Full podcast episode: kzitem.info/news/bejne/02qtsoyEsparmI4 Lex Fridman podcast channel: kzitem.info 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.
@DaisyAruba
10 ай бұрын
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.
@taylorh520
10 ай бұрын
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.
@benikramer5115
10 ай бұрын
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)
@johndorilag4129
10 ай бұрын
Here in Asia, John Mearsheimer is much admired.
@thinkbeforeyoutype7106
10 ай бұрын
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
@eanerickson8915
9 ай бұрын
The most hilarious thing about this lobby is that they are literally bribing you with your own money.
@nilskp
8 ай бұрын
Thats the Washington Way
@eanerickson8915
8 ай бұрын
Even the IRA has to earn their money.@@nilskp
@jodesbois2491
8 ай бұрын
Sad thing i would have said... And imagine what they do with armerican taxe money abroad...
@chelovekrazumni9960
8 ай бұрын
It's still not a conspiracy. Dude.
@jodesbois2491
8 ай бұрын
@@chelovekrazumni9960 it is ..
@Safvan-dk1lw
10 ай бұрын
AIPAC should be registered as foreign organization
@grospipo20
10 ай бұрын
Register**
@rod.k772
10 ай бұрын
I believe JFK tried it
@user-xc2yc3vz5e
10 ай бұрын
or a terrorist organization.. oh wait that just happened! thank heavens
@peterc.4143
10 ай бұрын
JFK tried and then he got murked, so everyone else pretty much got the message
@WorldGoyimUnite
10 ай бұрын
Why 🇮🇱 assassinated JFK
@ogarzabello
10 ай бұрын
"To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize”
@ZombieTomato
9 ай бұрын
That's anti-semitic - Israel
@ActionDriveFusion
9 ай бұрын
anddd 1 comment but nothing comes up greatt
@JaiD0427
9 ай бұрын
Hmm interesting point. In India, you cannot criticise Muslims & then Xtians to a lesser extent.
@GutsZet
9 ай бұрын
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.
@DonFelixGallardo
9 ай бұрын
Wow excellent quote and so true
@ahmedabdolghani8879
9 ай бұрын
I’m always intrigued by the US political system allowing lobbying just to make bribes legal
@johanljungdahl7332
8 ай бұрын
Spot on 👌
@dermotmeuchner2416
8 ай бұрын
Ain’t capitalism grand!
@TomMcinerney-g9b
8 ай бұрын
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).
@chrisclassical7
7 ай бұрын
comment of the year if not the decade
@ismaelamaro7728
6 ай бұрын
Gotta love the land of the free lol.
@antnic21
10 ай бұрын
Force AIPAC to register as a foreign agent, like ALL other foreign lobby groups
@johngeiger3770
10 ай бұрын
And the Federal Reserves. At this point it's a miracle that it hasn't still.
@vmoses1979
10 ай бұрын
Exactly.
@brackloon4584
10 ай бұрын
Ban lobby groups. Period.
@VimFuegoScorpio
10 ай бұрын
I think JFK was trying to do that with his brother. It’s in the Israel Lobby Archive. That’s as far as i want to delve
@kgriff5537
9 ай бұрын
I'm willing to bet if you were to unmask this group, I guarantee you that this group is mainly comprise of the military industrial group that want endless wars so they could sell arms.
@tubeecsadik
10 ай бұрын
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.
@xerke
10 ай бұрын
Name one instance of the US compromising its own interests in favour of Israel.
@hannanatalisa3282
9 ай бұрын
#DefundIsrael
@edakeel9398
9 ай бұрын
I feel that America should change name to the united states of Israel
@ilovejesusalways
9 ай бұрын
Dual citizens lawmakers on both side won't allow this.
@laurvanmichanor9302
9 ай бұрын
@@ilovejesusalwaysdual citizens should be barred from sitting in any official Federal or state office in the USA.
@notrealnic
9 ай бұрын
I can’t believe these things are being spoken about so publicly now. What a relief! So glad to see a dialogue shift and hoping this means more tangible shifts to come on the ground 💔🕊️🍉
@mostlypeacefulguntraining
9 ай бұрын
this makes me extremely suspicious. their power has been hidden so long and americans completely clueless. why is this happening now? its surely not because the coward traitor americans in government stood up. so what is happening behind the scenes to allow this? it doesnt make sense.
