Your coverage of the current situation of Jews – “The return of the ‘longest hatred’” (24 November) and “What it means to be Jewish now” (Cover Story, 1 December) – is brilliant. My politics are on the left because that mirrors Jewish values. Benjamin Netanyahu’s government does not, and I and a majority of Israelis will continue to fight it. We are going through very difficult times with deep sympathy for Israel’s position and a continuing belief that Palestinians deserve their own state. The left in Israel is still strong but would most likely define itself as centrist. The Jewish left will continue, both pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian but anti-Hamas. I would think that I am closest in my thinking to Fania Oz-Salzberger and I loved her reference to Cato’s injunction about Carthage.
Sir Trevor Chinn, London
[See also: Peace can still be salvaged in Gaza]
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