John Mearsheimer

So I think it was 69% and 31%.

And since then, since October 13th, if you look at the number of protests around the world, 95% have been pro-Palestinian and 5% have been pro-Israel.

And what this tells you is that public opinion around the world has shifted against Israel.

And if you look at some of the demonstrations in places like London and Washington, D.C., it's truly amazing the number of people who are coming out in support of the Palestinians.

And all of this, again, is just to support my point that it was just not smart for Israel to launch this bombing campaign.

Right.

You can make an argument for going after Hamas and doing it in a surgical way or a surgical way as possible.

But that's not what they did.

And again, my point to you is I think that this punishment campaign is not going to work strategically.

In other words, they're not going to beat the Palestinians into submission.

They're not going to finish off Hamas.

And at the same time, by pursuing this strategy, they're doing huge damage to their economy.

reputation around the world.

I think what you're missing here, just in the Israeli case, is that the Israeli government is not interested in a two-state solution.

And you want to remember that Benjamin Netanyahu, who looks very hawkish when you look at him in isolation, doesn't look so hawkish when you look at him compared to the rest of the people in his cabinet, right?

He almost looks like a moderate.

He's got a lot of people who are way out to the right of him.

And these people—and this, of course, includes Netanyahu—are not interested in a two-state solution.

So the question you have to ask yourself is, if you're Benjamin Netanyahu and it's July 7th, late in the—excuse me, October 7th, late in the day—

What do you do?