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How the West Can Defeat the Evil Death Cults that Murder and Maim with Glee
(Daily Mail-UK) Douglas Murray - Israel is a country of just 9 million people, America has 333 million. The death toll in Israel from Hamas terrorists who invaded from Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023, was the equivalent of 44,400 Americans killed by terrorism - more than a dozen 9/11s. It would be the equivalent of 8,400 British people being slaughtered and another 1,750 taken hostage. The victims were mainly civilians. At the Nova dance party, 364 young people were slaughtered as they hid or tried to flee. Many of them called their families - asking for help, asking for advice, or just telling their parents that they loved them - before they were mercilessly cut down. Many of the terrorists recorded what was happening on their cameras and mobile phones, filming the atrocities as they were carrying them out and then broadcasting their acts of violence with pride. These acts included burning people alive and raping men and women - sometimes before killing them, sometimes after. What the people of Israel were thrown into on Oct. 7 spells out the divide between democracies and death cults. The right of Israel to fight and win the war in Gaza is vital not just for the sake of that country, but so Britain, America and every other Western country will be able to fight such a war if or when the time comes. The terrorists of Oct. 7 did what they did with relish. Not just the endless shouting of their war cries. Or the visible glee you could see in their faces and hear in their voices. It was the fact that all of this gave them such intense joy. And that they were proud of their actions. Even the Nazis, among the most evil people in human history, sought to cover over their crimes. What is the world to do against such cults of death, cults that threaten the future of civilization? Many people in the West today are not comfortable talking in terms like good or evil. But evil does exist as a force in the world. Indeed, it is the only explanation for why certain people do certain things. In the West, we are prone to trotting out the same old banalities - that people around the world are the same everywhere and essentially want the same things. Yet some people do not. How can anyone hope to overcome a people who welcome death, who glory in death, who worship death? This year I finally saw an answer. I went into Gaza with the Israel Defense Forces and saw up close its campaign to defeat Hamas. The Israeli soldiers did it not because they loved death but because they love life. They fought for the survival of their families, their nation, and their people.