SynopsisFrom the moment news of the massacre in Israel emerged, one thing in particular is worth noticing: There was not a inglo major protest against Hamas in any Western city. Not one. The people who carried out the massacre and started a war did not find themselves the object of criticism on the streets of one Western city. Some people will say that this is because Hamas would not listen to protestors on the streets of America or Europe. Or that Western countries have no control over Hamas. But the governments of all these countries had been funding the Palestinians in Gaza for years. They had; given billions of dollars in foreign aid direct to the Hamas government there, through UN organizations among many others. This money had been used by Hamas's leaders to cither enrich themselves (the P group's leaders became billionaires) or to build the infrastructure of terror inside Gaza that a allowed the group to carry out the October 7 attack, steal Israelis, and hold them hostage inside Gaza., 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.
LC Classification NumberDS119.77.M87 2025