In Tablet, Lee Smith provides a sombre view of the metastasizing global empire of Palestine. Though founded upon strong support in the West Bank and Gaza, the empire has a much broader scope than negotiating two non-contiguous plots of land. Smith explains how a performative cult of death that should be self-extinguishing is sustained by cynical and/or nihilist forces the world over.

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.


