Renowned physician and author Dr. Gabor Maté joins The Grayzone to offer his reflections on Israel’s gruesome military operation in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Gabor Maté CM (born January 6, 1944) is a Hungarian-Canadian physician and author. He has a background in family practice and a special interest in childhood development, trauma and potential lifelong impacts on physical and mental health including autoimmune disease, cancer, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), addictions and a wide range of other conditions.
Maté was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1944. His maternal grandparents, Josef Lövi and Hannah Lövi, who came from the town of Kosice in southern Slovakia, were killed in Auschwitz when he was five months old. His aunt disappeared during the war, and his father endured forced labour at the hands of the Nazi Party. When he was 1, Maté’s mother put him in the care of a stranger for over 5 weeks in order to save his life. Upon their reunion, the infant Maté was so hurt that he avoided looking at his mother for several days. He claims this trauma of “abandonment, rage, and despair” continues to manifest in his adult life, leading to similar altercations when he perceives a threat of abandonment, especially from his wife.
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