Sir, – Ivor Shorts (October 9th) criticises Trócaire for singling out Israel for “criticism and action”. Any cursory look at its work would reveal that the organisation singles out many governments around the world for criticism and action. Perhaps it is Mr Shorts who has singled out Israel as immune to such campaigns.
Mr Shorts rightly states that Israeli children traumatised by the conflict deserve every kind of help that is available. However the sheer scale of the humanitarian crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, in comparison with Israel, may have something to with their greater emphasis on Palestine. I applaud Trócaire’s principled stance in favour of a just resolution to this conflict. – Yours, etc,