I’ve written before (and no doubt will again) of the ongoing clash, not of civilizations, but of civilization vs. barbarity. This is the great conflict of our time, on par with the Great War and World War 2, and unlike those wars, this is mostly not a war of great armies maneuvering and clashing on the field of battle. This is a war that is being fought in neighborhoods and cities, waged against innocents; the October 7th attacks on Israel were only the latest (albeit one of the worst) of such cowardly soft-target attacks.
The terrorists refer, constantly and tiresomely, to the “intifada.” This term was originally meant to describe a “Palestinian” revolt against Israel. It’s come to mean much more than that; it is now generally taken to mean an Islamist revolt against civilization itself. An article published Tuesday at RealClearPolitics by one Daniel Flesch asks if the intifada is…
