Recent articles by Simon Holloway

“A Crime Without a Name”: what is genocide?

“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.

What is Zionism?

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.