Madam, - In my letter of October 5th, I described "the murder by Hamas of two Israeli children" as "a horrible and futile crime", before condemning the ensuing and massively disproportionate Israeli invasion of Jabaliya, and the inadequate response of the European Union.
In his reply the next day Tony Allwright complained that "Israel gets all the blame" and referred to "apologists for those who consistently target \ civilians" implicitly including myself among these apologists.
I leave it to the judicious reader to determine whether Mr Allwright has accurately summed up my position. - Yours, etc.,
RAYMOND DEANE, Chair, Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Dublin 1.