‘Dream’ of the Jewish state overshadowed by ‘nightmare’ imposed on Palestinians

Adolf Goebbels
Published on Nov 29, 2023
Holocaust survivor and physician Dr Gabor Maté says he can’t believe in the “dream” of the Jewish state because of the “nightmare” imposed on Palestinians.

Dr Maté is a Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor who says he used to consider himself a Zionist, but no longer does because of the “occupation” the Palestinians have faced for the last 80 years.

“Israel has the right to defend itself – every country does, but Israel has no right to impose an occupation on people,” he told Sky News Australia host Piers Morgan.

“Mostly when we talk about Israel’s right of defence, we are taking isolated Palestinian actions, but we are not saying that this population also has the right to defend against an occupation.

“I’m not justifying the terrible events of October 7; I’m talking in the absence of historical awareness it all just looks like Israel defending itself.

“Unless we know that, it all looks like this poor little country trying to defend itself, but against whom? Against people it has been occupying and displacing for 80 years?

“I wish I could believe in the dream of the Jewish state – I love that dream – except I found out at what price, at what nightmare that imposed on the Palestinians.”