Keith Black: ‘The Israel I’ve loved all my life is in danger’

For most of my adult life I have visited Israel several times a year. I have visited during military conflict, during times of despair and hardship and also during times of great national elation. I have however just returned from the hardest week I have ever had in the country.

I was there to visit my daughter who is ironically doing an MA in conflict resolution but my visit coincided with the annual conference of Israel’s leading think tank, the Institute for National Security Studies which I attended. It also coincided with incidents of terror, of mass demonstrations, of intense febrile political debate, and pervasive feelings of anger and outrage […]

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