# Islam, Israel, and the Tragedy of Gaza ![rw-book-cover](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aZo7!,w_1200,h_600,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff1363f08-c4e1-4f8d-b54d-1f879df415de_2040x1224.jpeg) ## Metadata - Author: [[Sam Harris]] - Full Title: Islam, Israel, and the Tragedy of Gaza - Category: #articles - Summary: insert summary - My notes: - Summary: Sam Harris says October 7 and the surge of antisemitism made defending Jews and Israel a moral necessity. - Source File: web-only He views jihadism, especially Hamas, as a theological threat that causes much of Gaza’s suffering. He defends Israel as a flawed democracy against a death cult while criticizing its government’s failures. - URL: https://samharris.substack.com/p/islam-israel-and-the-tragedy-of-gaza?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=62t39&triedRedirect=true ## LLM Chats ## NotebookLM ## LLM Audio ## Highlights > I believe the following statement remains true: *If the Palestinians put down their weapons, there would be peace in the region. If the Israelis put down their weapons, there would be a genocide.* This asymmetry contains all the information one needs to discern the moral high ground in the Middle East. Should this difference between the two sides ever evaporate—should the IDF start perpetrating an actual genocide, for instance—so too would my primary reason for supporting Israel. [[4. Objections]](https://samharris.substack.com/p/islam-israel-and-the-tragedy-of-gaza/#footnote-4-167405051) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01k326gbzxyhq8vrv0czemkk5k))