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On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization

(New York Post) Douglas Murray - You would have thought that when young women are raped by gangs of armed men, young Americans would not be on the side of the rapists. When a party of young people at a dance rave are attacked by truckloads of armed terrorists, you would think it would be an easy question to understand. Should you be on the side of the unarmed, terrified young people being hunted down in the woods and the fields, raped, shot and macheted in front of their friends? Or should you be on the side of the monsters who committed those acts - the people who roamed among the piles of dead bodies to see who might still be alive, who could be kidnapped. One survivor of the Nova party told me of seeing a young woman on her knees in front of a gang of armed men. Her best friend had just been killed in front of her. The terrorists were debating whether to kill her or kidnap her. "I don't want to die," she was screaming. The terrorists shot her in the face as she was screaming. Is it hard to decide which side to be on after an atrocity like that? For me, it isn't. For most Americans, it isn't. But an alarming number of people chose to side with the perpetrators instead of being on the side of the victims. They could have sided with the people who had been kidnapped - including Edan Alexander, 21, from New Jersey, who is still being held in Hamas captivity. Instead they sided with the kidnappers. We have people in our midst who are on the side of the rapists, murderers, beheaders and kidnappers. What the hell has gone wrong? This is one of the big questions I try to answer in my new book, On Democracies and Death Cults. I believe that the outbreak of disorder and violence on the streets and campuses of New York City since October 7, 2023, is not Israel's problem. It is ours. The protesters have chosen their target well. They believe that Israel is absolutely central to the West. I agree with them. They believe that the Jewish state is vitally important. I agree with them. Where we disagree is that I want the Jewish state to thrive and succeed - in peace with its neighbors. These groups want it wiped out. Israel is only the first country in their sights, but it is by no means the last. These groups hate America more than anything. This is a civilizational moment. And I believe Israel shows how we can win it.
2025-04-08 00:00:00
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