Gabor Mate: “Gaza occupies my heart!” | The InnerView

Gabor Mate tells Imran Garda that the ongoing war in Gaza has weighed heavily on him. A holocaust survivor and world-renowned expert on trauma, Mate talks about the impact of generational trauma in the conflict as well his journey from being a young Zionist to a critic of Israel and supporter of Palestinian rights.
He also discusses dehumanization, why the legacy of colonialism is a driver of extremism and explores how we can find healing in our “toxic” culture.
Gabor Mate’s website: drgabormate.com/
00:00 Intro
01:06 “I was a Zionist”
02:20 How is the war affecting the children of Gaza?
04:08 Fear as a default human condition
05:07 Linking toxic culture and colonization
06:34 How to deal with dehumanization in the modern age?
08:03 The Iraq war
09:17 Influence of apocalyptic religions
11:04 Role of childhood trauma in the decision-making of world leaders
13:42 “You can only help people who are looking for help”
16:04 Intergenerational trauma
16:50 The Gaza war
17:55 Peace vs. justice
18:57 Global toxic culture
20:26 Lessons from Mate's time in Palliative Care
21:58 Regrets of the dying
23:28 “I am getting there”
24:11 Hello Again
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[@mhmdmhmoudgad6079]

Gabor, chomsky, finklstien, Pappe, Miko peled, and all the jews standing for humanity and justice against their own self interest are all heros of humanity. All respect to u honorable gentlemen.

[@slim1one]

Add Schlaim to the list. Avi Schlaim.

[@marielambert7441]

You forget the egyptian"

[@LauraHalvar]

Dr. Norman Finkelstein ❤

[@mirandasinani5319]

Jeffrey Sachs, John Mearsheimer too

[@Pammi545]

True to the core and many more True humanist

[@christellec1289]

Gaza occupies my heart too.

[@sullykhan3391]

😔😔😔

[@ZelM-hz1ob]

With so much sadness for the people both in Gaza and Westbank I am also angry with the western governments that have been supporting this oppression and aggression and apartheid towards the ppl, they have lived for generations in constant injustice

[@naomideguyane]

@@ZelM-hz1ob I adore Dr Gabor Maté To me he is an Earth angel! But he is too "nice" about the rotten to the bone Politicians who enable & those who execute Genocide & ethnic cleansing! Being traumatized is no excuse for pepetuating these horrors towards a defenseless people! There are not enough heroes! When Susan Sontag was asked WHY she thought the Holocaust was ever possible she anwered : “10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and the remaining 80 percent can be moved in either direction.” Humans are alas so opportunistic & choose the "easy way out' of their higher Self, their conscience! Gideon Levy, to me, is a brave, courageous man, a Jewish HEROE,but he needs many more heroes to help him to wake up that 80% of corruptable humans in his country!!! Gaza occupies my heart too! We all fail as humanity watching a Genocide going on, "live" on TV...It is soul-destroying! Meditating on Peace & Justice for mankind 💔🙏🌿🕊🫒🌎

[@Chuckruu]

And brain

[@Chuckruu]

And Amira Haas

[@roubaissa6996]

That's because he has a heart of gold. As to his children. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@mamavand2503]

As a Muslim, I feel deep respect and gratitude for the Jewish academics who are speaking out against the Israeli state. It takes a lot of courage for anyone to speak out, let alone for Jewish people.

[@norbertgeorge7700]

Amen 🙏🏽

[@evelynejoseph1958]

You're right my dear.

[@Traffic2015]

Shalom ❤😘 Shalom.... Love my Arab brothers.... I am a Jew.... Arabs and Muslims have given me nothing but love 😚

[@0321Katie]

As a regular human living somewhere where it does not matter to my well being, I like to hear this too. What I also like to hear is Muslims who condemn Hamas. If all Jews were like Gabor and all Muslims condemned Hamas and terrorism we would have peace at least in the middle east. Sad.

[@Chuckruu]

Because not a Muslim war so all non Zionist humans will speak out. These brave people are non Zionist Jews who know it is about land not religion.

