Germany’s farmers are rising in protest akin to the populist truckers’ movement, writes Tom Slater in Spiked. Provoked by government plans to increase farm-related taxes and mire farming in even more green-driven red tape, 30,000 people with 5,000 tractors have camped out peacefully in Berlin. Amidst deeper concerns that government policy is pushing farming itself towards extinction, people are saying, “We’ve had enough!”

Palestinian Culture: Unique in its Own Destructive Way
Although the Palestinian Authority enjoys an array of cultural departments and programs, A.J. Caschetta in Jewish World Review finds that all of it – art, education, literature, poetry, music, education and film – is oriented to two goals: the vilification of Jews and the destruction of Israel. Caschetta notes this is in sharp contrast to Arab and Muslim traditions, which include myriad aesthetically normal cultural works. Palestinianism, Caschetta finds, is “a very sick culture”, driven by resentment and fuelled by hate.


