tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post682155456218288747..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: On milieu and refuge, a sketch: 1George Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-37579349727764586702012-07-25T14:52:24.740+01:002012-07-25T14:52:24.740+01:00Absolutely, Plump. That at least is my own hope. B...Absolutely, Plump. That at least is my own hope. But it's damn, long, hard, frustrating, bloody workGeorge Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-75661354446226795242012-07-25T14:01:28.921+01:002012-07-25T14:01:28.921+01:00There should be no conflict in being pro-Palestini...There should be no conflict in being pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli; there are difficult histories to be understood and reconciled and that can only be done together.The Plumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244528534476387323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-64400967573920290972012-07-24T09:48:20.870+01:002012-07-24T09:48:20.870+01:00I, for one, would be most honoured if you will con...I, for one, would be most honoured if you will continue with this theme.<br /><br />You may have observed, on Twitter, that I am pro-Palestinian. This is, in part, for reasons associated with the 1967 War, when it was necessary to form a human barrier between Arabs and Jews in the Student Union - Arabs and Jews who, a week earlier, had marched together in harmony at an anti-apartheid rally. It was also the first time that I ever had the history of Israel's foundation described to me from a non-Israeli perspective. And in the spiritually dark days following the Aberfan disaster, perhaps I swung too far the other way.<br /><br />So I look forward to reading your thoughts.<br /><br />Jenihavantaclunoreply@blogger.com