Sir, – If Israel cannot take out the Kassams in tiny, adjacent and flat Gaza, how can it can it hope to take out a nuclear program in giant, far-off and mountainous Iran? And if Israel launched an ineffective attack, why wouldn’t Iran simply bide its time and launch a reprisal?

Just as it would take only one bomb, it would take only one lost war, and without regional peace and security, wouldn’t wars continue until one is eventually lost? This is why Israel needs a regionally-accepted security and peace plan – the best defense against Iran.

It is Israel that needs peace and security, so it should be grateful for the peace process, however frustrating, grating on the nerves and infinitely protracted it has been. Those who are against it in principle need to propose a credible and long-term alternative.

JAMES ADLER