Director, B’nai B’rith UK Bureau of International Affairs ? Stephen Pollard rightly points out that it is no surprise that Andy Burnham’s first foreign policy speech as prime minister-designate, should be on Israel/Gaza, and is a thinly disguised sop to the left and sectarian Muslim voters (Burnham’s pandering to antizionists will unleash a torrent of antisemitism, July 10). At a time when identity politics is tearing Western democracies apart, encouraging sectarianism in this country for purely electoral advantage is highly irresponsible. On a more positive note, Keir Starmer’s promise to fulfil his government’s commitment to increase Jewish security is reassuring...