@ferahsudenazulusoy4553
9 ай бұрын
Came bit late though
@m.a.4500
9 ай бұрын
They are still censoring much though. But yes.
@neooutdamatrix
9 ай бұрын
it's the older generation that buys all that Israel no matter what nonsense. most just follow their pastor thinking they're going to hell if they don't blindly follow Israel. genius psyop imho
@batphink2655
9 ай бұрын
While we're at it the ADL,APICA and B'nai Brith are racist organization who abhor everyone not a Zionist!
@Sunopeek
5 ай бұрын
So, if I understand this correctly.This man was criticized because he believed america should look out for its own interests first instead of a foreign country?
@ciyaresh2070
2 күн бұрын
How antisemitic of you.
@62Cristoforo
10 ай бұрын
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.
@nejihiashi
6 ай бұрын
I say it's all zionists intentionally confuse the two terms anti jews and slanti semite.
@lebladful
5 ай бұрын
Bring AIPAC to justice for legalizing bribery in the Congress and sucking trillions from American Tax payers
@fr.Angel21
5 ай бұрын
You definitely know the terms, it's self explanatory, but these zionist lobbyist twist terms definitions.
@abaseenmomand2159
5 ай бұрын
It's absolutely fine to be anti cement and anti juice. Trust me on that.
@ZWhippie
4 ай бұрын
Yeah I have seen them weaponize the word recently they changed laws to intact it
@MrZZooh
9 ай бұрын
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.
@dermotmeuchner2416
8 ай бұрын
Congress knows who he is believe me. They would rather walk on broken glass than invite him to speak.
@freespeech8293
6 ай бұрын
Because our Congress is bought and paid for by the Jewish/Israel lobby.
@Hwillijonl
9 ай бұрын
After I became familiar with Mearsheimer's work, I wondered why I had never seen him on any national news shows. Now I understand why.
@spencera1129
7 ай бұрын
If you tell the truth you aren’t allowed on the News
@72marshflower15
7 ай бұрын
..evil is rael..
@michael7264
7 ай бұрын
Lmao.. you only h3srd of Mearsheimer from that Ukraine video. What that DOESNT explain is that Mearsheimer's "camp" is something called neorealism. There are other camps that disagree completely with him. Thosr like myself or Joseph Nye, another very well respected political scientist that coined the term hard/soft power, comes from a neoliberal perspective. Long story short, u know nothing. Go educate yourself.
@michael7264
7 ай бұрын
Btw, heres a link to my 30 page thesis citing over 2 dozen scholarly articles that contradicts Mearsheimer's conte tion on Ukraine. Also, i wrote this back in 2017: minelessminion.blogspot.com/?m=1
@Hwillijonl
7 ай бұрын
@@michael7264 I know one thing. You can't spell worth sh.t.
@As1fAhmad
4 ай бұрын
“Lobbying is a fancy word for bribing” it's easier to fool someone than to convince them that they have been fooled😃
@ChrisoKyriacou
10 ай бұрын
Why can’t Jews not be criticised every other nation gets criticised.
@basant0908
5 ай бұрын
Because they are chosen people
@pp-bb6jj
5 ай бұрын
Well they are self proclaimed God's Chosen people didn't you hear.
@MrandMrsWestie
5 ай бұрын
You are not allowed, you may be labelled as a Anti-Semite - and that is wrong...
@sacamain0
4 ай бұрын
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
@mahmudanoor801
4 ай бұрын
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.
@saidmouinet
10 ай бұрын
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.
@jayvander7156
9 ай бұрын
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.
@sharmakea3116
9 ай бұрын
@@jayvander7156he is honest
@saidmouinet
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for pointing out this aspect.@@jayvander7156
@brentborgers5359
9 ай бұрын
@@jayvander7156 you're ignorance of the ccp is noted. You have no idea how wrong you are.
@jayvander7156
9 ай бұрын
@@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."
@tayrowell
10 ай бұрын
Dr. Mearsheimer is a fearless intellectual and astute researcher. Reading his book now.
@liallhristendorff5218
10 ай бұрын
He’s great. Approaches tough issues like a real scientist.
