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them further along that path will a real sense of belonging start to develop. David Finlay London NW11

The situation you describe at DFID (Oct 14) regarding the continuation of existing funding to the Palestinian Authority is truly extraordinary.

If the best, or only, reason that the civil servants in charge of DFID can come up with to ignore the arguments about the UK being complicit in funding terrorism is their fear that the Palestinian Authority will collapse financially without UK aid, as your page one story suggests, that is absolutely not a valid reason to excuse UK ministers, and specifically DFID Minister Patel from being legally responsible under UK law for the consequences of their civil