Are you a Zionist?

Are you a Zionist?

27 Jan, 2026 • 5 min read

Today is International Holocaust Memorial Day, and here Paul Smith assesses what is shaping modern Christian attitudes to Israel and the Holocaust.

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TWhen the state crowds out parents, it’s children who pay the price

Reports that more than 300 parents have been sent for so-called 're-education' since Wales outlawed smacking in 2022 should trouble anyone who cares about children, families, and the proper limits of the state. This is not the mark of a compassionate society. It is the symptom of a bureaucracy that has lost its mind.

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