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Max Blumenthal : The Israel Situation is Worse Than You Think

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Max Blumenthal : The Israel Situation is Worse Than You Think

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The other thing that I would say is that

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over the last three months, twothirds of

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the defensive weapons that have

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protected your homeland have been built

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by American hands and paid for by

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American tax dollars. The problem for

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Israel is not Donald J. Trump. And

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anybody in Israel who thinks their

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biggest problem is the president of the

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United States needs to wake up and smell

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the reality of the situation that

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country is in. Thank you all.

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profound.

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>> Well, he JD Vance is putting forward the

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reality from Washington's perspective,

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which is a perspective that we don't

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actually hear very often from the Trump

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administration, which has been putting

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forward up until this point largely

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Zionist logic and concealing the reality

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of normal international relations. JD

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Vance has exposed the absurdity of the

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US-Issraeli special relationship with

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those comments by uh noting that Israel

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depends unlike possibly any other state

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I can think of in history, maybe like

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Olter or Ireland or something on a

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minority on support

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um on funding on political manipulation

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by a minority group in another country.

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actually the minority of a minority

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group. It's it's, you know, a small

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minority of Jewish Americans who have

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been ponying up the money to basically

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bribe Donald Trump and compel him into

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this war. And Israel can't keep going

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down this road of attacking Donald Trump

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and uh sending its proxies within the

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Republican party, the Mark Levin, the uh

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Mark Dubitzes, the uh Mark Tissson, all

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of these Marks uh against Donald Trump

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without alienating Donald Trump, someone

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who has who's a very mercurial figure

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who has a temper and is very vengeful.

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So JD Vance is threatening with them

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with that. But the contradiction is

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Zionist logic doesn't correspond with

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that reality. Uh according to Zionist

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logic, Israel cannot allow Iran to have

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even ballistic missiles, let alone

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nuclear breakout capacity. That could

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threaten Israel's demographic advantage

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by leading the uh causing a brain drain.

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For example, members of the Ashkanazi

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elite will uh seek residence in Germany

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or move to Cyprus or another country if

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Iran uh g you know solidifies its power

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in the region and potentially forces

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Israel into some sort of negotiations.

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If Iran is successfully able to liberate

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southern Lebanon, Israel loses this

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so-called buffer zone or kill zone that

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it thinks it needs. And then what could

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happen in the West Bank where Israel

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needs its Lebanese realm for its uh

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settler class? Uh what happens if

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resistance factions in the West Bank

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gain access to the FPV drones that

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Hezbollah has been using with such great

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effect? This is the Zionist logic that

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has come up against the hard rocks of

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reality of American power that JD Vance

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is putting forward because Donald Trump

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and Marco Rubio are too afraid actually

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right now to go out there and and and

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make those statements. So this is

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actually a very good moment for JD

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Vance. And just one other quick point,

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notice how he's attacking Idomar Bengir

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and Bezel Smootrich, the the nutcases of

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the Netanyahu coalition. He's a he's

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he's been instructed, I think, not to

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attack Netanyahu directly, but all the

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attacks are being directed by Netanyahu.

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Netanyahu is t has released the hounds

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on Donald Trump. And now the the Marks,

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the Mark Levven, the Mark Duboitzes are

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all exposed because there's no one else

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in MAGA who's standing with them because

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of their loyalty to the president.

Interactive Summary

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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