[@futuredoc7303]

Utmost respect for Dr. Gabor Mate and his sons, Aaron and Daniel Mate. People with the highest degree of integrity.

[@mariahewitt9787]

Stephen Kapos, 87 year old Holocaust Survivor is also a very Honourable gentleman, and he's Hungarian too.

[@mariondowney4103]

He also has a daughter with whom he does a lot of KZbin discussions about these issues

[@Tech-Corner2023]

@@mariondowney4103 I think that is daughter in law. Daniel Mate's wife.

[@dangeorge1721]

Gabor Mate,our former family doctor in Vancouver..👍

[@tildus5]

What was he like? I am from Hungary and I am really interested in it.

[@Mavi-de2mv]

Lucky you ❤

[@adelmomarietta3964]

Gabor Mate and the rest of the Jew haters. Such a drippy lot.

[@LuckyFruitRacing]

​@@adelmomarietta3964being against abhorrent violence (genocide) doesn't make you a "Jew-hater". The state of Israel and their interests has nothing to do with Judaism. It's a political power- not a religious one, despite what intentions may have been 75+ years ago

[@robynhope219]

Not well liked by fellow docs.​@@tildus5

[@MerrilyMerrilyMerrily]

This is true for billions of people across the world. ‘Gaza’ is our waking thought, followed by enmity, tears, frustration and loathing for our pathetic, corrupt, evil rulers.

[@afrozgauhar4270]

so true.

[@ivywild628]

When God chose them he chose this Man! NOT the likes of Benjamin Netanyahu

[@amoahable]

Unfortunately there's no such thing as "God chosen people" that was all part of the zio narrative, to brainwash people into believing that they have warship the jew / zionist people. All humans are Gods creation, we are all Gods chosen

[@maishaferdousi4865]

True ,only friends of humanity can ever be rightfully called chosen ones . Gabo r Mat e is a righteous human being.

[@merrilynstanger7241]

You nailed it in few words . I love this man as I had perfect childhood but trauma 15 years ago , I also lost a beautiful woman I was helping , 38 , addiction , she got no love as child ..:,, His psychology is so accurate. A man of substance and the ability to see 3 sides to a story . Bless him . Gaza consumes my sensitive soul .

[@waevataytay]

We need to stop using this lightly ! We are all chosen, the fact that certain ppl n groups think that they r superior is disturbing n then make others pay with blood ! That’s evil n darkness in every word of its sense ! There’s nothing holy about ppl like that !

[@debbirhodes7185]

Palestine has occupied my heart since I went there in 2015, and now Gaza has a special place.

[@user-kk8sw7bs2r]

Did you associate with any terrorists on your visit?

[@astorrian6247]

No she didn't because she didn't go to Israel.

[@lindamartin4079]

I went to Palestine too in 2017. Was welcomed with open arms and fed everywhere i went

[@naimamakhchouni1256]

Gabor thanks for standing with humanity

[@KrisLota]

🤮🤮ANIMALISTINE? HUMAN?😂😂😂

[@norbertgeorge7700]

1937: Haifa massacre 1937: Jerusalem massacre 1938: Haifa massacre 1939: Balad Al Sheikh massacre 1939: Haifa massacre 1947: Haifa massacre 1947: Abassiya massacre 1947: Al-Khisas massacre 1947: Bab Al-Amud massacre 1947: Jerusalem massacre 1947: Sheikh Bureik massacre 1948: Tantura massacre 1948: Jaffa massacre 1948: Deir Yassin 1956: Khan Yunis massacre 1967: Jerusalem massacre 1982: Sabra al-Shatila massacre 1990: Al Aqsa massacre 1994: Ibrahim mosque massacre 2002: Jenin refugee camp massacre 2008: Gaza massacre 2012: Gaza massacre 2014: Gaza massacre 2018: Gaza massacre 2021: Gaza massacre 2023 - ongoing: Gaza genocide

[@magdalen5108]

Gabor maté unfortunately has lost 50,000 followers because his outspoken fearless truth telling. We all.meed to buy his books and follow him and support him.

