I want to say a few things about recent events in Israel.

I'm sure I'll do a future podcast about this and speak with a wide range of relevant experts.

But for the moment, I'd like to say something brief that stands a chance of being useful,

as we watch the initial expressions of support for Israel begin to decay, as it wages Warren

Gaza and perhaps beyond.

As many of you know, I've spent years talking about the clash as I see it between Western

civilization and Islam.

Specifically, I've spoken and written about the connection between the actual doctrines

of Islam and jihadist violence.

Of course, this violence has fallen out of the news in recent years, especially since

the collapse of the Islamic State.

Even I've stopped thinking much about it.

But I've been under no illusion that the problem has gone away.

I've those of you who have been following my work for 20 years know that I've said

everything I have to say on this topic, ad nauseam.

And I'm sure I'll just periodically repeat myself for the rest of my life.

Because eruptions of jihadist violence and the attendant secular moral confusion about

it will be with us for generations.

However, I don't want to rehash any of my criticism of Islam here.

I'll just briefly remind you of what I believe, which is that there is no possibility of living

in peace with jihadists.

So whether we want to admit it or not, we are perpetually at war with them.

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