What Gad Saad has said about Gaza war
3 quotes · 1 episode · May 12, 2026
Gad Saad, Lebanese-born Canadian evolutionary behavioral scientist, scholar at the University of Mississippi and author of "The Parasitic Mind" and "Suicidal Empathy", has been quoted on Gaza war 3 times in 1 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, most recently on May 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Saad judges that Israel conducted the Gaza war as well as possible given its objectives.
“I think that given what they were trying to achieve, they did the best that could possibly be”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2497 - Gad Saad (May 12, 2026) · Listen from 2:06:27
Saad cites John Spencer's analysis that the Gaza civilian-to-combatant death ratio compares favorably to similar conflicts.
“the ratio of civilian to fighters killed in the Gaza war is better than most other comparable situations”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2497 - Gad Saad (May 12, 2026) · Listen from 2:11:08
Saad concedes to Rogan that bombing Gaza is creating a new generation of terrorists, while placing root blame on October 7.
“that would give them a hundred percent you're right that you are creating a new generation of terrorists”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2497 - Gad Saad (May 12, 2026) · Listen from 2:18:40
Episodes
#2497 - Gad SaadThe Joe Rogan Experience · May 12, 2026 · 2 h 43 min
Gad Saad presents his book "Suicidal Empathy" and debates Joe Rogan on Islam, the Iran war, Israel's lobby and the Gaza war.
Others on Gaza war
- Joe Rogan · 4 quotes
- Theo Von · 2 quotes
- Dan Pfeiffer · 2 quotes
- Bernie Sanders · 2 quotes
- Amanda Litman · 1 quote
- Tommy Vietor · 1 quote
- Ari Shaffir · 1 quote
Gad Saad on other topics
- Islam · 3 quotes
- Antisemitism · 2 quotes
- Israel lobby in the United States · 2 quotes
- Concordia University · 1 quote
- Lebanese Civil War · 1 quote
- United States war with Iran · 1 quote
- The Parasitic Mind · 1 quote
- Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind · 1 quote