It just so happens that Tanya Rosenblitt was a leading member of an organisation called One Voice, which is a subsidiary of the New Israel Fund that campaigns with EU funding to undermine those sectors of Israeli society that do not follow its leftist secular views.

Her actions show that she was an agent provocateur, as letterwriter Howard Sherrington puts it.

Unfortunately, some charedi men fell for her posturing and gave her the opportunity to portray their whole community in a bad light.

If people want to have separate seating for men and women, why should these do-gooders interfere?

At one time, there were separate women-only carriages on British trains and nobody objected.

Next thing these busy-bodies will insist on unisex public toilets.

Some women prefer separate seating because it protects them from unwanted sexual advances but they are much more likely to come from secular Israelis or Arabs than charedi men.

Ms Rosenblitt and her colleagues should not be so arrogant as to assume that they know better what others really want than those people themselves.

(Mrs) Pamela Edwards,
37 Rockmount Avenue,
Thornliebank,
Glasgow.

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