With 1,300 Palestinians (a third of whom are children) and only 13 Israelis killed in Gaza, the disproportion is appalling, but we need to understand the history behind this conflict. One has to go back to March 1948 when a group of Zionist leaders and young military Jewish officers met in Tel Aviv to finalise a plan, which became known as Plan D, for the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. 

I am much impressed by the campaigning style and content of WEM and with Nick Reeves' wide-ranging comments. I am therefore taking the liberty of making a point about the impact of typical lifestyles on energy use.

Rob Westcott (in the May edition of WEM) claims that our 'stressed' water resources demand compulsory metering. But what effect does reducing water use actually have?