[@Tech-Corner2023]

I am sure he gained some new ones as well.

[@LizaPolitical]

What an excellent interview! I am always impressed with Gabor maté, but this interviewer met the level required for exposing true insights from this incredible Doctor!

[@annembury3181]

Indeed! The quality of the questions and comments by the interviewer is superb!

[@Lacaracola2301]

It's very hard to find people like this man, he is one in a million, that's the kind of people the world needs!

[@evelynejoseph1958]

You're exactly Correct.

[@g1fcg]

This so resonates with me - I am a 65 year old victim of extreme ongoing childhood abuse - I can really 'feel' the horror and trauma of the Palestinians, it is so analogous to the 'life' I lived where violence and abuse of every kind was 'my normal'!

[@sullykhan3391]

😔😔😔

[@mariatod]

I'm sorry! Hope you're okay now, doing better! 😊

[@KateBates22zabu]

This is the New World Normal as Aaron Bushnell said.

[@norbertgeorge7700]

I hope those wounds can somewhat heal one day 🙏🏽 Wishing you well

[@adelmomarietta3964]

Oh diddums. To all the snowflakes,hi. Don't have a meltdown.

[@haburibenfa3939]

"There's no peace without justice...."

[@enaslavnic7982]

Thank you Dr. Mate. You have wonderful sons! And also Gaza occupied my heart! ❤️🇵🇸🕊️

[@loveUrbanRanchLGD]

Wish everyone was as human as he is

[@PeppermintPatties]

Gabor Maté is an incredible person, a teacher in touch with every aspect of himself, including his shame. Thank you for this. 🙏🇵🇸❤️

[@lebanon202]

God bless your soul,body,heart,mind Dr Garbour❤❤❤❤

[@ghazalaabdullah5206]

Admire the humble, insightful, honest and emotionally intelligent Gabor Mate, and thought this well-read interviewer asked some great questions

[@happynezlifestyle8599]

He is ,80 years old unbelievable

[@jay.jay.]

Omg, I would never have thought! He looks younger.

[@mohdfairuzishak3669]

He is much older than Israel

[@jidrit999]

​@@mohdfairuzishak3669israel is 3000 years old

[@serendipity5951]

Simply put, this scholar is a man of conscience. A good human being.

[@astorrian6247]

What a gift to humanity this man is. His gentle words are full of truth, courage and integrity. God bless him and his family.

[@jplinstroth]

This is truly an honest man who speaks to truth

[@jerrylyns7331]

Gabor Mate has been loved by myself and my parents for years now! Amazing man

[@Carlos-gf7uq]

Dr. Maté is a true mensch. God bless him.

[@zeinabalmqayyad8082]

Respect ✌️🔥 Gaza occupies my heart too

[@pierrerivera229]

A great man!!

[@evelynejoseph1958]

God bless Mr Mate.

[@slampersand3145]

Thank you, good sir. Have appreciated your insight for years (and your kids'!. But since October you're all just a breath of fresh air- and seem to be as physically disheartened as we are. Bless you all. Freedom for Palestine 🕊️

[@Olie109]

What an AMAZING interview! Both Men are just incredible- the Interviewer and Dr Mate. I don’t think I’ve seen such an intelligent, articulate and interesting Interviewer for a long time! Thank you for this program! 🙏🏻🇵🇸🕊️

[@lorrieb2802]

"Hello Again" sounds like it has the potential to make change in real time. Imagine the healing that can finally happen! Gabor is my hero.

