Carroll Cox has said what needs to be said about anti-Semitism: that it is never in order. But, as he has also remarked, to condemn the state of Israel's treatment of the Palestinians is not anti-Semitic. It is good to know, and necessary to remember now and at all times, that just as there were "Righteous Gentiles", there are "Righteous Jews" who do recognise the human rights of the Palestinian people. An aspect of Pound's error, his lapsing into evil, was his over-riding such vital distinctions in clarity. David Moody