I believed Israel to be built on justice and now I believe the opposite

In his reply to my letter, Derek O’Flynn of the Israeli Embassy ( Letters, November 6) inadvertently admits to the Apartheid system that exists in the West Bank, when he argues that the water Israel allows to them is two thirds that available to Israeli settlers.

He does not contradict the limitation I saw on water to three days a month, or my observation that the settlers had 24/7 access for their sprinklers and water parks. He ignores completely the issue of Apartheid roads, which allow settlers unique and speedy access to all parts of the West Bank and into Israel.

I stand over the argument that “every man, woman and child in the West Bank is under the control of the Israeli army and government”. While Area C, under full Israeli control stretches to 60 % of the Palestinian territory, even in Zones A and B, their writ is extensive. Water is under their control, as are roads.