I am saddened to realise that you are still under misapprehensions about the "Palestine Question," still holding fast to rumours and half-truths spread by the last generation of military and political leaders in the Arab world.

In no way can a rational person condemn Israel's action of last week as Imperialist aggression when it is obvious that their intention is the protection of all within Israel's borders, Arab as well as Jew. Aggression implies no provocation, whereas Palestinian terrorists have been murdering civilians since 1948.

Also at no time has it been a policy of the Israeli Government to restrict citizenship to Jews, in fact Arabs are encouraged to remain, it was the Arab leadership who forced them to flee.

Israel cannot be condemned for taking self-defensive measures, the aim being to prevent terrorists from violating her territorial integrity, something lauded by all societies.