SIR - According to Reuters in January, “Britons travelling to Syria to help the rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad could be arrested on their return”.
But Israel’s so-called Israel Defence Force has claimed that 100 British youths have now joined the Israeli forces and may be deployed in the invasion of Gaza. A Facebook web page has been set up to recruit more young men for their campaign.
According to the BBC, under the government’s Serious Crime Bill in the Queen’s Speech, “Those suspected of attending terrorist training camps abroad, such as in Syria, and other acts preparatory to terrorism will be liable for prosecution in the UK.”
The Bill is not yet law, but we must demand that MPs see that this recruiting of vulnerable young men to fight in foreign wars stops right now.
Karl Dallas, Church Green, Bradford
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