
On Democracies and Death Cults
Israel and the Future of Civilization
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Douglas Murray
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Douglas Murray
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 listeners 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.
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Powerful. Inspiring.
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Murray is hard to argue with. He builds a steady case that the only way to deal with Hamas is to remove them from the equation and he does it with history, seating logic, and devastating real-life stories.
A passionate case made for Israel
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4 stars
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I just finished listening to your newest book. I'm sitting here weeping from the final chapter, it was the most beautiful love letter to Israel and Israelis I've ever heard (close to the poetry of Rachel, whom you might be familiar with
I have come to know you at an impossible time in the world. The first video of yours i saw probably a week or so after 10/7 was like a balm for our battered and scraped soul. I have since followed you religiously, every interview, every direct address, every bitingly witty NY Post column.
But this book, was beyond anything I could have imagined. I simultaneously devoured it and savoured it, like one would do with a sublime box of chocolates brought by a friend who traveled somewhere exotic, wanting to taste them all but not wanting it to end.
I am US born, lived in Israel for much of my formative years, back and forth like a hybrid, finally meeting my husband back in Israel and moving with our baby daughter to silicon Valley 10.5 years ago (he's an entrepreneur, I'm a Storyteller for startups)
We speak Hebrew, our friends here are Israeli and being far from home during this has been both excruciating and a relief, while at the same time being continuously tsunamied by wave after wave of hatred and Antisemitism.
Having people like yourself is one of the greatest silver (cobalt? Platinum?) linings in what is a very black, thick cloud of 1.5 years. And this book is a culmination of this devotion and dedication to standing with the Jewish and Israeli people, and humanity as well.
I am not sure this email will reach you, but if it does, just to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for who you are. From one Storyteller (and author) to another, my heart, mind and soul salute you.
I hope you win the highest prizes for this book, and I hope that it becomes required reading when they finally reach the true lessons of this bizarre time.
I hope you will consider coming to the San Francisco Bay area on your book tour. We would love to host you at the Palo Alto JCC and fill up and auditorium with grateful people. I would be front an center, and it would be an honor to shake your hand 🙏🏻
Thank you Dougie (sorry if you hate that nickname)
Toda u Be Ahava
Donna Griffit
Corporate Storyteller
I hope this becomes mandatory reading for all students
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Douglas’ embedding in war brings sad but profound insights.
Choose Life Over Death
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Reality meets activism
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Heartbreaking and Encouraging
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Thank you, Douglas Murray!
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Outstanding and motivating.
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Democracies and the death cult
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