WatDabney

Israel has been trying to provoke Lebanon into war for decades now.

Presumably, they've upped their efforts recently because they need a diversion behind which to implement their final solution in Gaza.

Um... yes. That's pretty much what I actually said.

Did the parenthetical bit confuse you?

Aside from the simple fact that fascists hate all art (and everything and everyone, really) that doesn't hew to their narrow prejudices, I expect that a lot of the problem is that, as opposed to his cronies in the prison industry or the private school industry, none of the recipients of art funding pay him kickbacks.