Nelofer Pazira-Fisk: John Hume’s brave vision is needed right now in the Middle East
Derry peace activist knew a healing process is part and parcel of a lasting peace
John Hume tries to talk down baton-wielding members of the RUC in Derry at a civil rights march in 1969. Photo: Getty
In a cosy corner of the library at Trinity College Dublin, John Hume’s legacy was recently being celebrated by a garland of glossy photos and a newly unveiled bronze bust. A small gathering of family, friends and invited guests heard stories of Hume’s tireless struggle for peace, which eventually brought about the Good Friday Agreement.
Outside, a soft rain pattered away at the dimly lit city where a group of people near the Dáil were calling for a ceasefire in another bloody mess — the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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