The West’s cognoscenti – perhaps better the “condescenti” – appear to have grossly underestimated Giorgia Meloni, reports Benjamin Braddock in The American Mind. While Italy’s populist new prime minister has, as expected, begun to distance her country from the European Union and crack down on illegal immigration, Meloni’s mature statesmanship and shrewd cultivation of the U.S. are confounding predictions of a rapid flame-out. Making the conservative all the more popular among Italian voters.

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.


