More, in the Times, on the government’s procrastination over single-sex spaces: Ministers have been accused of falling for lobbying by trans activists, including a former Stonewall boss, over concern among big business about new rules on single-sex spaces. Women’s rights campaigners claimed the government had been “fooled” by a letter organised by the Trans+ Solidarity…

This, from Seth Mandel at Commentary (via), is very much worth a read – Closing the Book on ‘Genocide,’ ‘Deliberate Starvation’ and other Modern Libels. A genocide didn’t happen—that we knew a long time ago. But it is now clear that there is no plausible case that Israel used excessive force against civilians or targeted…

Full text: Following the 1948 war, in which the Arabs failed to defeat Israel and drive the Jews into the sea (not to be confused with the 1967 war, in which the Arabs failed to defeat Israel and drive the Jews into the sea, or the 1973 war, in which the Arabs failed to defeat…

Queen’s Wood and Highgate Wood this morning – autumn colour, and some gnarly hornbeam trunks:

Hirsch says: There’s an outsize influence of the Holocaust that then obscures other histories and also obscures what is happening right now: the genocide in Gaza, which the exceptionalism of the Holocaust has fostered denial of other genocides. And I think that creates a real crisis if victims of genocide perpetrate genocide and one can deny…

A new Chinese crackdown on Christians reinforces the view that Xi Jinping is Mao version 2, only with more sophistication. Bob Fu at Tablet: For 40 years, since the end of Mao Zedong’s bloody Cultural Revolution, China’s unregistered Protestant and Catholic congregations have operated in a precarious gray zone—technically illegal but often tolerated. That uneasy…

From Genevieve Gluck at Reduxx: A trans-identified male in Denmark who has been given permission to compete against women in football is being celebrated by national media. Oliver John Collenette, who calls himself Olivia Kjærgaard Collenette, began claiming a transgender status approximately three years ago, and shortly after began demanding the right to play on…