IAM completely dismayed at the world and some of today's so-called leaders.

The very seat of the birth of Our Lord in Bethlehem and also the city of Jerusalem have yet again been the subject of devastating violence from both the Palestinian and Israeli people, causing unlimited suffering to each other.

After more than 2,000 years, one would have thought that they had got it right.

Can they not get a grip and sit around a table to negotiate a settlement in a non-violent settlement -- where both violated peoples can live together in peace?

COUNCILLOR PETER CLARKE, Ash Lane, Great Harwood.