In his new podcast, Martin Petit returns to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Having received a visit from pro-Palestine demonstrators before his show planned at the Bordel Comédie Club on Tuesday, comedian Martin Petit once again spoke about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and particularly Hamas, this time in his new podcast.

In the guise of his character of the Masked Comedian, Martin Petit received a visit from the columnist of the Journal Sophie Durocher in the first episode of Hidden podcast. This podcast was posted on YouTube on Tuesday January 7, the day when around forty demonstrators presented themselves in front of Le Bordel before Petit’s show, called A better world.

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In this one-hour episode, Martin Petit and Sophie Durocher spoke in particular about trans people, the end of feminism and parity in the workplace.

Then, the comedian addressed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in particular the Hamas attack against Israel on October 7, 2023, during which several sexual assaults were committed.

“It’s the most barbaric affair that was done, in a barbaric setting, filmed,” said Martin Petit. It’s the ugliest thing man can be. I was really shocked, I couldn’t think of anything else for several days. Through all of this, the number of women who came out minimizing it… I can’t fully explain it yet.”

“I feel fear”

Continuing on the Palestinian Islamist and nationalist movement, Martin Petit mentions that it is forbidden to celebrate Hamas “in a majority of Muslim countries, but it is tolerated in the West.” He does not understand why Montreal is in the top 10 “of cities where we offer our sympathies to Hamas.”

“It doesn’t seem to rally the people who rally [habituellement] for traditional humanist causes. I don’t understand the discomfort.”

The comedian adds that he found an angle to be able to talk about this subject on stage. “It’s not true that I won’t find an angle to laugh at terrorists. I have no respect for terrorists. Point. Why would I spare a terrorist? Someone who sets bombs and kills children, my line is there. I will laugh at all the terrorists in the whole world, as long as they are terrorists.”

“In Montreal, I thought we were far enough away that fear would not reach us,” he continues. But I feel fear. I feel the absence of courage of the elites, the absence of courage of the intellectuals. When they lack courage, it percolates down.”