You are not healthy and soon you will get worse.. so the people of there standing for humanity is also standing for USA .
John Meyersheymer is antisemitic
Lobbies are just Citizens banding together to have a louder voice.
What people don't realize is most don't understand the system, so they do grassroots activism and while that sometimes works.
Democracy will always have lobbies, you can try to limit the power, but to want to be a politician you have to be a narcissist and like power.
@@succatashlobbies are special interest groups that have monopoly’s, they are cartels that destroy democracy
In capitalism, people with money have more power than anyone else.
So don’t imagine they’re just “people gathering” they have a lot of power and they can use it in politics to remain in power and silence others.
Not a fair game, and not how democracy should be!
@@importantsomeone153 that's true because we haven't seen before a communist democracy :)
I think people are just not yet ready for it!
Yet there are some examples, scandinavia are far better than any other countries in the globe because they're somehow not following the western capitalism!
The american liberal capitalism is the worst of all of them, and it does not bring a lot of benifits to the people after all. people even in saudi arabia are having more social benifits than US citizens.
The comparison with the NRA lobby was great; nothing can be done to control guns - even very minimal - because of the NRA grip on many politicians in Washington.
We learned that the same kind of influence exists with another powerful lobby, the Israel/Jewish! In fact, we knew it existed, now we see his power, even more with what is going on in Gaza. Thousands upon thousands death of innocent Palestinians, but always the same old song: "We must stand with Israel!". 🤦♂😥
Not really. The NRA has been completely complicit and involved in every piece of gun legislation in the last 50 years. The GCA, Hughes Amendment, and Brady bill among others.
its not just about the NRA you nitwit. We have a constitution that politicians must follow. This is America not China or North Korea. What happened to your brain?
John Meyersheymer is antisemitic
There are dare I say pro gun people in America. I laugh when people bring up the nra like it’s the boogeyman it’s been out of the picture for a while now
Not really…many respect the Founding Fathers & the Second Amendment…That has NOTHING to do with the NRA.
Hope TH-cam continues to not block real information and let the people know the truth
Brave man to speak on the elephant in the room. I like the fact that Americans (including jewsih amercians) are standing against this more and more now, politians need to represent the people not lobbies.
Prof. Mearsheimer , amazing again. So very positive and just for the cause and realistic.
Can someone please enlighten me why the term anti semite is used exclusively regarding the Jewish people when both Jews and Arabs are semite people?
just linguistic convention. don't fret. Like every Black person is not African.
@@nuqwestr what? So, if one says he’s anti African doesn’t it imply that he’s anti black or if one says he’s anti Sllavik does it mean he hates only Russians, while Slovenians, Serbs and the rest of Sllavik nations should not mind?
@@shpirt1ilir I don't follow, If you really want a full answer, you can search it out, but I don't think you want an answer, you already have one.
@@nuqwestr I have searched and haven’t found an answer. You started with a comparison and I’m using your comparison with other group race peoples and you don’t follow now. When one says Sllavik one means the Sllavik people regardless where they reside. When one says Semite, one means the Semite people wherever they reside. Anyone can embrace the Jewish religion and call themselves Jews, but the Israeli tribes and the Arabs are are Semite people so if one is anti Semite one is anti Jews and Arabs. I’m asking to find out because it doesn’t make sense on how the term is used you say I could have researched but I have an answer. I love to debate with people that assume. A lot of intellect there.
I don’t know you Lex, but I’m proud of you to have knowledgeable people to discuss such complicated issues. Unless there are open discussions to bring out the problems and then try to solve them to reach peace, there will be huge antisemitism around the world. Thanks
Thank you John for shining more light on this topic 🙏
Lobbying is bribery. All politicians who have engaged in such activities should change their ‘Honorable’ to Dishonorable’ period.
People go to jail for bribery.
It's a relationship between a master (israel) and his slave (the US).
It is not "controversial" nor complicated, it is just there. Waiting people to look at it.
To date Almost 400 000 people have died in the yemen war... Not one protest to stop it
Pinpoint
To date, after 11 years of civil war, 500,000 dead in Syria, yet the Arab League let Assad back in. No partner in the region, none.
It’s a very uncomfortable interview for lex but he was open and for that it’s commendable
Professor Mearsheimer, your lectures ought to be mandatory in every school and college!
He's speaking the truth that the rest of the world have figure it out !
This man knows a lot and is spitting facts
Its pure speculation stated with the confidence of a true narcissist.
He speaks truth to power
And changes nothing in the slightest.
John Meyersheymer is antisemitic
@MikeJones-mf2fw what are you doing? Dressing up in a cape and patrolling the streets?
@dave9547 Actually, yes I am doing that.
@@MikeJones-mf2fw I'm proud of you