Alastair Stewart: Remembrance becomes harder with each passing year, but also more important

Alastair Stewart: Remembrance becomes harder with each passing year, but also more important

The week ended with a partial agreement between Israel and Hamas on a pause in hostilities in Gaza, and the President once again renewing his claim to the Nobel Peace Prize.I can remember when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for ending the Vietnam War, though North Vietnam had effectively won it anyway. That decision drew much criticism and has long been viewed as one of the great ironies of modern history. Not that irony is in…