Northern Ireland Troubles should provide lessons for Gaza, says former minister

Northern Ireland Troubles should provide lessons for Gaza, says former minister

Peter Hain served as Northern Ireland secretary from 2005 to 2007 (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Lessons should be learned from Northern Ireland’s troubled past amid the current Gaza conflict, a Labour former secretary of state has said.

Peter Hain warned that when politics failed, violence and extremism filled the void.

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