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Seeing grey in Israel

In Ireland, conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is portrayed as black and white issue.

Palestinian throws stone at Beitunia Nakba Day
Photo by: REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
Sheera sat across from me with a look on her face that could turn milk sour. Sheera was the first Israeli I'd ever met. We were in Frankfurt, both doing international artist residency programs. We'd become friends, and on breaks from working I would often go next door to her studio, armed with a copy of The Guardian.

We were both briefly back on the smokes – which I now blame on the stress of adapting to what can be a harshly humorless society. I would read to her the latest Guardian report about what the nasty Israelis had done that particular week. I wanted to get her views on the matter; I also wanted to hear her excuses.

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