'The freedom to take our land'
Three decades on, Land Day continues to conjure up heightened bitterness. This year, Palestinians' anger was directed at Israel, US aggression on Iraq and the ineffectual Arab governments. Jonathan Cook reports from Sakhnin

Precarious balancing act
Abu-Mazen began to put together a government, trying to please Israel, the US and, hopefully, his own people. Khaled Amayreh reports from Hebron

The cost of reconciliation
Powell's visit raises Turkish hopes, but may come at a price, Gareth Jenkins reports from Ankara

Them and us
Arab Americans are being drawn back into the Arab fold with plans for the first US-Arab Economic Forum, writes Nyier Abdou

Critic silenced
Hussam Khader, an elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, is on a hunger strike to protest against his detention. Annika Hampson reports

Neighbour of a settler
Ras Al-Amud sits on a ridge overlooking the Al-Haram Al-Sharif and Al-Aqsa Mosque, between Jerusalem's old city and the Arab villages of Silwan, Abu-Dis and Al- Izzariyya.