Israel causes traffic jams in Bogor; one Indonesian volunteer hurt in the Mavi Marmara incident.

Indonesian attitudes to the Darfur issue in Sudan, in comparison to Palestine.

Ross rails that faraway refugees in the Middle East excite more sympathy than refugees in Lombok.

Protests against the Israel attacks in the Gaza Strip mirror those over the 2006 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.

Lebanese Hizbullah television become available to Indonesian viewers courtesy of Indosat.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Indonesia’s relationship with Israel.

Whose side are the security forces on? asks Ross.

Ribbi Awad, who until very recently was under the impression that he was the Palestinian ambassador to Indonesia, claims he was taken hostage by his own staff at the Palestinian embassy in Jakarta, shortly before he was due to return home to the occupied territories.