Jeffrey Sachs

religious zealots, I would use even stronger terms, who use The book of Joshua, which is 2,700 years ago, that said, well, God gave us everything from the river in Egypt, meaning the Nile, to the Euphrates. And there are zealots in Israel, and they're in the government, who believe, yes, this is God's ordinance. We're going to take whatever we want.

religious zealots, I would use even stronger terms, who use The book of Joshua, which is 2,700 years ago, that said, well, God gave us everything from the river in Egypt, meaning the Nile, to the Euphrates. And there are zealots in Israel, and they're in the government, who believe, yes, this is God's ordinance. We're going to take whatever we want.

Well, if you take the greater view of this, it would include Lebanon. It would include Syria. It would include part of Iraq. It would include part of Egypt. And some of these people actually quote the Bible and say, we're going to do this. And it's a little sad. Yeah. Absolutely terribly frightening.

Well, if you take the greater view of this, it would include Lebanon. It would include Syria. It would include part of Iraq. It would include part of Egypt. And some of these people actually quote the Bible and say, we're going to do this. And it's a little sad. Yeah. Absolutely terribly frightening.

Well, if you take the greater view of this, it would include Lebanon. It would include Syria. It would include part of Iraq. It would include part of Egypt. And some of these people actually quote the Bible and say, we're going to do this. And it's a little sad. Yeah. Absolutely terribly frightening.

But I'd say the more narrow vision is what they call from the river to the sea, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean. That's taken as a pro-Palestinian chant, but it's exactly the opposite. It is the greater Israel literal vision of Israel. the government of Israel. It's the literal idea. There happened to be 7 million Palestinians there. That's a minor problem.

But I'd say the more narrow vision is what they call from the river to the sea, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean. That's taken as a pro-Palestinian chant, but it's exactly the opposite. It is the greater Israel literal vision of Israel. the government of Israel. It's the literal idea. There happened to be 7 million Palestinians there. That's a minor problem.

But I'd say the more narrow vision is what they call from the river to the sea, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean. That's taken as a pro-Palestinian chant, but it's exactly the opposite. It is the greater Israel literal vision of Israel. the government of Israel. It's the literal idea. There happened to be 7 million Palestinians there. That's a minor problem.

Maybe they can be ethnically cleansed. Maybe they can be thrown out. Maybe they can just be ruled in a military dominant way. Of course, probably well over 100,000 have been killed in the most recent war by Israel. Official count, 45,000 of bodies claimed from the rubble, but we know that there are a lot more that have died since this war in Gaza began. But all of this is to say...

Maybe they can be ethnically cleansed. Maybe they can be thrown out. Maybe they can just be ruled in a military dominant way. Of course, probably well over 100,000 have been killed in the most recent war by Israel. Official count, 45,000 of bodies claimed from the rubble, but we know that there are a lot more that have died since this war in Gaza began. But all of this is to say...

Maybe they can be ethnically cleansed. Maybe they can be thrown out. Maybe they can just be ruled in a military dominant way. Of course, probably well over 100,000 have been killed in the most recent war by Israel. Official count, 45,000 of bodies claimed from the rubble, but we know that there are a lot more that have died since this war in Gaza began. But all of this is to say...

This greater Israel idea says we can't make peace with the Palestinians. So anyone that supports the Palestinians is by definition a mortal threat to us. And when you have a mortal threat, you must destroy it. And so this is the opposite of diplomacy. It's war. And as Netanyahu crowed last week, it's war to remake the Middle East.

This greater Israel idea says we can't make peace with the Palestinians. So anyone that supports the Palestinians is by definition a mortal threat to us. And when you have a mortal threat, you must destroy it. And so this is the opposite of diplomacy. It's war. And as Netanyahu crowed last week, it's war to remake the Middle East.

This greater Israel idea says we can't make peace with the Palestinians. So anyone that supports the Palestinians is by definition a mortal threat to us. And when you have a mortal threat, you must destroy it. And so this is the opposite of diplomacy. It's war. And as Netanyahu crowed last week, it's war to remake the Middle East.

It's all spelled out, by the way, in very clear ways, but you have to dig for them. You have to find them. You have to understand that this is longstanding. You have to understand that each president has played differently. So when we come back to Obama, he started the war with Syria in 2011. I can remember actually vividly the call that Assad must go. And, yeah, I did scratch my head.

It's all spelled out, by the way, in very clear ways, but you have to dig for them. You have to find them. You have to understand that this is longstanding. You have to understand that each president has played differently. So when we come back to Obama, he started the war with Syria in 2011. I can remember actually vividly the call that Assad must go. And, yeah, I did scratch my head.

It's all spelled out, by the way, in very clear ways, but you have to dig for them. You have to find them. You have to understand that this is longstanding. You have to understand that each president has played differently. So when we come back to Obama, he started the war with Syria in 2011. I can remember actually vividly the call that Assad must go. And, yeah, I did scratch my head.

I was actually—I think it was on Morning Joe when it was said, and I was asked by Joe Scarborough, what do you think? And I said, well, that's pretty odd. How's he going to do that? It turned out it was going to be 13 years of mass war, 300,000 dead, and destroying a country. That's what it turned out to be. But Obama signed an order. called Operation Timber Sycamore. People should look it up.

I was actually—I think it was on Morning Joe when it was said, and I was asked by Joe Scarborough, what do you think? And I said, well, that's pretty odd. How's he going to do that? It turned out it was going to be 13 years of mass war, 300,000 dead, and destroying a country. That's what it turned out to be. But Obama signed an order. called Operation Timber Sycamore. People should look it up.

I was actually—I think it was on Morning Joe when it was said, and I was asked by Joe Scarborough, what do you think? And I said, well, that's pretty odd. How's he going to do that? It turned out it was going to be 13 years of mass war, 300,000 dead, and destroying a country. That's what it turned out to be. But Obama signed an order. called Operation Timber Sycamore. People should look it up.