In part 1, I have explained the position of Gideon Levy who has been covering the occupation for decades. He emphasized that Israel is an apartheid state, and the Israel lobby in the US is causing situation to get worse both for US and Israel.

In this part, I would like to see how political science professors in elite US Universities look at this.

To the intellectuals who seek truth and expose lies, I would like to introduce prof. John Mearsheimer (University of Chicago). He has been described as the most influential realist of his generation.

In his book, the Israel lobby and US foreign policy, I grabbed the following summary (I also got the book so can highlight later some important parts in depth)

“Mearsheimer and Walt describe in clear and bold terms the remarkable level of material and diplomatic support that the United States provides to Israel and argues that this support cannot be fully explained on either strategic or moral grounds. This exceptional relationship is due largely to the political influence of a loose coalition of individuals and organizations that actively work to shape U.S. foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction. They provocatively contend that the lobby has a far-reaching impact on America’s posture throughout the Middle East- in Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, and toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict-and the policies it has encouraged are in neither America’s national interest nor Israel’s long-term interest.”

Here are also couple of interesting debates/lectures by Prof. John Mearsheimer.

I suggest you start with them in order:

https://youtu.be/62FCVJycwSA?si=JfheAmmhR-loJSmZ

https://youtu.be/MxSCe5U6qyY?si=QHQ-88kHzfYFGbgR

https://youtu.be/RTksWA1I2UI?si=OiiG_6DJNOH7hSo_

https://youtu.be/k8Mgdm_6-e0?si=DMrqig0rOi8cru14

I also urge all intellectuals to dig into this topic in depth because it is not just about Palestine. The more you dig you will realize that our own foreign policy are affected in a poor way.

Please educate yourself and others, make sure you get engage in future elections across the board and question those being elected on issues that may affect the future of this country and others.

The lobby is only one angle of this issue. There are more other factors (can check previous posts)

Needless to say, you don’t need to believe all what you hear/listen to without questioning and looking into scholars’ opinion from other side. I will try to find some and check their angle. Also, let the intention of all this to be for intellectuals to use their skills to help humanity by looking into the bigger picture of political dynamics.