Recent articles by Simon Holloway

20 March 2024
A Crime Without a Name: what is genocide?
So many people are speaking about genocide at the moment, but so few of them seem to know what the word means. I would like to take a moment to consider where the word comes from, and the nuances of the UN definition.

9 March 2024
What is Zionism?
One only needs head into the city on a Sunday in order to hear it: loud and vociferous condemnation of Israel and together with it the evils of Zionism as a political philosophy. But what is Zionism? I would imagine that many of those who so loudly condemn it would be hard placed to give it a definition.