For and against an admirer of Israel

AS AN advocate of the UN I applaud the industry and determination of a young Jewish people in developing the lands given them in 1947 by that body, as does Breda C Smith (Irish Examiner letters, July 8).

I only differ from her view in the period 1948 onwards.

In stating Israel’s resettlement policy, she omits to mention the forced expatriation of entire Arab communities in 1948 for the purpose of settling the influx of Jewish refugees.