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