The Escalating Crisis in the Middle East (w/ John Mearsheimer) | The Chris Hedges Report

Support my independent journalism at Substack: https://chrishedges.substack.com/ Follow me on social media: https://linktr.ee/chrishedges Decades of Islamophobia, relentless propaganda campaigns and heavily financed lobbying efforts have made it difficult to understand the political realities of the Middle East. John Mearsheimer, prominent political scientist, University of Chicago professor and self-proclaimed realist, has consistently demonstrated the courage and ability to bypass the noise, delivering honest and well-informed analysis on global affairs. He joins host Chris Hedges on this episode of The Chris Hedges Report to lay out what’s happening in the Middle East, from Israel’s genocide in Gaza to its escalating attacks on Lebanon and Iran. (0:00) Intro (1:24) The Israel lobby (3:34) Consequences of Israel’s incursion (6:20) Israel is in deep trouble (8:48) Can Israel achieve its goals? (11:30) The Israelis need us in the fight (13:40) How Israel is working against us (17:05) Iran and US don’t want war (19:34) Why does Israel want war with Iran? (22:02) The constraints of Israel’s air power (26:16) Uniting Muslims through genocide (TIKTOK) (28:04) What’s happening in Israel? (33:36) Will Israel exist in the future? (36:22) The problem with the Israel lobby (40:15) How will things escalate with Iran? (45:28) Will Israel attack Iran’s nuclear facilities? (49:10) Outro