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John J. Mearsheimer has weighed in on characterizing what Israel is doing against the Palestinians.

"I do not believe that anything I say about what is happening in Gaza will affect Israeli or American policy in that conflict. But I want to be on record so that when historians look back on this moral calamity, they will see that some Americans were on the right side of history.

What Israel is doing in Gaza to the Palestinian civilian population – with the support of the Biden administration – is a crime against humanity that serves no meaningful military purpose. As J-Street, an important organization in the Israel lobby, puts it, β€œThe scope of the unfolding humanitarian disaster and civilian casualties is nearly unfathomable.”

Let me elaborate [...]"

source: https://mearsheimer.substack.com/p/death-and-destruction-in-...




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