@martinledermann1862
10 ай бұрын
Which one?
@tayrowell
10 ай бұрын
@@martinledermann1862 The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy. Well worth the time!
@martinledermann1862
10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@mik569
10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@lewisstreet7266
8 ай бұрын
John Mearsheimer should be summoned by the US Congress to educate lawmakers on Israeli-Palestine conflict!
@aujax1
4 ай бұрын
they dont want to learn anything. they just want the money to keep flowing
@许念飞
4 ай бұрын
You cannot wake up someone who pretends to sleep
@kenosabi
4 ай бұрын
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.
@sunny7565
4 ай бұрын
Congress already knows...they're there and stay there for certain reasons, one of which is funding..
@DanAyubaI
4 ай бұрын
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.
@MrFuadee
10 ай бұрын
It is mind-boggling, how many people in the Congress and the Senate have dual citizenships and guess which one is the second one😂
@Tiasung
10 ай бұрын
Mars?
@ciyaresh2070
2 күн бұрын
They literally have handlers lol. Republican Congressman Thomas Massie said every Republican member of Congress has an “AIPAC babysitter".
@kevinscott9242
10 ай бұрын
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?
@nuqwestr
10 ай бұрын
ADL is a WOKE infected institution. What are you talking about?
@Thinking04
9 ай бұрын
This is why when I post verifiable information about Israel my posts keep disappearing
@seanohare5488
6 ай бұрын
True
@robertcarpenter7486
4 ай бұрын
They operate shamelessly without any any real repercussions because they are protected by the little hats, the lobbist, Israel in general, and USA
@mefrench1
3 ай бұрын
ADL=Apartheid Defense League.
@Kudal196
4 ай бұрын
AIPAC should be charged with aiding and abetting genocide, mass starvation, war crimes against humanity in Rafah, Gaza.
@JerryJanoff
3 ай бұрын
That is a dumb comment.
@Pr0teinShake
2 ай бұрын
Zionist @@JerryJanoff
@samsoul3571
Ай бұрын
@@JerryJanoffare you paid by AIPAC or are you just evil on your own ?
@AmeerAlmohammed-b3z
10 ай бұрын
John is not only an America Hero but also a legend
@the_batmobile0.4
10 ай бұрын
America is owned by Israel, just ask your tax dollars
@stevenwedge6850
10 ай бұрын
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.
@madisampi2770
10 ай бұрын
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.
@googleisskynet7312
9 ай бұрын
He's 100% right. The SOI and the pro-Z faction of the tribe shamelessly exploits the past so that they can operate in a veritably criticism-free environment. "The Protocols and Mein K were written, the Holocaust and pogroms happened, thus no one can ever criticize our behavior." Other groups tend to exploit this as well. Want to talk about inner-city crime? Prepare to be labelled a neo-Confederate. Thus, any legitimate criticism directly towards members of these groups (or the groups in general) are demonized and censored. In this way, these "protected" groups get to dictate the terms of all engagements. They get to define what is acceptable discourse. They get to pull the levers of censorship that are at their disposal. And they've used this moral blackmail to their advantage against a population of people who are not hostile towards them, but certainly don't want to be endlessly exploited by them either. Their behavior is tiresome and distasteful, and more people are starting to notice.
@Eged282
9 ай бұрын
A Russian legend who’s also an anti Israel.
@mrrolandlawrence
10 ай бұрын
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.
@maleksarhani4239
10 ай бұрын
Thank you, Lex, for providing the world with these arguments that were silenced.
@thinkbeforeyoutype7106
10 ай бұрын
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
@stevenwedge6850
10 ай бұрын
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.
@soulfireonfire6423
10 ай бұрын
@@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 .
@madisampi2770
10 ай бұрын
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.
@BigKnecht
9 ай бұрын
Lex is controlled opposition.
@MrRynRules
9 ай бұрын
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. 😢
@QueenMaeve2024
10 ай бұрын
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.
@Wondwind
10 ай бұрын
Lobbying is evil.
@samara6041
10 ай бұрын
💯💯💯
@johndavid3114
10 ай бұрын
NRA is not a good comparison to the Israel lobby. NRA is by Americans lobbying the American Gov.. Israel lobby is by Americans for A DIFFERENT COUNTRY. This is why I don’t like it.
