PALESTINE is continuing to burn and the Israeli government is getting away with crimes many other nations would be outcast for.

Take the example of Zimbabwe. A number of white farm owners were attacked and the whole world was up in arms about how President Mugabe was a criminal and a murderer. That may well be true but Arial Sharon is not only worse than President Mugabe he is a criminal in his own right.

What will it take for the world to wake up and realise the Israeli government does not want any peace of any sorts but the complete annihilation of Palestinians from the area. Whereas terrorism has been labelled as public enemy number one - why is state terrorism seen as a lesser evil.

The US and British governments are as responsible for the massacres of Palestinians just as much as the Israeli administration. They have had the opportunity to halt them and they have done nothing. If this had occurred in any other country there would have been outrage and the Western countries would have been queuing up to send in troops to stop the slaughter. Has the west decided that it is OK to murder people as long you have an elected government and you claim it is for self-defence?

Why I have to ask do we have a holoquast memorial day every year? To remind us of the crimes committed in the past I presume and so they never happen again. Instead the very nation (Israel) who should be upholding these values is committing them all over again on another set of people's.

Amar Farooq

Whalley New Rd