Miriam Margolyes has opened up about losing friends and family members due to her staunch support of Palestine .

The always-opinionated Bafta winner, who is Jewish, has been a vocal advocate for the Palestinian cause for some time now, which she was asked about during an interview on Ireland’s The Late Late Show last week.

When host Patrick Kielty remarked that Miriam had “lost a lot of family and friends over this” issue, she agreed: “Yes, I have. It hurts when people that you’re fond of don’t want to talk to you anymore, because they feel you’re a traitor. They have to do what they do, and I have to accept it.

“And I mustn’t hate them. I must try to understand, because if I hate, I’m as bad as they are, and I don’t want to be. But I tell you what, North London is a pretty trick

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