AMB. Chas Freeman : Israel is Now an American Problem

US unilateral sanctions on Iran2:44

• Chas Freemanassertion

  US sanctions on Iran are unilateral, lack international legal standing, and will backfire by accelerating de-dollarization.

• Chinese Foreign Ministryclip

  China respects international law, rejects unilateral bullying, and will not alter its relations with Iran to please the US.

Trump ignoring US intelligence for Israeli sources8:47

• Chas Freemanassertion

  Trump ignores official US intelligence in favor of informal sources and Israeli officials, resulting in poor judgments on war and peace.

• CIAclip

  The CIA has no confidence in what Mossad is saying regarding Iran.

• Aman (IDF Intelligence)clip

  The IDF's own intelligence group advised the CIA to tell the president not to listen to Mossad.

Israeli threats against Turkey11:27

• Chas Freemanassertion

  Israeli threats against Turkey are campaign rhetoric and threat inflation, not a serious military possibility.

• Tom Barrackclip

  Turkish leadership is concentrating on restraint and is not interested in an adversarial relationship with Israel.

West Bank ethnic cleansing and pogroms20:01

Freeman states that Israel is intensifying efforts to clear the West Bank population, describing the violence as pogroms conducted with the full support of the Ministry of Interior and the military. He claims this aligns with a long-standing objective to replace the Palestinian population with Jewish settlers.

Israel's internal divisions and loss of Western support22:25

Freeman argues that Israel faces grave internal divisions and is losing historic Western support as global opinion shifts to openly criticize Zionism as a racist, expansionist ideology. He notes that while civil war may be unlikely, many Israelis are leaving the country, and there is growing pushback against efforts to suppress free speech regarding Israel's actions.