Today is the 35th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights. Read more about Unhappy Anniversary 

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, using massacres and other forms of terrorism against civilians, and rumors of more to come, Zionist militias drove 800,000 Palestinians out of 415 Palestinian villages, creating a refugee crisis unresolved to this day. Read more about 55 -- not 35 -- years of occupation 

Living in Jerusalem is a different world than living in Ramallah, Bethlehem, Jenin, Nablus, Tulkarm or Gaza; in fact I can say living in Jerusalem is different than living in any other West Bank town or village. Read more about The right to exist 

The old fisherman was sitting across the small table, smoking and gazing at the blue sea with sad eyes. The sixty years old fisherman Eid Abu Hasira found himself confined helplessly, sitting and waiting at the cafeteria of Gaza Port, now for weeks at one stretch. Read more about A Gazan Fisherman's Tale 

And it can be worse. This morning, the Dutch daily newspaper De Volkskrant reported that Gretta Duisenberg yesterday received a letter in which she was threatened with death. Read more about More on the flag,...