ISRAEL has at least 200 nuclear warheads, probably more, which makes it third only to the USA and Russia as a nuclear-armed power.

President Bush and his predecessors have always been inhibited by the Jewish lobby in the States from doing anything about it. It is significant that this lobby contributes greatly to the finances of both the Republican and Democratic parties.

Understandably, the Arabs and the wider Muslim world feel menaced. No wonder Pakistan has become a nuclear power and that Iran and probably others have similar intentions.

They do not wish to be as the hopeless Palestinians. There will be no peace in the world as long as Israel has these weapons of mass destruction.

D E MARGRETT,

Worcester.