A discussion with Bari Weiss on the anniversary of October 7th
" ... the thing about war is that there is nothing at all that compares with winning. If you don't win, that's everything ... My hope is that this is the last Gaza war, this is the last Lebanon war."
" Look at what's possible, Saudi has done extraordinary things, the same with the Emirates ... this is a society that is coming into the 21st century. There is this opportunity, if everything normalizes, think of what the Israelis could do with these countries in terms of Water supplies or Technology or Crops, or new Energy - look at what is possible. There is a future for the region."
"There is such a thing as gratitude instead of resentment, pride instead of envy, and pride in the real sense, pride in the things that you should be proud of. Pride in protecting your people and your faith and your community and, indeed, in my view, the Civilized World."
"Anyone who feels down from spending too much time [...with people who bring you down...] should come to Israel and you will see, among other things, the people who thought the next generation of Israelis just wanted to party were wrong. It turned out not to be an either-or thing. You can fight for your country and your people and you can still dance. And that's what the Israelis are showing."
"There is always the question of 'are the young people going to be up to it'. I have so much admiration and pride that this generation of young Israelis have been put to the test and they have been magnificent. If you see what these young men and women do on a daily basis from the south of Gaza to the mountains of Lebanon and Syria in the north, not doing any of it with hatred in their hearts. [ These young Israelis ] do it for love of their country, love of their people, love of their tradition, defense of their people, defense of their tradition. They know that they are fighting for the Jewish people as their forebears did before but this time with a State, with an Army, with an Air Force, and they have stepped up to this moment. They have been extraordinary. It should tell us that there is also a better way.
- Douglas Murray in a discussion on Honestly with Bari Weiss
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