@jamesgeorge9467
10 ай бұрын
Both should not be allowed. Politicians should not support something because they have been given money
@taylorc2542
10 ай бұрын
It sickens me to see the Sackler family poison one country and funnel the profits to another. Same with Sheldon Adelson.
@nalanala9725
10 ай бұрын
That's incorrect, it's individuals and groups lobbying for their own interests, not for the interests of Israel or all Israelis. They exploit Israel too as much as they can.
@shobudski6776
10 ай бұрын
The NRA isn’t half as effective in preventing gun control in the USA as the Israel lobby is at controlling USAs foreign policy. I agree, its a real bad example.
@ahmedfiasco6412
10 ай бұрын
@@jamesgeorge9467thats criminal and betrayal to all the citizens
@M21-r6d
8 ай бұрын
Mearsheimer expose is simply brilliant. Thank you for inviting him. Absolutely liberating!
@Starzz285
9 ай бұрын
All AIPAC employees should sign the "Foreign Agents Registration Act". FORCEFULLY NEED TO COMPLY
@pbuh448
10 ай бұрын
It takes courage and honesty to criticise your own people and only a just person would do that
@xyzct
10 ай бұрын
Why? I know _plenty_ of whites of European descent who criticize "their own people." I know Asians who criticize Asians. I know Persians who criticize Persians. Why are you making a big deal out of this guy's criticisms?
@ayouberriouch5973
10 ай бұрын
@@xyzctbecause many people think that criticing Israel is antisemitic. And jews that criticise Israel are called self hating jew
@kindGSL
10 ай бұрын
My experience being an American goy critic of Israel is that it seems like Jews in the US can get away with that more easily than I can as a non-Jew. @@ayouberriouch5973
@MikeHunt-fo3ow
10 ай бұрын
not really ask an american how they feel about their gov lol
@imn0tgarbage
10 ай бұрын
@xyzct why aren't you making a big deal out of it? People speaking out trying to end the suffering of others bothers you? I'm curious of why. I look forward to your response.
@AmazighBereber
8 ай бұрын
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.
@Randsurfer
4 ай бұрын
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.
@Claudia-cr2pm
10 ай бұрын
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.
@nuqwestr
10 ай бұрын
you are still ignorant, or a liar
@Gunner3K
10 ай бұрын
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.
@TangoBlues
10 ай бұрын
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.
@razjacobson1511
10 ай бұрын
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 😂
@Claudia-cr2pm
10 ай бұрын
@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 KZitem right now. Maybe you are viewing this piece from inside of the Gaza strip or from inside Israel's government offices?
@MLclubhouse
10 ай бұрын
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.
@apointonacurve
10 ай бұрын
They turned the frickin' frogs gay!!
@elosant2061
10 ай бұрын
@@apointonacurvealex was right they actually did
@harryhairo7272
10 ай бұрын
Wrong its anti Semitic
@phillblake6829
10 ай бұрын
It’s the main way
@Trixex
10 ай бұрын
like calling everyone who dares to mention the thousands of killed children antisemite. Very sad to see how twisted this crisis has become.
@Barbarossa18
7 ай бұрын
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.
@samuelgoldring9691
4 ай бұрын
Muslims believe any means can be used to conquer the world to bring it under the administration of Islam the only true religion.
@detectivemarkseven
Ай бұрын
Thats just modern history, go far back
@aliyahheid
10 ай бұрын
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.
@Zkbbkzzz
10 ай бұрын
Excellent point.
@nuqwestr
10 ай бұрын
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
@arashahad8733
10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@FM-kl3iu
10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@pricetopay5152
10 ай бұрын
@@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
@jakw97
10 ай бұрын
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.
@wadegittleson1317
10 ай бұрын
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
@moeedmalik9489
10 ай бұрын
He is of one of the most prominent IR scholars of the contemporary era.
@AngeloGuardia
10 ай бұрын
@@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
@pablokaufervinent8012
10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@pablokaufervinent8012
10 ай бұрын
@@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
@alexgcuzweguz
10 ай бұрын
It's unpatriotic and just crazy, to have a lobby whose goal it is to serve another nation.
