In 1991, conflict broke out again between the villages, part of the wider ethnic hatred and violence that was now gripping the area as the communist state of Yugoslavia collapsed.
It is a process that is both local and national: where races are sometimes decided on the strength of a highway or a waste site and, at other times, by country-wide tides of hatred or disappointment.
Far from showing "a higher duty to wider humanity" it was a hatred of his mother country, and not idealism, which led him to blow the whistle on Israel's nuclear arsenal.
Since Mohammed Abu Khdeir was killed, the hatred has become more personalized, wider spread, and deeper ingrained.
In them, the pair spew nihilistic hatred towards family members, as well as wider society.
Frank's floodgates are wide open, and he unleashes a torrent of pent-up hatred on Dorothy, standing over her, glowering, taking handfuls of food from his plate, stuffing it into his mouth and spitting it into her face.
"The spectrum of hatred and discrimination against LGBT people is very wide in Nigeria, and forms part of deep-rooted cultural attitudes," said Bisi Alimi, director and founder of the foundation.
His wide blue eyes seem to consider me more with curiosity than hatred, but his words say otherwise.
"Tackling bigotry and hatred isn't just about legislation, but about wider action to help bring communities coming together.
It had been noticeable during the trial that whenever the Judge showed hostility to the introduction of race hatred into the proceedings, this man's chewing became particularly wide and vulpine.
