The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad


My Thoughts on the Unfolding Realities in Israel (The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad_592)

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Gad Saad
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Golda Meir

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Gad Saad reflects on the tragic events that took place in Israel this morning, and quotes from Golda Meir, who was the Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974, that perfectly capture the reality that is unfolding.

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00:00:00.440 Hi everybody, this is Gad Saad. Earlier this morning I woke up to the tragic realities that are unfolding in Israel.
00:00:09.420 Some of you may know that my father comes from a family of 11 children, my mother from a family of 7 children,
00:00:17.300 many of whom left many years ago Lebanon and moved to Israel because of the difficulties that Jews increasingly faced throughout the Middle East,
00:00:27.940 but certainly including in Lebanon, which was perhaps a slightly more tolerant society until it isn't.
00:00:38.580 Even my grandparents, my paternal grandparents moved to Israel in 1970, I believe.
00:00:45.500 So I have family all over Israel till today.
00:00:48.640 You probably can't think of a town or city where there isn't some kin presence of mine.
00:00:54.980 And so it's of course a difficult period because you want to make sure that all your loved ones are safe,
00:01:02.240 albeit of course any loss of innocent life, even those that you don't know is tragic on any side of any conflict.
00:01:10.460 I won't hash here the reality of what is driving what took place today.
00:01:17.880 I've weighed in countless other contexts, chapters 1, 6, and 7 of The Parasitic Mind.
00:01:26.140 I get into some of the reasons that would fully and completely explain why the reality is unfolding.
00:01:35.580 The current reality that's unfolding in Israel is unfolding in the manner that it is and has been for many, many years,
00:01:42.280 but it has been actually for 1,400 years.
00:01:45.520 But in any case, all I'm going to do right now is read two quotes from Golda Meir,
00:01:50.540 who was the Prime Minister of Israel from, I think, 1969 to 1974.
00:01:57.060 There are two quotes that are very poignant that perfectly capture what the reality is.
00:02:04.800 So here we go.
00:02:05.460 If the Palestinians lay down their weapons, there will be peace. 0.99
00:02:11.100 If the Israelis lay down their weapons, there will be a massacre. 0.69
00:02:15.660 That's quote one.
00:02:16.980 And quote two, peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us.
00:02:24.300 End quote.
00:02:26.700 My thoughts are with everybody that is going through a very difficult time.
00:02:30.640 I wish you all a good weekend.
00:02:32.700 Cheers.