Jennifer Horgan: Only twelve people on a boat to Gaza — but they carry the weight of millions
What we do with our empathy matters — and sometimes, twelve people can carry the weight of a nation’s conscience
Climate activist Greta Thunberg stands near a Palestinian flag after boarding the Madleen boat and before setting sail for Gaza along with activists of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, departing from the Sicilian port of Catania, Italy.
The poor man started quoting Seamus Heaney to comfort us.
“Heaney used to say a poetry reading is a success once there’s more people in the audience than on stage.” It haunted him ten minutes later — with three of us, two poets and himself, scanning a crowd of two, one being my husband.
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