THE COMMUNICATION of Mr Walt Jackson, July 3.

The slaughter of teenagers is an obscene atrocity. Of that there is no doubt. However, to apply the gentleman’s logic to the situation would be to suggest that the population of Poland ought to have been prepared to accept a negotiated settlement with the German National Socialists.

By definition of the very manner of its creation and the nature of its structure, Israel is a criminal act and a festering sore upon the face of international human indifference.

H Roland ap Watcyn Griffithstown Pontypool