It is a blissful day in Melbourne. I am once again, as I was so often in the past, when I was a journalist reporting the world as best I could, struck by the simultaneous gorgeousness of today—the bay green water and the sunshine and the blue, blue sky and my fellow travellers along the boardwalk in shorts and t-shirts and sleeping babies in prams pushed along, I notice, by grandmothers and even grandfathers like me—and the black darkness of the other place where today I both live and don’t live.
I have never been glad my grandparents so dear to me till well into my adulthood were no longer alive , but the thought crossed my mind that it is better that they never saw this - again.
After 6 decades of ignoring the Israeli-Palestinian conflict I have finally spent a couple of days doing the historical and political research (I like to base my opinions on facts and reality) and have come down solidly on the side of supporting the state of Israel and its people.
It might be too much to hope that some sort of resolution can be reached. A few years ago I walked away from the Woke Left in disgust and no longer believe a negotiated peace can be achieved between cultures, ideologies and values that are so diametrically opposed.
All the best to you and your family. All the best to Israel.
I have never been glad my grandparents so dear to me till well into my adulthood were no longer alive , but the thought crossed my mind that it is better that they never saw this - again.
i don't have words to talk about the horror of what is happening. Your piece of writing is is amazing. So well analysed and expressed. Thank you.
After 6 decades of ignoring the Israeli-Palestinian conflict I have finally spent a couple of days doing the historical and political research (I like to base my opinions on facts and reality) and have come down solidly on the side of supporting the state of Israel and its people.
It might be too much to hope that some sort of resolution can be reached. A few years ago I walked away from the Woke Left in disgust and no longer believe a negotiated peace can be achieved between cultures, ideologies and values that are so diametrically opposed.
All the best to you and your family. All the best to Israel.
I appreciate this thoughtful response. Thank you
Thanks for sharing this. I agree with you. The reality when you dig deeper is totally different from what is being widely circulated.
Heartbreaking 💔