Illegal acts of Israel

One can readily understand why Dirk Vleugels may be emotional about Palestinian terrorism, having lost a friend to a random act of violence far from the theater of conflict. However, Israel has committed many illegal acts of its own. It may not blow up mosques but it does blow up houses on the merest suspicion that they have harbored those it wishes to believe are terrorists. This is strictly contrary to international law.

On the Myanmar issue, he is absolutely right. Why is Indonesia still pursuing the nonsense of "constructive engagement" with the aus dem sumpf (out of the swamp) regime in Yangon?

DAVID JARDINE

Jakarta