@davidsong76
10 ай бұрын
So well intellectualised by John on the conflict between Palestine and Israel. I am totally with John on why we should be able to provide constructive criticism on Israel as a Zionist state without being branded as being antisemitic. Having a Chinese background I don’t resonate been shown hatred by the west or to all Chinese people when the west criticises China as a state for its domestic policies and its miss treatment towards its ethnic peoples such as the Uyghur.
@nuqwestr
10 ай бұрын
Israel is a secular state with religious freedom written in law. The former Prime Minister, Olmert, was convicted of fraud by an Arab Justice of the Supreme Court in Israel. Show me the comparable diversity in the region.
@omerhechter5895
10 ай бұрын
as a zionist I fully reject the idea of a foreign lobby advocating in my name. the US should be independent in its decision making, and provide criticism towards Israel as an ally.
@nuqwestr
10 ай бұрын
@@omerhechter5895 habibi, Taqiyya, clearly, LOL
@SeanMoore
10 ай бұрын
@@omerhechter5895in my experience nationalism is great in the short term but in the longer term always leads towards jingoistic ideas and thwarts necessary and intelligent ideas about creating a better political reality and often end up being hijacked by thugs like Arik Sharon and Netanyahu. If you have good examples of where any nationalism has ever produced anything other than little and big demagogues please share.
@user-ib9of6dm5n
4 ай бұрын
@@omerhechter5895might I add, the US should not be an ally to Israel in the first place.
@lukegardner6917
10 ай бұрын
Best discussion and analysis of the subject I've heard so far. Hats off to you gentlemen
@tonycorcini3964
10 ай бұрын
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.
@stream2watch
10 ай бұрын
´murikans do not talk about Palestine. The rest of the world does. Mearsheimer as usual talks like a flyover-state shtkicker.
@scottfree6479
10 ай бұрын
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.
@Nollic15
10 ай бұрын
How would you solve the problem then?
@jonimzari1687
10 ай бұрын
@Nollic15 wouldn't you just let Palestine be its own government and gaza strip not being kenneled up by Israel?😊
@afanasymarinov2236
10 ай бұрын
Speaking 1000% anti-Semitic lies. I am choosing this word very consciously here.
@leejones9236
6 ай бұрын
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.
@moazim1993
3 ай бұрын
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.
@JerryJanoff
3 ай бұрын
@@moazim1993 That is not what the passport says.
@moazim1993
3 ай бұрын
@@JerryJanoff Anyone can look at their passport and confirm you lying propagandist
@evanb4189
3 ай бұрын
@@moazim1993That is completely false.
@moazim1993
3 ай бұрын
@@evanb4189 Ok Hasbara bot, anyone can look at their passport and confirm
@nawasmusic
10 ай бұрын
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
@succatash
10 ай бұрын
If you refuse to understand both sides nothing can ever be solved.
@njongomato
10 ай бұрын
@@succatashvery true
@bmno.4565
10 ай бұрын
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.
@succatash
10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@Cheeched
10 ай бұрын
@@succatash Pretty sure one side has been universally hated by every single country on earth.
@roughtobebufftv5990
10 ай бұрын
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.
@drhossawy
9 ай бұрын
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.
@roughtobebufftv5990
9 ай бұрын
@@drhossawy I've always been baffled and perplexed by disliking someone based on culture. Culture is beautiful.
@MarkyMahn
10 ай бұрын
Thank you Lex for bringing the other side of the argument, I respect that. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this.
@adrianbundy3249
10 ай бұрын
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.
@Bluemoon98-2
10 ай бұрын
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 .
@berkertaskiran
10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@scherzer6428
10 ай бұрын
@@adrianbundy3249 your lying arabs are like woman you have keep doing them lol
@sueyourself5413
10 ай бұрын
@@adrianbundy3249 The US oligarchy is extremely islamaphobic, your point is moot.
@frikinboy67
4 ай бұрын
Free America from Israel/AIPAC
@Ohykha
2 ай бұрын
Amen!
@MuddahFukkah
Ай бұрын
....and FED!!!
@ouranos0101
10 ай бұрын
John Mearsheimer is an American hero for speaking the truth.
