Letters to the Editor May 19th: On famine in Gaza, cars as weapons and scrapping Sevens Rugby

Famine in Gaza Sir, - Ireland and six other European countries' statement on May 16th calling on Israel to lift its Gaza blockade (Ireland joins countries calling on Israel to lift Gaza blockade, News, May 17th) is far too little, too late. After over two months of what the statement describes as a "man-made humanitarian catastrophe", in which Israel has blocked food, aid or medical supplies from reaching two million people now on the brink of famine, not to mention the 19 months of bombardment and over 53,000 deaths, only now are they calling for the world to "assume the…