Writing in the Gatestone Institute, Con Coughlin maps out the modern-day “Scramble for Africa”. Centred in war-torn Sudan, countries including Iran, China and most recently Russia have all expanded their involvement. Russia’s objective in providing arms, suggests Coughlin, is acquiring a strategic Russian naval base in Port Sudan.

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.


