Difficult conversations are being had around what's happening in Israel and Palestine.
How to navigate debate in your friendship group around the Israel-Hamas conflict ‘It’s really difficult. I feel uncomfortable in my own home,’ Ella* says when talking about the Israel-Hamas conflict. Ella is Jewish and lives with a non-Jewish couple in North London, where anti-Semitic attacks are already on the rise. She feels her roommate is excusing the actions of Hamas by sharing pro-Palestinian content on social media.
This is trickier ground to navigate without damaging your friendship but while it’s distressing, Lucy doesn’t think it should eclipse your relationship. ‘It’s very much about recognising that a) it’s a complicated situation, b) it’s a very emotional situation, and c) it is one topic in the world and that there might be a deeper friendship at stake,’ she says. ‘So don’t let this topic, even though it’s very intense, be the thing that damages your relationship.
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