Jeffrey Sachs: US Is FOOLING Europe Into Another War

Interview Part 2 of 2. Firtz Edlinger interviews Jeffrey Sachs on the horrific crimes against the Palestinians. Sachs explains his peace plan, the root cause of the conflict and the responsibility of the United States in enabling the ethnic cleansing of the Gaza strip.

All necessary measures have been on the table for a long time. There is no need for a new international process but for concrete implementation under international leadership. The two conflicting parties are unable to find a solution on their own. The leadership should unquestionably rest in the hands of the United Nations, which should decide, as a first concrete step, to admit the state of Palestine as a full member. Following that, the war in and around Gaza should be ended as quickly as possible, with international peacekeeping forces monitoring and ensuring it.

A crucial component of the Sachs Plan involves establishing a "UN Reconstruction and Sustainable Development Funds" with a proposed budget of at least 160 billion USD. It is intended to be primarily financed by a significant reduction in international military expenditures.

Jeffrey Sachs recognizes the need for a radical shift in U.S. Israeli and Middle East policy. He sees potential for this change, as the U.S. population increasingly disagrees with their government's aggressive foreign policy, supported by numerous opinion polls. He hopes that this pressure, combined with actions from the international community (given that a large majority of UN member states support the immediate admission of Palestine to the United Nations), will compel the U.S. administration to break free from the influence of powerful lobbies in Washington. From Europe, he hopes for a distancing from the growing dependence on the U.S.

In conclusion, it is a logical and well-thought-out plan, lacking only one thing: the necessary courage from the international community to finally address a concrete solution to the longest-standing unresolved international problem. The overwhelming majority of the international community is, however, ready for such a solution.

[sylviam]

Europe has become a spineless embarrassment.

[heritageosiki]

He is 200% right, Europe is just going the wrong direction

[anttiheiskala]

Professor Sachs is exactly right. It's really sad, horrible, what the US is doing to Europe, and making money doing it.

[anthonyhon]

If the west has more scholars like Prof Jeffrey Sachs who can speak out bravely, the world would be more peaceful and all mankind would be more fortunate than present.
Many thanks to Prof. Jeffrey Sachs !
👏👏👍👍🌹🌹🤝🤝

[celtic]

Excruciatingly painful truth for Europe's leaders. A call to its people to stop being cringing vassals. Thanks professor.

[christinepeach]

Mr. Sachs, Thank You for working so hard to stop these terrible wars and massacre in Gaza. I am a nobody and I have NO power to do anything to make the killing stop. I am Very Grateful to you for traveling around the World to speak with people who can make this killing stop. I send you strength, gratitude and the correct words to be heard!

[georgebrowne]

Ireland 🇮🇪 has always been an Honourable Country with Great Humanity.
The EU knows this only too well.

[TorMax]

Dutchman in Amsterdam here, European politicians and press don't dare to say a peep about the US blowing up our Nord Stream pipeline. Nord Stream is 9% Dutch, 9% French, 31% German and 51% Russian. We all need it for clean, inexpensive, dependable energy. A huge investment. A friendly multilateral undertaking.

Even our "environmentalists" are silent. Blowing up Nord Stream is catastrophic for the climate. The largest single methane release ever recorded.

A slap in the face from the US.

Pathetic that our politicians and press and environmentalists are too cowered to stand up for the people they are supposed to represent and to inform and to protect.

Because of much higher energy costs due to the sabotage, our elderly and people on a tight budget now have to decide between eat or heat.

Thanks State Department! Thanks Neocons! We won't forget this. Perhaps we need to find better friends. Perhaps we need to rebalance the whole situation and bring Russia into the fold.

Who's running the US? Have they no sense of consequences? Allies alienated. Enemies emboldened. Losing influence around the globe. C'mon, US! You can do better than this!

Who's running Europe? C'mon, Europe! We can do better than this!

Peace on earth and goodwill towards all people of good conscience.

[erikstekelenburg]

Spain has taken the lead by refusing to go the Red Sea and stated against the atrocities of Israel. It's getting interesting here.

[Diquydiq]

You really know what the irony is of it all: Israel by itself is more respected and listen to by the US, than all of the EU, the UK, and the rest of it put together! For instance, Israel does not have to be a NATO member, to be the most respect NATO member for the US! Which European NATO member would ever get the backing that the US provides for Israel: none! It is even fair to claim that both the US and Israel are just the same thing! Israel is even more important to the US, than the US itself for itself!

[perlefisker]

Mr. Sachs is right - as always. I regard him a very important beacon in these dark times. Unfortunately, it only adds to the depression that this deeply competent man isn't being listened to. Has his clear and insightful speech in the UN had any effect? Does it matter that criminal politicians became unpopular? There are still here, Blair, Cameron, Rasmussen.
I deeply admire - and envy - people with hope and optimism. I urge Mr. Sachs not to lose faith, as I did.

[SherKhan-iggs]

The more you listen to Professor Jeffrey Sachs, the more you respect him for his views, his practical solutions for the geopolitical ills, his person; God Bless him and his family, amen 🤲

[prakash_rai]

My best professor Mr Jeffery and former Australian Paul Keating this two man very wise person 👍🙏

[somaranjitkumar]

America is making money at the expense of European countries

[louise_rose]

I agree with most of his reasoning, but the EU of the last 10-15 years mostly is the kind of EU that Washington wanted, rich but politically weak and malleable for Big Brother Uncle Sam. The EU has become more and more entwined with NATO, but in NATO the top dogs are the US and UK, none of which are part of the EU or even see themselves as "European" in any deeper sense - so mainland Europe really has handed over control over much of its strategic thinking and the choices about its own security to the Anglo-Saxons (more powerful because they have the military clout and are protected by the sea against any kind of regular land invasion). This has become more obvious than ever with the Ukraine war: the Euro elite is in on the side of NATO out of loyalty to the US, rather than because they love Kiev so much...

Honestly it's a kind of Stockholm syndrome of mainland Europe vs its controllers in London and Washington - and this clearly needs to end. I hope we will see some radical changes to the EU in the future (also, the current EU Commission, headed by Ursula and Josip Borrell, pretty much are Washington assets: there isn't much difference between their view of the world and that of Victoria Nuland)

[netavergan]

Professor Jeffrey Sachs I love listening to you. You are one of the few who have common sense and the courage to speak the truth. Thank you. May the year 2024 be favorable to you with health, so that you continue to raise awareness so that we do not fall for political lies. Pozdrav iz Slovenije

[KerrieRedgate]

Jeffrey Sachs continues to be a Voice of Reason in this chaotic, impossible and disheartening world right now.

[AttentionDeficitDemocracy]

Clearheaded and straightforward. This is what we get from Jeffrey Sachs.

[aichael]

Europe politicians also support the israeli politics. The change in their reactions about the war came only after israel killed enough people that gave them the feeling they took their revenge successfully. I will never forget their hypocrisy, never

[domenicamassaro]

As Italian I feel ashamed of the spineless actions of my Government. The economic crisis it threw us in is unbearable. I am waiting the next European Elections to change the leadership.