20 NOVEMBER 2004, Page 34

Get tough on Israel

From Yugo Kovach Sir: It would help if President Bush were to think the unthinkable and cut off all military and economic aid to the state of Israel ('The beginning of hope in the Middle East', 13 November). This change of policy, while sending an unambiguous message to the Israelis, would not endanger Israel's immediate security, given its overwhelming military superiority and nuclear arsenal. Such a move would also strengthen the hand of modernisers within the Islamic world.

Yugo Kovach

Twickenham, Middlesex