Miriam Margolyes Opens Up About Losing Friends And Family Due To Her Vocal Support Of Palestine

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68ece38b150000ccc026a086.png?cache=21H6c3tqMO&ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Miriam Margolyes pictured during her recent interview on The Late, Late Show" data-caption="Miriam Margolyes pictured during her recent interview on The Late, Late Show" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="RTÉ" />Miriam Margolyes pictured during her recent interview on The Late, Late Show</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><span style="font-weight:400"><a href="news/miriam-margolyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Miriam Margolyes</a> has opened up about losing friends and family members due to <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/miriam-margolyes-gaza-ceasefire_uk_6616ae7de4b07b7205f21dc7">her staunch support of Palestine</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">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 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCcAWfUy79k" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">during an interview on Ireland’s The Late Late Show</a> last week.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">When host <a href="news/patrick-kielty/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Patrick Kielty</a> 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.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">“And I mustn’t hate t