Ireland's Jewish community says it is more important than ever to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day this year.

I EXPRESSED the view (Irish Examiner Letters, March 19) that the spirit of Christ might be found among poor and downtrodden Palestinians.

CHARLES HAYES’ advice (Irish Examiner letters, March 19) to his Israeli friends to see the face of Christ in an old Palestinian woman makes about as much sense as if some Muslim friends were to advise him to see the face of Mohammed in a Jewish child murdered in a suicide bomb.

JONATHAN Mahon (Irish Examiner, August 7) claims the axis of evil in the world today comprises Israel, America and Britain.

The educational role of UNWRA the United Nations Works and Relief Agency that funds and staffs the schools in the Palestinian refugee camps established by Egypt in Gaza and by Jordan in the West Bank deserves urgent attention.