[@lebanon202]

God bless you Dr Garbor😢It makes me cry seeing a Jew warm-hearted because we've been hurt by the Jews alot😢

[@josephtein3835]

You should also listen to Miko Peled as well as his sister Nurit Peled. These are Israelis who speak for Peace and understanding, against the actions of the current government. Also Gideon Levy, Simone Zimmerman, Norman Finkelstein, Amira Hass. There are many Jews who understand and feel for the suffering of the Gazan and Palestinian Arab people. We should never generalize about a whole people based on the actions of some of them . Added comment: there are also young Israelis who are refusing to go into the army (as required when they graduate high school) because they don't want to take part in what is being done in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

[@lebanon202]

@@josephtein3835 I know😭We the Muslims and Arab Christians never hated the Jews..We've always lived together until the British Crusaders entered and killed the Jews not only of Palestine but the Jews of Europe...And today The Jews are doing to us what's been done to them once in history...And instead of taking revenge from those that hurt them they are taking it on us...Worse those that once tortured the Jews,are today repeating the same thing torturing us through the zionists.

[@Wboooo]

😢😢😢 There are good ones who are fighting for Palestinians right, like beautiful soul such as Dr Mate Garbor and Dr Finkelstein have been in the past believing and raised as Zionist before realising that this ideology is far from being fair to the Palestinians. We've got to have faith that someday people come back to their sense and remember their humanity! 😢😢

[@FionGunn]

And they are not alone - check out Jewish Voice for Peace - it will give you hope

[@promark5317]

Gabor and his sons Aaron and Daniel Mate are all excellent. You can watch and read Aaron at The Grayzone and Daniel at the Bad Hasbara podcast.

[@slampersand3145]

I love them. Though our family dynamic isn't the same besides a few funny bits, I find much solace in Daniel and Gabor's work about healing adult children relationship.. Bad Hasbara is excellent. I'll also recommend a smaller not popular one called Habibi House.. start with Sammy OBEID on both. So many great people are doing the hard work.

[@promark5317]

@@slampersand3145 Oh nice, ill check that out👍✌️

[@slim1one]

I recently discovered Bad Hasbara. So good.

[@ruthorrell9605]

Thanks for this - love these two and didn’t know where to find them regularly

[@promark5317]

@@ruthorrell9605 NP. Aaron Mate also does a weekly monday morning podcast with Katie Halper. I think its sarcastically titled Useful Idiots lol.

[@MehmetUzman]

Thank you both, Gabor Mate and Imran Garda, for this insightful interview

[@Monarchy3d]

Dr. Gabor Mate and his adult children are amazing human beings. Much respect to this beautiful family!

[@SaeedRezazadeh]

Gabor is on our hearts. I am learning a lot from him, thanks for your wisdom.

[@Swan-atl]

Thank you Mr Gabor Mate. Respect for you. 🙏

[@myrtillesm3532]

Thanks dear dr Mate. I can't stop crying for justice for Palestinians. I would have helped the victims of european war. Now we can stop massacre. Let do it. Palestinians are victims of a terrorizing state of Israel. 💝🇦🇪💝🇦🇪💝🇦🇪💝🍉💝🍉🍉💝🇦🇪

[@ryansommer2158]

Respect for such a brilliant man 🙌🏼🙏🏼

[@opheliaelesse]

Peace and justice and love to Gaza ❤

[@unlimitedcosmicspeed]

Gabor is the epitome of what it is to be a 'real human'.

[@laylaali5977]

Dr Gabor is a extraordinary human being God bless him

[@rm809]

This was an awesome interview! Thank u ❤

[@Cosmos-ze1oz]

Excellent interview! Thanks so much, DR. Gabor Mate!

[@davidkaneva9674]

thank you for this, i was looking for a glimmer of light.

[@elvisiscat]

Thank you, Imran & TRT, for having Dr. Mate on. His explanations, including the word “culture,” are compassionately eloquent, relatable, & easy to understand. He & his sons, Daniel & Aaron, are helping the healthy culture to thrive on this petri dish of a planet. Am so deeply grateful to them.✊🙏☮️❤️…and thank you, Imran, for also mentioning Dr. Terry Real’s quote. Will look him up to learn more. 👍😊

[@birjeesfatima46]

Utmost respect for you Mr. Gobor❤

[@karma__life]

Voice of wisdom and wholeness 🤍 my biggest light, thanks Gabor 🙏🏼

[@gentarkin]

Great man!

