Zoe Lawlor of Gaza Action Ireland uses the isolated killing of Abed al-Fattah Yusri al-Sharif, 21, by an Israeli soldier to support a universal claim that Israel engages in a campaign “of extrajudicial executions” in its confrontation with Palestinian terrorists (Letters, April 5).

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki lashed out at MPs today, ordering them to stop criticising his government and instead declare their loyalty to a unified Iraq - not their religious sects or political parties.

Israel has assassinated another Palestinian in a helicopter missile attack in the West Bank town of Tulkarem.