This morning, at the Qalandia checkpoint, a Palestinian child was shot in his head with a rubber-coated metal bullet. Read more about Qalandia: just aim...and fire 

On Saturday I visited my aunt in Ramallah. The town seemed quiet. Even passing through Qalandia checkpoint seemed easier then before. ‘We thought that they were going to enter last night’, said my aunt suspecting another Israeli invasion of Ramallah and El-Bireh. Read more about Checkpoint 'hell' 

Al Ram is a quiet town but in summer the dust noise makes it intolerable. Yes, do not open your mouth and look bewildered, Al Ram is the color of the colorless Palestinian rocks. Read more about 'Abandon all hope ye who enter here' 

It’s disgusting. European governments are guilty. They have aided and abetted Israel to deport Palestinians. They are now brought to Ben Gurion airport from which they will be flown to Cyprus to be deported to various countries in Europe. Read more about 'Subject to Israeli censorship' 

Nablus, the uncrowned queen of Palestine, a calm, tranquil, developing city, became a city of dust, noise, rubble, sadness and anger. Read more about Nablus witnessed 21st century barbarism 

I cannot avoid reading history over and over again. I am not thinking of recent history in former Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Kosovo, East Timor, or even apartheid South Africa, when listening to daily reports of what is happening around me. I am thinking of recent local and regional history. Read more about History repeats itself