[@Maleeha16378]

Dr Matte is a genuinely an empathetic person who has always stood with the oppressed and the victims. A true Holocaust survivor who has lived by the statement never again. His books an excellent source for personal growth and building empathy for yourself and others.

[@alihelmy9419]

This guy is the voice of humanity.

[@Federico-kh4br]

Dr Gabor - respect - May I say that you don‘t need a study , there is a movie from the refugee camp in Libanon … all looks like normal - houses , television , but the, these people have no hope , no future just the morning to wake up and the evening to go to bed. This has Israel done!

[@thairk]

Great program, great Gabor Mate and his great sons!

[@magswilson2039]

Every response to the interviewer was pure gold. What an honest and good man.

[@BeTheLight-vt8td]

Keep being the light Gabor!

[@georginamansour7036]

What a Wonderful Man and his family 🙏

[@eileencameron1510]

Gabor the talking heart of humanity 🌎☮️🙏💜💜💜

[@golehpamchal]

This is the first time I see this program and I was surprised by the knowledge of the Imron Garda, he carefully designs each one of his deep and thoughtful questions and Dr. Mate addresses each one of the questions very clearly.

[@ivywild628]

Its occupied my heart for 15yrs since I learned what goes off there. The truth of WW1 and WW2 led me to that heartache I hold for Palestinians. You dont need to Muslim to know the truth. You just need a brain

[@BiBi-BaBy-Boo]

I ❤ Dr. Gabor Maté. What a great interview.

[@afifaamin6944]

Love Gabor mate and his advocacy for Palestine. Reading his book “Hold onto your kids- why parents need to matter more than peers” at the moment and it’s brilliant.

[@miaadam1574]

Such a nice human

[@rachidhaboub2064]

What a wonderful human being and illuminating scholar ! Thank you Dr Maté ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@nsf555]

Thank you!

[@fredganoe9791]

Wonderful Interview

[@user-us4uu1vm8h]

Thank you to Dr Gabor and his son Aaron

[@user-ln2kr4gq7y]

Thank you for this interview and important message.

[@naturegirl4803]

Very nice video, learnet a lot from the guest and enjoyed Imran too.

[@annembury3181]

Thank you TRT, for your excellent questions and then comments in your interview with Gabor Mate, who is so eloquent and fluent and right on! Everything he says, to me, resonates like a sacred chime-the tone of which elevates us to a higher level of consciousness. Thanks again…

[@Redone02]

Thank you doctor

[@Msladybug2626]

Every time I listen to Dr. Mate, i learn something new ❤

[@padmaborrego]

Thank you so much both of you!!

[@Durga-ct2eb]

Wonderful interview, thank you! Gaza occupies my heart also and clearly many Americans & others in other countries who are courageously speaking up and protesting! Free Palestine 🇵🇸🍉 Free Sudan 🇸🇩- Congo, Haiti and all conflicts around the globe - Free Humanity!

[@SonnyEstufaShieh]

Such a moving interview ❤😢

[@rehnumakarim3857]

Admired Gabor Mate’s work and now admire his courage. As a Muslim faculty recently I was told by the administrator that my service wont be required next semester. While teaching world view I was discussing unity based world view and asked the students to watch a video that focused on both Israeli and Palestinian journalists coming together talking about peace. This led to parents of one student emailing the Dean and ranting hiring a racist and antisemitic faculty like me. And despite having high evaluation scores from 99% of my students, that one student and her family pushed the Dean to tell my Chair not to rehire me again in SUNY Brockport. They didn’t even ask to hear me out and decides based on my religious background. Sadly, this is what America turned into. A backbone less country led by cowards who no longer allow us to practice our first amendment.

[@tanyadarling8042]

Many thanks to Gabor Mate and the interviewer for this incitful interview. I feel less alone.

[@LaillahaillaAllah]

AND YOU OCCUPY OURS!!! WE LOVE YOU AND YOUR COURAGE!

