John Mearsheimer: Hamas Did NOT Kill 1200 Civilians on Oct. 7th

John Mearsheimer: Hamas Did NOT Kill 1200 Civilians on Oct. 7th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NiJqduiBvA

Political scientist John Mearsheimer and Palestinian-American writer and activist Susan Abulhawa break down how Israeli firepower, propaganda, and the Hannibal Doctrine shaped the real story of October 7 — a version almost no one in Western media discusses.

00:00 Susan Abulhawa talks October 7 and media narratives
01:50 How Israeli helicopters and the Hannibal Doctrine shaped the real death toll
03:43 Mearsheimer on Israel’s panic, firepower, and killing its own civilians
06:39 The breakout from Gaza concentration camp

Susan Abulhawa is a Palestinian-American writer and activist whose novels, including Mornings in Jenin and Against the Loveless World, have been translated into dozens of languages and widely acclaimed. She is also the founder of Playgrounds for Palestine and the Palestine Writes literary festival.

John J. Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and a leading realist scholar of international relations. A West Point graduate and former U.S. Air Force officer, he is the author of numerous influential works on U.S. foreign policy and power politics.