Debate erupted immediately after the publication of Darwin’s book “On the Origin of species” (1859). His theory would be disastrous for ethics. The critics were proven right: Darwin planted a seed that would eventually lead to Hitler’s Holocaust.

“Alarm Antisemitism”, the national Italian daily La Stampa headline read recently. The alarm was prompted by an attack on a Jewish man and his six-year-old son by a group of visitors to a roadside restaurant near Milan.

More Christian organisations are condemning Israel's role in the conflict and calling for better care in Gaza.

In just a few weeks’ time, the European position towards Israel and Gaza is changing. You don’t have to be a visionary to notice that. But this gives the wrong signal to both Israel and its enemies.

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