Person: David Newmark

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Israel’s historical willingness to return the Golan Heights is well-documented

Itamar Rabinovich, chief negotiator for Israel during the Yitzhak Rabin government (1992-5), wrote a book about the failed negotiations with Syria.

Brexit should be a big issue in this election

Assad has protected Syrian minorities from ISIS

Syria is another Sunni and Shia battle

Israel has engaged in meaningful diplomacy

These books might change your opinion

Much criticism of Israel is wide of the mark

Jack O’Neill (Irish Examiner, November 11 ) asks why criticism of other countries is a precondition of criticising Israel. Well, because standards and human rights are measured comparatively.

Fri, 13 Nov, 2015

Security measures in Israel are sad, but a necessary reality of life

The lack of facts in Betty Purcell’s article (November 2) is more than compensated for by fiction. A few examples will suffice.

Wed, 04 Nov, 2015

Migrants should have voice but quotas are out

Piotr Gawlik (August 3) argues for the appointment of an independent senator to the Seanad to be a representative voice for Ireland’s migrant community.

Wed, 05 Aug, 2015

A common language must have a common standard

The flaw in a subjective definition of a word like ‘anti-semitism’ is that usage will only result in confusion. One of your correspondents (Irish Examiner, June 22) overlooked this.

Sat, 27 Jun, 2015