Sir, – Raymond Deane's reference to Israel as a "rogue state" (November 27th) ignores that Israel, unlike every other country in the region around it, is a fully fledged democracy and a member of the international community of democratic states. If words like rogue are going to be bandied about they are better applied to a regime like Iran's. – Yours, etc,
MELISSA TEODORINI,
Gledswood Park,
Clonskeagh, Dublin 14.