@raptango_na6199
10 ай бұрын
what truth? That we have a close relationship with israel? so what
@MikeJones-mf2fw
10 ай бұрын
@@raptango_na6199 These people act like they are on some noble quest whilst changing zero
@taylorc2542
10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@Rbb0828
10 ай бұрын
John is a foreign agent
@MikeJones-mf2fw
10 ай бұрын
@@Rbb0828 commies abound
@iananderson8288
10 ай бұрын
John Mearsheimer is a class act. He is absolutely correct.
@anna-tn8mg
10 ай бұрын
Hi Goebbels
@yazanrajei
10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@orange.cyanide
10 ай бұрын
but how if they control the refulators and would block any attempt at regulating them?
@moisuomi
10 ай бұрын
John Meyersheymer is antisemitic
@paws315
10 ай бұрын
+1. He’s been more correct about Israel and Ukraine than most anyone else I’ve seen
@AM-sd5xl
10 ай бұрын
People like him restore my faith in humanity
@ahmedgrizic1761
8 ай бұрын
Why is it always "complicated" when you need to criticise Israel based on facts?
@iluvmuusic
10 ай бұрын
Nothing controversial here. Just plain common sense. Your qualifying this as "controversial" speaks volumes.
@touchoflight124
10 ай бұрын
The author himself calls it the most controversial...do you know how to listen?
@iluvmuusic
10 ай бұрын
@@touchoflight124 Thanks for making my point.
@touchoflight124
10 ай бұрын
@@iluvmuusic You're blaming lex for labelling this as maybe one of his most controversial books, yet John mearsheimer says it's not a maybe it's obviously so. How does this make your point? Mearsheimer disagrees with you
@Luther_Luffeigh
10 ай бұрын
It’s career ending…which also speaks volume
@MikeJones-mf2fw
10 ай бұрын
@touchoflight124 Wow, so he basically captain obvious with zero solutions aka just another talking head that's saying nothing of substance. This is not an impressive conversation with Lex. No real solution other than what the common pleb can spew out.
@Mostafa-rq9rm
10 ай бұрын
"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.
@darienkinne1347
10 ай бұрын
“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.”)
@nameberry220
10 ай бұрын
Saved.
@robbiedubbelman3024
9 ай бұрын
So let's get rid of Netanyahu and Hamas both!
@CarnalCarnival
9 ай бұрын
"controlled opposition."
@cyanofelis
9 ай бұрын
The truth.
@JGMAZ
9 ай бұрын
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.
@polymathematics5837
5 ай бұрын
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.
@abc0to1
10 ай бұрын
He's a real American patriot. There is a universality to his arguments.
@gillps5130
8 ай бұрын
Truth?
@CompactVibes
10 ай бұрын
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 ..
@amalawad7667
10 ай бұрын
I did notice he was uncomfortable asking the questions. I was thinking will this damage his career.
@malikarif8398
10 ай бұрын
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
@maverickmo8976
10 ай бұрын
@@malikarif8398what is J street?
@dannymenz_1
10 ай бұрын
Very true.
@soumias04
10 ай бұрын
Exactly! He was so not at ease,to me he didn't like what john was saying at all!
@javierjp8549
3 ай бұрын
Imagine paying taxes just for your money to go to a RICH country to fund war crimes. America at its finest
@Eric-zo8wo
10 ай бұрын
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
@thinkbeforeyoutype7106
10 ай бұрын
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
@FM-kl3iu
10 ай бұрын
Thanks
@jonjoni8
10 ай бұрын
@@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?
@tommyeschung
10 ай бұрын
It becomes a conspiracy when you add Epstein and his activities into the mix
@VimFuegoScorpio
10 ай бұрын
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
@JoelLopez-dh9cn
10 ай бұрын
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.
@ruthcrites
9 ай бұрын
Well written
@Thinking04
9 ай бұрын
Truth
@CuddleStories
10 ай бұрын
I'm really surprised Lex even allowed this type of discussion.
@SlipMahoneyBowery
10 ай бұрын
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.
@thecarlob_007
10 ай бұрын
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.
@mikexhotmail
10 ай бұрын
@@thecarlob_007Pretodollar is a pretty important jigsaw 🧩
@jsmith8168
10 ай бұрын
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.
@Cheeched
10 ай бұрын
You didn't learn anything from ww2 if you're still supporting jews.
