Douglas Murray: The War Israel Won—and the One the West Is Losing

An Israeli flag hangs in a destroyed house on December 20, 2023, in Be’eri, Israel. (Maja Hitij via Getty Images)
Two years after October 7, Israel has defeated its enemies. The West is still surrendering to them.
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Over the past two years of war in the Middle East, I have often quoted the famous Prussian General Carl von Clausewitz. Among his most famous insights about the art of war was that an army should attack its opponent at its opponent’s center of gravity. On October 7, 2023, it appeared to me that Hamas had done what terrorist groups are so good at doing, …

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