It’s human nature to take sides in war. But by supporting one side, we are allowing ourselves not to acknowledge that atrocities have been carried out by both warring parties.
Palestinians pray by the bodies of the a family that was killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Friday. Picture: Hatem Ali/AP
When the IRA blew up two packed pubs in Birmingham in November 1974, they didn’t care about the aftermath of their deadly intentions.
They cared not for those they murdered or the 182 people who were mutilated and injured, nor for the thousands of Irish people who had made the West Midlands their home.
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