@nuqwestr
10 ай бұрын
@@thecarlob_007 Read Eisenhower's full speech, he made it clear it is required.
@gillps5130
8 ай бұрын
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.
@peacewithyou503
10 ай бұрын
At last, the truth that no one dared discus. Like who runs Hollywood?
@nameme5280
10 ай бұрын
Well, Kanye tried and got cancelled
@Cheeched
10 ай бұрын
@@nameme5280 And lex and the other js on utube support it.
@federalreservebrown2507
10 ай бұрын
and Elon is next@@nameme5280
@nuqwestr
10 ай бұрын
"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.
@nuqwestr
10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@Licardo7
10 ай бұрын
Lex “it’s complicated” Friedman. Lmao but for real, glad Lex is putting people like John on his platform.
@mostlypeacefulguntraining
9 ай бұрын
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.
@Sp-iw2sq
9 ай бұрын
Mearsheimer is so kind otherwise would have told him 'WTF are you trying to say?'
@archerberenson6355
7 ай бұрын
@@mostlypeacefulguntraining Remember how he said that anti-semitism can sometimes be a "great silencer"? Yeah bro, you're an actual anti semite lol
@jockost.maritz1096
10 ай бұрын
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.
@tayrowell
8 ай бұрын
Mearsheimer's book is outstanding and completely eye-opening.
@orange.cyanide
10 ай бұрын
thank you Lex for doing this ❤ this is so important for the world to move forward.
@Hwillijonl
9 ай бұрын
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.
@seanohare5488
6 ай бұрын
So true
@blueblack3591
4 ай бұрын
Good point
@SyndicShadow
4 ай бұрын
we're not allowed to criticize brown people and jews
@HodaElsyed
10 ай бұрын
Finally someone speaks the truth in a brainwashed society 👏
@wonderwinder1
9 ай бұрын
The Lobby is BRIBERY. ALL OF IT.
@bruceheadrick9469
5 ай бұрын
Spot on
@albaalex3040
10 ай бұрын
Thank you John Mearsheimer
@MikeJones-mf2fw
10 ай бұрын
For what?
@moisuomi
10 ай бұрын
John Meyersheymer is antisemitic
@aman176
10 ай бұрын
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.
@Oscarlevy1992
4 ай бұрын
And that was proof these Justices are part of the Zionist machine.
@davefroman4700
10 ай бұрын
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.
@nuqwestr
10 ай бұрын
there is nothing in our society that prevents criticism of Israel. Lex just proved that.
@davefroman4700
10 ай бұрын
@@nuqwestr Yeah go check. They are already attacking him for it.
@xerke
10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@johnfulham5606
2 ай бұрын
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!
@peterjobovic3406
10 ай бұрын
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.
@SuperTatigo
10 ай бұрын
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.
@tjc4085
10 ай бұрын
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
@tommyeschung
10 ай бұрын
Very astute
@SenorJoeBiden
9 ай бұрын
On the last point, Jew haters are responsible for their hatred and no one else.
@cyanofelis
9 ай бұрын
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.
@mouradbsiri3822
10 ай бұрын
JOHN remains a renowned and wise worldwide reference in Geopolitics. That's confirmed in all his debates/ interviews.
@stream2watch
10 ай бұрын
He is a flippin´moron when it comes to Putin. His inconsistency is legendary. He is only a reference for ko oks.
@schott43
4 ай бұрын
22 states Have passed an OATH OF ALLIGIENCE TO Israel. That's how strong they are in the US
@JerryJanoff
3 ай бұрын
No state has passed an "oath of allgience to Israel"
@4thbranch834
10 ай бұрын
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!
@chronicskeptic
10 ай бұрын
He is the professor of my professor. It's always great to listen to him.
@predator1124
10 ай бұрын
Great interview and info. Giving the silenced a voice. Slot of respect to you Lex
@karlheven8328
10 ай бұрын
Yep. I always have lots of respect to jews who allow for and do criticize their own group.
@Sp-iw2sq
9 ай бұрын
@@karlheven8328Mearsheimer is criticizing. Lex is trying to spin it....
@kom17
8 ай бұрын
bribery and corruption in USA is referred to as lobbyism
@inigomontoya8943
10 ай бұрын
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.
