Sir, – No sooner had a truce been negotiated, and Gaza moved off the front pages, when Israel announced the takeover of 1,000 acres of Palestinian land in the West Bank, the biggest appropriation of Palestine land in 30 years (“Israel draws international rebuke for latest West Bank land seizure”, September 1st).
We have to start somewhere to reverse this situation, and to move towards a peaceful and just solution to this historic and ongoing problem.
As Irish people we need to use our recognised position as a neutral country, take a stand, and withdraw our ambassador from Israel and expel the Israeli ambassador.
This step could become the turning point, one which starts to mobilise world opinion, and forces Israel to operate in a civilised manner. – Yours, etc,
MARIE HUMPHRIES,
Wigan Road,
Dublin 9.