IN response to M A Clarke's recent letter, the creation of a Palestinian State is not only essential to peace within the Middle East, but its creation is a moral obligation to the Western World.

The West has done much to raise the tension between the Islamic and Jewish communities in this part of the world, but our previous failings should not stop us from doing what is right today, or tomorrow.

The UK has shown it is committed to repressed communities in the region through its war on Saddam.

If our honourable intentions are to be believed, the Palestinian question must be our next battle.

TIM EVANS,

Battenhall, Worcester.