Amid the tumult over tariffs, let’s not forget a war rages on in the Middle East and terrorists are still holding innocent people hostage. Douglas Murray hasn’t forgotten. His latest book, On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization, has just come out. Weekend Beacon contributor Meir Y. Soloveichik has a review.
I got to know Douglas Murray in the worst week in modern Jewish memory. Hearing him speak was, without question, the best moment in that week, a bright beacon in dark days. I had been scheduled to speak in October 2023 in a London synagogue, at an event about my recent book. Following the horror
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Donald Trump has a talent for attracting attention, but even so, the events since Liberation Day have been unusually dramatic and consequential. After Trump used emergency powers to impose a universal tariff and even higher duties on America’s top trading partners, the stock market plunged. At one point, the S&P 500 was down 14 percent.