Sir, – Instead of thanking members of Dáil Éireann for supporting the motion which called on the Government to "officially recognise the State of Palestine, on the basis of the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as the capital", and praising successive Irish governments for remaining committed to the "establishment of a viable, sovereign Palestinian state, in the West Bank including East Jerusalem and Gaza, existing alongside and at peace with the state of Israel" (December 16th), Ambassador Ahmad Abdelrazek should have written an open letter to the leaders of Hamas – part of the so-called unity government which he represents – asking them to drop their ongoing call for the destruction of the state of Israel. – Yours, etc,
DAVID M ABRAHAMSON,
Glenageary,
Co Dublin.