The barbaric slaughter of Jewish innocents by Hamas 15 months ago not only triggered a determined counter-attack, writes Caroline Glick at Jewish News Syndicate, it opened the way to a strategic victory for Israel over the enemies ringing it and, even more significantly, a kind of psychic “rebirth” or “resurrection” – Tkuma in Hebrew – of Israeli resolve, self-confidence and strategic independence from the U.S.

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.


