Letters to the Editor: Ireland needs to overcome the fear of US disapproval

One reader says Governments claiming to want Middle East peace should be less credulous about the role played by the US, an enabler of Israeli violence, while another says cultivating peace is everyone's job

Wahid Izhian Al-Ghalban, 13, injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza last month. Picture: Hani Alshaer

Despite assurances from many commentators, it is difficult — nearly impossible — to take seriously the claim that the United States is working hard to restrain Israel in its assault on Lebanon.

We heard many similar assertions as the Israeli military pounded Gaza into dust, killing thousands of children.