@jenghiskhan69
10 ай бұрын
“The apartheid nation crys in pain as they strike”
@donaldquirk7801
10 ай бұрын
Most nation states are ethno states with the exception of the US.
@metalflames4
10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@husskiii
10 ай бұрын
@joeysinde1340misusing the definition of genocide to fit a ridiculous narrative😂
@nuqwestr
10 ай бұрын
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.
@ishay777777777
10 ай бұрын
Apartheid It’s sad how clueless you are
@ssheik004
10 ай бұрын
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
10 ай бұрын
FALSE no lobby is advocating for the death of children. That's irrational to say so.
@Kach.
7 ай бұрын
John is the smartest guy I've ever listened to Hands down
@adamesd3699
10 ай бұрын
There is a difference between an American interest group and an interest group working for a foreign country.
@nuqwestr
10 ай бұрын
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.
@adamesd3699
10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@vmoses1979
10 ай бұрын
@@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
10 ай бұрын
@@vmoses1979 France has a lobbying group which is not registered. French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)
@vmoses1979
10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@CuriosityIgnited
10 ай бұрын
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?
@JP-tq7ni
10 ай бұрын
Good point
@moebetta08
10 ай бұрын
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.
@luism5514
10 ай бұрын
You also have to factor in intelligence agency blackmail here ie what do you think Jeffrey Epstein was?
@vmoses1979
10 ай бұрын
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.
@ChiefShaddy
10 ай бұрын
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.
@iraqitiger9
10 ай бұрын
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.
@nuqwestr
10 ай бұрын
Norman has no credibility, he speak nonsense. If all you know is from Norman, you are grossly ignorant.
@nuqwestr
10 ай бұрын
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.
@samara6041
10 ай бұрын
Yes I agree!
@greggg4x
6 ай бұрын
Norm would have been killed on October 7
@jl8410
10 ай бұрын
Mearsheimer and Walt’s book “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy” should be required reading. It was immediately met with accusations of antisemitism despite their repeated emphasis that 50% of the Lobby, at least, is non-Jewish. People defensively revert to citing Jewishness rather than Zionism, which is a big difference.
@ruthokelley5833
10 ай бұрын
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!
@nuqwestr
10 ай бұрын
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.
@ruthokelley5833
10 ай бұрын
@@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!
@Bamboodonutz
10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@nuqwestr
10 ай бұрын
@@BamboodonutzThe Uganda plan was made by the Zionist congress in 1903 and was never anything but a paper report. You are misinformed.
@nuqwestr
10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@zareh805
4 ай бұрын
I'm surprised KZitem didn't censor this clip.
@vhufeosqap
4 ай бұрын
Shouldn’t be
@jamesmurphy9426
10 ай бұрын
We live in the age of immature name calling
@aidanjames7773
10 ай бұрын
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.
@LuckyBrady777
10 ай бұрын
Well spoken. Point made!
@omardinhoR9
8 ай бұрын
Wonderful, this professor guy saved me 10 years figuring this out
@kdmc40
10 ай бұрын
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.
@SenorJoeBiden
9 ай бұрын
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.
@farah9109
10 ай бұрын
Excellent discussion. Thank you Lex for creating a space for open discourse in times where silencing is a strong weapon.
@chenxxl
10 ай бұрын
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 .
@moisuomi
10 ай бұрын
John Meyersheymer is antisemitic
@succatash
10 ай бұрын
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.
@TupacAurelius
10 ай бұрын
@@succatashlobbies are special interest groups that have monopoly’s, they are cartels that destroy democracy
@hakuofthesand
10 ай бұрын
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!
@hakuofthesand
10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@as.tel.star.9
8 ай бұрын
Enormous influence? The lobby practically runs the country 😂
@Age_of_Apocalypse
10 ай бұрын
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!". 🤦♂😥
@lewisgann280
10 ай бұрын
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.
@LosAngelesJedi
10 ай бұрын
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?
@moisuomi
10 ай бұрын
John Meyersheymer is antisemitic
@seanmtak7573
10 ай бұрын
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
@raevj
10 ай бұрын
Not really…many respect the Founding Fathers & the Second Amendment…That has NOTHING to do with the NRA.
@fariwah4770
10 ай бұрын
Hope KZitem continues to not block real information and let the people know the truth
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