At some point during lunch with a friend in London – some fifteen years ago – I asked him for his opinion about one or
other Middle East issue that was just in the news. His response was that he
does not really care what “the Israelis and the Palestinians get up to.” That
he was, in fact, tired of the issue. I was taken aback. How could he? An
intelligent, interested, well-read, well-travelled, well-educated and cultured
Brit – how could he just be not interested?
These days, everyone seems to have a view about the Ukraine
and Russia story and I find myself understanding my friend’s attitude of 15
years ago.
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