Giving thanks in a small world
This is from Terry Glavin's Substack. I've taken the liberty of extracting a few lines past the subscription wall (and adding a couple of hyperlinks), as it made me nostalgic about the early days of this blog and about some of the friends we have lost along the way. In memory of Peter Ryley and Norman Geras, and in hope for the possibility of liveable life to return for all the people who dwell in the land between the river and the sea... The war has not ended, U.S. president Donald Trump was rightfully passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize, Hamas has declared that it will not give up its guns, and its death squads are doing a roaring trade in the slaughter of dissidents and anti-Hamas insurgents in Gaza. And Trump seems to think that’s understandable. Whatever happens in the course of the summiteering at Sharm El- Sheikh we should savour the great events of the day. Never mind for now that the shifting formulae for Israeli-Palestinian peace is less a matter of Trump having...
