Jeffrey Sachs
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Now I understand it.
It didn't work.
I'm stopping this, and I'm telling Bibi, you stop this, too.
And...
Could that work?
Well, when Trump said to Netanyahu, stop the bombing of Beirut, we had a demonstration.
It can work.
Could Israel continue the war without the United States?
Basically not for one day.
Could Israel actually survive the global opprobrium?
including the American opprobrium of Israel's extremism, I don't think for one day, actually.
Israel needs to trade.
It needs tourism.
It needs contracts.
It needs finance.
And if Israel's totally, completely a rogue state,
without the American empire backing it, without the American military backing it, without the American intelligence, without the satellite data coming in.
It's not Israel's, it's America's, believe me.
Without all of that, no, Israel cannot do anything on this.
But we bought into the whole package.