We're so full of our own expectations and presumptions that we always think that wars end by some kind of compromise.

They don't.

There's this aggressive expansion of settlements, which is illegal.

It shouldn't be happening.

Would you defend that?

I regard it as being a second order issue.

They're the whole dispute about settlements.

It's not to those who are being killed or displaced.

We have people on the streets of London calling for jihad. Why are we in this position? What has Britain got out of this? You appear to be advocating directly for mob rule to take part if it comes to it.

I still cannot understand how a society can be so insane that it can welcome in people

who want to destroy it.

Well, tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Israel in the biggest civil

unrest since the beginning of the Hamas war.

Today, the countries are at a standstill amid a general strike.

It was called after the IDF recovered

the bodies of six hostages from an underground tunnel in Rafa. Fury at Hamas is a given,

but Hamas is not the focus of his protests. The anger is directed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,

who's accused of blocking a ceasefire and hostage-release deal to save his own political life.

Douglas Murray spent six months in Israel covering the war in Gaza,

writing and broadcasting extensively in defense of Israel's actions.

This summer, he faced his latest brush with cancelled culture after racially charged riots caused havoc in Britain.

And I'm glad to say he joins me now to discuss all this.

...