Israeli forces arrested Lusia Morgantini, the former Vice President of the European Parliament, and three others during the weekly anti-wall demonstration in the West Bank village of Bil'in. All were released once the soldiers realized who was in their hands

Dr. Sawsan I. al-Assaf, Lecturer and Researcher at CIS, Baghdad University, Visiting Fellow at SOAS, London, former Senior Fellow at Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI, Galway.

Iraq is often described as a mosaic country because of its many nationalities and religious differences. Racially there are Arabs, Kurds, Turkomans Cheldo Assiryians. On religious basis there are Muslims, Christians, Yesidis, Sabians and a very small number of Jews. Muslims, who form the majority of the population, are divided between the two main sects, Shia and Sunnis. All these nationalities and religions lived peacefully throughout history in Iraq.