The Muslim optometrist who saw me was a lovely young woman, personable, with impeccable manners and people skills. She walked me through all the procedures, and as I was leaving, I told her that I felt it was inappropriate of her to be wearing a Palestinian flag to secure her hijab. I explained that if I were Jewish, I would not feel comfortable in her hands, and the wearing of that flag was too political a sign. She told me she wasn’t wearing the pin for political reasons, but humanitarian reasons. She doesn’t realise that everything is political, including humanitarian aid, and how much gets spent on it and to whom it gets sent. But even as she was saying this, whilst trying to maintain an upbeat façade, I could see anger simmering under the surface and an urgency to get me out of the room. It’s generally the case that those with the loudest voices are the ones who know the least about the subject about which they are so fired up. The vast majority of humanitarian aid sent to the Palestinians over the past decades — raw materials and finances — has been used to purchase ammunition and build terror tunnels. So when she says she’s supporting “humanitarian aid” to Palestine, is she saying she wants to fund more terrorism?