[@ferahsudenazulusoy4553]

You are a great human beings

[@Wboooo]

😢😢 courageous and beautiful soul! 😢😢

[@carlharmeling512]

Gaza was the largest concentration camp in the world that had many state of the art hospitals, many universities and a robust education system for the children. Prior to the bombardment there was sufficient food, water, shelter, electricity and fuel for cars and trucks. But not any more. The IDF has put an end to all of that. The concentration camp is now a ruin and its people are starving.

[@ileanahernandez1709]

76 years of colonialism Apartheid rouge state which doesn't allow Palestinians to leave controls their food, Water, electricity and medical supplies.On the 7th of October there were 5,000 Palestinians held illegally in Israeli prisons. Since then it's incremented to 11,500.😢

[@uptick888]

The food supply by Israel was a starvation diet ..

[@Bettina-mb2xr]

Thanks 🙏🏽 hopefully many people are watching/listening very deeply. As a German I feel deeply ashamed what happens in Palestine the last 75 years, especially since 7 of October in Gaza! The genocide has to stop immediately! Netanyahu and the Zionist government/ the violent saddlers have to be punished! Palestine state has to get freedom, peace and independence, immediately!

[@rima5447]

The most ethical, brilliant human being in our Era, briliant thinker ..sending you Dr Gabor my deepest love and respect ❤❤❤

[@ginettemorin2]

Thank you Gabor Mate, thank you Imran Garda ❤

[@hempenasphalt1587]

This is such a wise man, even from a "secular" POV, really respect him.

[@g1fcg]

I had real personal experience of the separation between the physical and emotional connection of the human body. I had to have a colonoscopy a couple of years back, when the colorectal 'consultant' said I need to do a rectal examination, I panicked and went into 'meltdown' - I froze, I said no, no, no, I was badly abused as a child and started to cry! His answer was 'I don't want to know'! If I had that time again I would have said 'You above all people should know that the gut is the 'second brain' connected by the vagal nerve'! And walked out! After all I went through there was nothing wrong anyway.

[@sophiarevel6952]

Gabor is a man we can all be very proud of. ❤

[@waelabdallah4272]

Justice and Freedom for ALL

[@filc8004]

Intellectual. Man of Reason. Gabor Mate. ☮

[@LivingintheTimeofDying]

Such a great and far ranging conversation. Thank you both 🙏🏼

[@busyb8676]

There is no peace without justice. How true! That is why one war just leads to another. Until we can live with each other without violence, we will be condemned to live with each other in perpetual war. What a shame! We have the potential to be so much better.

[@hermanwheeler3130]

Respect to you Mr. Mate. Canadian and I stand with Palestine

[@ddk567t]

Wow, what an amazing interviewer. Very insightful and reflective questions.

[@Madelro100]

thanks for this high quality interview, far from western empty narrative.Brilliant Mr. Maté as always you touched my heart. Good interviewer, thanks

[@telecoicon]

Thanks for folk who supports humanity and peace. Bravo to the game changer. We as Muslim respect Christian and Jews. Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@RimaCaccetta]

Brilliant and courageous man

[@SusanMCraig]

Becoming one's self takes the lifetime! Voice the Peace within & Work toward Justice. Thank you, Dr. Gabor

[@ordinaryvalley]

Thank you for having Dr Mate as a guest ❤

[@Oumayma2306]

What a great interviewer!

[@japeireland]

What a well structured, genuine and informative interview. I really admire Gabor Mate and Imran Garda did an excellent job covering important topics with him.

[@mattmaxwell7772]

I weep & weep with you, Dr. Mate. God bless you.

[@siddikaangle5494]

Gabor Mate is the beautiful, compassionate face and voice of those trapped in the horrendous pain of history. The wisdom in his works is so steeped in kindness that it could save the world if enough "ordinary" people read and imbibed his heart-healing message. To me he is a Christ figure for our times in that he embodies the love Jesus came to show and offer us.