SIR – Among your correspondents, John Hall tells the harrowing story of Gaza in the context of his donation towards alleviating the suffering and misery of those Palestinians dying there on a daily basis.

Rudi Leavor writes that “murder by any side is to be condemned”. But he refuses to accept that the “hotly desired peace” (his words) in that part of the world lies in the Israeli government accepting that the Palestinians also have rights to land in the area.

These rights stretch further back in time than the hastily prepared treaty of 1948, drawn up in the chaotic aftermath of a world war.

Peaceable, generous, warm-hearted Jewish people from all over the world are being judged by the world on the actions of the Israeli government and its attitude towards and treatment of the Palestinians. Actions and attitudes which they deplore.

The speech by the Home Secretary, Theresa May, regarding Jewish people regrettably feeling unsafe in the UK, in the aftermath of the atrocities in France, was heavy on angst but left the elephant in the room.

One has to concur with your third contributor, Alex Suchi, who, recognising this fundamental problem, finds it “difficult to envisage a peaceful end to this impasse” whilst it perpetuates.

One thing is certain – violence and extremism will always breed violence and extremism and benefit no-one.

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