On HBO’s “Real Time” broadcast Friday, columnist and Spectator deputy editor Douglas Murray said Israel “can never be allowed to win.” And there is a double standard at work, because no one is saying to Ukraine, “Wait a minute, don’t let us win too much.”
Murray said: “I can’t talk about whether anyone is starving or not. Things are bad in Gaza because Hamas started the war. And Israel has to feed the enemy-held areas.” We’re in a very strange position where we have food trucks going around all the time, and of course the situation is terrible, and if Hamas does what they’re asked to do over and over again, we don’t know when the situation will end. Because there is no. Take back the hostages. And now my view is that there is a conflict going on. And I’ve seen the conflict up close, and I still believe, first of all, it’s a fire. You can’t just eliminate 80%; you need to eliminate everything. You can’t destroy 80% of Hamas, and you can’t capture the leader who is behind it. [October 7], Shinwar, and it’s all on Rafa. ”
he continued. “And secondly, I don’t think there’s a law of war that says you can start a war, and if you start losing, you can pretend you never started the war.”
“But that’s always what Israel faces,” host Bill Maher said.
Murray replied: It’s very strange. A year ago, I was in Ukraine and I was with the Ukrainian military when they were taking back land from Russia, and no one said, “Wait, don’t win too much.” Everyone was egging them on. All Western leaders receive a testosterone injection every time they talk about the Ukrainian military. Still, the Israelis were never allowed to win. Very strange. “
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