Kerby Anderson

Douglas Murray issues this warning in his new book, On Democracies and Death Cults. “Today the government most responsible for spreading the accusation that Israel is expansionist and colonialist is the revolutionary Islamic government in Iran, which has spent recent years assiduously expanding its colonies. What has Gaza become but a colony of Iran?”

He documents the many ways Iran has not only spread false information about Israel but has also worked through its proxy forces (Hamas, Hezbollah) to bring down Israel. He concludes that by the time Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023, Hezbollah has been engaged in the Syrian civil war and established Lebanon essentially as a colony of Iran.

He also reminds us of the bloodlust of groups like Hamas. “Palestinian groups and their supporters encourage their youth to view death through ‘martyrdom’ as the highest form of valor.” But at the same time, they “claim that the Jews are bloodthirsty child-killers.”

He also laments that many Americans do not understand the threat from Iran and the threat to Israel. He points to a protest in Manhattan a month after the October 7 massacre. At the protest, the crowds chanted “From the river to the sea,” “Israel is a racist state,” and “There is only one solution — intifada, revolution.”

The full title of his book is: On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization. He understands that our inability to see evil and terrorism clearly is a threat not only to Israel but to the future of our civilization. His book is a reminder of the threats we face today.