Madam, - If only Raymond Deane (October 30th) were to devote as much of his time and energy to persuading the Hamas leadership in Gaza to stop the indiscriminate rocket attacks on Israel as he spends castigating Israel in the pages of this newspaper, then perhaps he might actually make a worthwhile contribution to ending the tragic cycle of violence in the Middle East. - Yours, etc,
DAVID M. ABRAHAMSON, Glenageary, Co Dublin.