Israeli demand for Jewish state is wrong
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I agree 100 per cent with Eric Bahrt on the issue of Palestine seeking statehood through the UN (Letters, yesterday). Israel has no authority to offer the Palestinians negotiations about statehood (while they are busy expanding their settlements on Palest
The last thing the world needs is religious states. Palestine’s application to the UN is not for an “Islamic” state, so why do the Israelis insist on a Jewish state? By the same token Britain could be a Protestant state, Italy a Catholic state and the USA? Difficult to envisage, but, if the US squashes the Palestine application, I would be inclined to call them the United Jewish States of America.
Horst Bullinger
Bangkok
