On Democracies and Death Cults
Israel and the Future of Civilization
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Publisher Description
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In his travels through Israel and Gaza, #1 International Bestselling author Douglas Murray has seen the best and the worst humanity has to offer, and he has no trouble choosing a side.
Murray is not Jewish and before October 7, he had never lived in Israel. However, he objects to being lied to, and Israel has been on the receiving end of the biggest, deepest, longest lies in history.
Israel's commitment to fundamental Western values—capitalism, individual rights, democracy, and reason—has made it a beacon of progress in a region dominated by authoritarianism and extremism. Israel’s principles vividly contrast with the ideology of Hamas, which openly proclaims its love of death over life. With incisive moral clarity, On Democracies and Death Cults exposes how the campus left and international establishment confuse this conflict by:
Calling on Israel for restraint and proportionality, while Hamas commits genocide.Slandering Israelis as white colonialists, while only a third of Israelis are Jews of European ancestry.Framing the conflict as oppressor vs. oppressed, when it is really between a thriving multi-ethnic democracy and a death cult bent on its annihilation.
Drawing from intensive on-the-ground reporting in Israel, Gaza, and Lebanon, Douglas Murray places the latest violence in its proper historical context. He takes readers on a harrowing journey through the aftermath of the October 7 massacre, piecing together the exclusive accounts from victims, survivors, and even the terrorists responsible for the atrocities. If left unchecked, misplaced sympathy could embolden forces that seek to undermine not only Israel, but all of Western civilization.
Customer Reviews
A personal, life affirming struggle to find hope amongst the evil.
Well researched by Murray the struggle to understand a group of leaders who were happy when there people were killed by the IDF even when, especially when, those who died were close family members. Murray compares that joy to the sadness he witnessed amongst members of the IDF leadership where a leader experienced the same loss, but Murray found a subordinate to the leader who had his head in his hands struggling to come up with the right words to bring him comfort. Yes this book is about the brutal attack by HAMAS on Oct 7th into Israel, but more than that it is an important and well researched attempt toward explaining two different groups of people in a world where the more of a population is destroyed by the Israel the more joy is felt amongst its leaders, compared with a group of people who cherish life so much that they text, call and drop leaflets over a neighborhood before it is bombed knowing full well the the Hamas leadership will move out of the neighborhood also, but the IDF cares as much for the innocent Palestinians as they do the Israeli population back in Israel.
Evil exists
And so do those devoted to battling it. If you think this war is about anything short of evil versus good, read this.
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Must read!