Max Blumenthal : The Israel Situation is Worse Than You Think
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The other thing that I would say is that
over the last three months, twothirds of
the defensive weapons that have
protected your homeland have been built
by American hands and paid for by
American tax dollars. The problem for
Israel is not Donald J. Trump. And
anybody in Israel who thinks their
biggest problem is the president of the
United States needs to wake up and smell
the reality of the situation that
country is in. Thank you all.
profound.
>> Well, he JD Vance is putting forward the
reality from Washington's perspective,
which is a perspective that we don't
actually hear very often from the Trump
administration, which has been putting
forward up until this point largely
Zionist logic and concealing the reality
of normal international relations. JD
Vance has exposed the absurdity of the
US-Issraeli special relationship with
those comments by uh noting that Israel
depends unlike possibly any other state
I can think of in history, maybe like
Olter or Ireland or something on a
minority on support
um on funding on political manipulation
by a minority group in another country.
actually the minority of a minority
group. It's it's, you know, a small
minority of Jewish Americans who have
been ponying up the money to basically
bribe Donald Trump and compel him into
this war. And Israel can't keep going
down this road of attacking Donald Trump
and uh sending its proxies within the
Republican party, the Mark Levin, the uh
Mark Dubitzes, the uh Mark Tissson, all
of these Marks uh against Donald Trump
without alienating Donald Trump, someone
who has who's a very mercurial figure
who has a temper and is very vengeful.
So JD Vance is threatening with them
with that. But the contradiction is
Zionist logic doesn't correspond with
that reality. Uh according to Zionist
logic, Israel cannot allow Iran to have
even ballistic missiles, let alone
nuclear breakout capacity. That could
threaten Israel's demographic advantage
by leading the uh causing a brain drain.
For example, members of the Ashkanazi
elite will uh seek residence in Germany
or move to Cyprus or another country if
Iran uh g you know solidifies its power
in the region and potentially forces
Israel into some sort of negotiations.
If Iran is successfully able to liberate
southern Lebanon, Israel loses this
so-called buffer zone or kill zone that
it thinks it needs. And then what could
happen in the West Bank where Israel
needs its Lebanese realm for its uh
settler class? Uh what happens if
resistance factions in the West Bank
gain access to the FPV drones that
Hezbollah has been using with such great
effect? This is the Zionist logic that
has come up against the hard rocks of
reality of American power that JD Vance
is putting forward because Donald Trump
and Marco Rubio are too afraid actually
right now to go out there and and and
make those statements. So this is
actually a very good moment for JD
Vance. And just one other quick point,
notice how he's attacking Idomar Bengir
and Bezel Smootrich, the the nutcases of
the Netanyahu coalition. He's a he's
he's been instructed, I think, not to
attack Netanyahu directly, but all the
attacks are being directed by Netanyahu.
Netanyahu is t has released the hounds
on Donald Trump. And now the the Marks,
the Mark Levven, the Mark Duboitzes are
all exposed because there's no one else
in MAGA who's standing with them because
of their loyalty to the president.
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The transcript explores JD Vance's recent comments regarding the US-Israel relationship, highlighting a shift in rhetoric that emphasizes Israel's heavy dependence on American funding and military support. It discusses the tension between this reality and 'Zionist logic,' suggesting that while Israel relies on US backing, its internal political strategies—such as attacking Donald Trump through various proxies—risk alienating a mercurial leader. The discussion also touches upon the strategic challenges Israel faces in the region, particularly regarding Iran, Hezbollah, and the potential impact on its security and demographic stability.
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