The real damage in Gaza
Questions are even beginning to be posed regarding the very question and concept of Israel and the prospects for it actually surviving in the medium to long terms. This explains why many believe that this latest brutal attack on Gaza is another nail in the coffin of Israel, and possibly why so many Jewish figures from around the world, including those who state their love and support for her, have chosen to speak out against the onslaught.

In this context, I find it surprising and disappointing, to say the least, that a man of faith such as Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sachs has failed to condemn the shredding to pieces of Palestinian children by Israel's F16 and Apache missiles and the phosphorous bombs now proven that have been deployed, yet continue to act as a man who speaks on behalf of one of the world's greatest faiths and its followers.

Those who know anything about history realise that once a state or an empire begins to feel morally bankr