Professor John Mearsheimer advises against Israeli ground invasions or ongoing bombing in Gaza

Professor John Mearsheimer advises against Israeli ground invasions or ongoing bombing in Gaza, citing Palestinian civilian casualties enraging the Arab world and jeopardizing Western support. Moreover, eradicating Hamas would likely create a more radicalized replacement group.

"I think the Israelis have come to realize that this is not a smart idea, going into Gaza and trying to eliminate Hamas will cause more trouble than it's worth. And then, in the end, even if you were to eradicate Hamas, you'd get a new radicalized group in its place, you're not going to solve the problem with military force. This is a political problem...

They're in a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation because if they don't go in Hamas lives to fight another day. And they're well armed, and they're going to continue to cause problems.

Then, if they don't go in, they bomb Gaza. But this is a total disaster, not only because, from a human point of view, from a human rights point of view, just seeing civilians killed is an absolutely horrible thing. But also, it does no good strategically. It doesn't solve the problem.

It just enrages people inside the Palestinian world inside the Arab world. And it even loses support over time for Israel in the West. So bombing is no solution either. So, the Israelis are really between a rock and a hard place. I don't know what they do to fix the problem. And this gets back to my earlier point that the solution to this was a two-state solution."

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