With ref to P Mallinson's letter (EA Monday, March 8). Mr Mallinson starts his letter by accusing Mr Topping of twisting the facts.
He then does British servicemen who served in Palestine a monstrous dis-service himself by twisting the facts about the creation of Israel.
The creation of Israel came about after a very bloody terrorist war between several Jewish terrorist gangs and the British who were stationed in Palestine after WWII.
The Arab nations and the Palestinians were promised that the state of Palestine would be created but the Jews were not prepared to lose what they considered their land.
The IRGUN Jewish group in the major atrocity of the time blew up the hotel used as the British headquarters killing many British servicemen.
Indeed the leader of IRGUN later became the head of the state of Israel, namely Mr Begin.
By this time, many Jews were bound for the area from Europe and the UN caved in under Jewish and American pressure and created a State of Israel, forcing the Palestinians to become refugees in their own land.
So by force of terrorism the terrorists came to power and have been a destabilising force in the Middle East ever since.
Indeed on the subject of Weapons of Mass Destruction the state of Israel probably possesses more than any other state in that area.
D Smith
The Bramptons
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