Russell Brand On Gabor Mate's Demonizing Israel, It's A Beautiful.... Genocide

Gabor Mate does not live in Israel and never lived in Israel. Russell Brand uses Gabor Mate to communicate the disdain and contempt Russell Brand has for Israel. Gabor Mate is a leftist from a Jewish and holocaust background spewing propaganda and untruths that gives cover to Russell Brand, a non Jewish leftist that despises Israel but does not want to appear anti-Semitic. Like many anti Israel leftists living in the comfort of Canada or the United States, Gabor Mate waxes on endlessly about how terrible is Israel. The life Gabor Mate has lived in Canada is nothing like the experience of many Israelis that originated from lands across the middle east and Africa, where many were ethnically cleansed. These Jews and their descendants form the majority population of Israel. Their experience, and the experience of many Israelis is very different than that of a North American man living a priviledged, soft life. 

Gabor Mate is not the only man from a Jewish background safe in the comfort of North America that thinks his Jewishness or a connection to the holocaust provides a special license to condemn Israel. These people pontificate endlessly about how horrible is Israel, as though every other nation on the planet is without flaw, and as though Israel does not face real threats to its very existence. Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, Iran, the hundreds of thousands of missiles and rockets aimed at Israel from all sides, the incitement and daily effort to kill Israelis, the suicide bombers Hamas would once again send into Israel from Gaza if given half a chance, renders shallow the feigned anger and tears from the many leftists that despise Israel. The many people raped, tortured and slaughtered by brutal regimes and terrorist organizations are off the radar for these leftists whose concern for humanity does not reach beyond their demonize Israel obsession. Fascism, rape, brutality, torture, sexual enslavement, other enslavement, brainwashing children to be violent religious fanatics, and murder are perfectly fine to these leftists just as long as it has nothing to do with Israel or the west.

There is a huge difference between legitimate criticism of Israel and wanting Israel destroyed. Legitimate criticism of Israel does not give a pass to Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, Iran and the others that are determined to destroy Israel. Those that want Israel destroyed demonize Israel and excuse or glorify its enemies. 

If the destroy Israel crowd gets what it wants - no Israel- then hundreds of thousands of lives, if not millions, will be senselessly lost. It will not only be Israelis that are slaughtered. Countless people will be killed and maimed on all sides. 

Gabor Mate's distorted narratives, demonization, inciting hate and untrue anti-Israel propaganda are not beautiful, as Russell Brand enthusiastically states. Demonizing Israel and seeking its destruction means genocide and nothing less.

Many North American and Australian leftists are perfectly comfortable living on lands stolen from native people, yet are quick to incorrectly condemn Israel for the very things that do form the nations on which these leftists live. These leftists are too soft and comfortable to leave these lands and return them to the original native peoples. Their concept of justice is always about actions that other people must take, not themselves. Hypocrisy is not part of their vocabulary.

Instead of the usual parade of priviledged leftists living in the comfort of North America and the west, Jewish or not, it is rare to see an actual interview with an Israeli that knows first hand the reality of being Jewish in one of the many middle east and African nations from where most Israelis descended and cannot return. Places like Iraq, Iran, Algeria, Egypt, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Libya, Jordan and more. These Jews and their descendants know that their back is to the wall, and that if Israel is destroyed, they have nowhere to go. Unlike priviledged leftists living in safe places, they know that the calls for genocide coming from Hamas, Iran, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad and others are real. 

The only way to end this long standing conflict is not by distorted narratives, inciting hatred, and demonization. It is by doing everything possible to get the different sides to accept the humanity and existence of the other, and to reject war and terror and instead embrace tolerance and mutual acceptance.