Peter Reynolds

Israel was created in 1948 by the UK and USA supporting Israeli terrorists in the violent expulsion of native Arabs from Palestine. They sought to provide a homeland for Jews fleeing Eastern Europe after the Holocaust.

A noble ambition but one pursued without any moral or legal regard for those people being displaced.

Sadly it is an experiment that has failed because even after the initial invasion and colonisation of the land, the Israeli state has continued to seize more land, slaughtering or subjugating the inhabitants.

This has continued every day since and is ramped up even further by the deranged, genocidal rhetoric of minsters like Ben Gvir and Smotrich.

As there is no sign at all of Israel wanting to make peace or restrain its expansionist and genocidal ambitions it is time to call a halt. It is a failed experiment.

This tragedy has been a mistake from the very beginning. Give their stolen land back to the Palestinians and give current Israeli citizens full citizenship of the new Palestine.