A chasm is now opening up between leaders and their populations
Gaza is being razed, its population denied water, food and essentials. There is growing revulsion against the collective punishment, I re-entered Britain’s orbit last Thursday after a blissful, media-free holiday in Canada. Along with jetlag, I had to get psyched up as I got back into the news and ensuing national melees., I quoted a Palestinian musician, whose sister was maimed by an Israeli soldier: “Hell is better and kinder than here. They can do anything.
On social media, Israelis who were attacked by Hamas in a kibbutz speak out against the revenge assaults and for ordinary Palestinians. Such bravery, such humanity.Between 1972 and 1978, I lived in the home of Dr Hugh Blaschko, a German-Jewish scientist, famous for vital research on adrenalin. He was fearful that the Jewish homeland would “bring out the worst” in his people. I think of him today.
Several Labour councillors resigned from the party and so he backtracked and rediscovered his commitment to international law and aid. For now. Yet on Sunday, shadow frontbencher Lisa Nandy refused to “grandstand” about international law and waffled about the hurt of Muslims. As with the Iraq War, a chasm has opened up between leaders and elite influencers and their populations.
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