If the Israeli occupation were half as brutal as the Palestinians allege, they surely would have done everything in their power to ensure that Israel did not reoccupy Gaza after leaving it unilaterally....

Various letters have been written about homework given out by a teacher to be done over the Christmas holidays. ...

In the initial days of the new year, many people make many resolutions of every kind. Whether they keep them or not is another story. ...

Franco Farrugia and Giov Demartino (TMID, 10 January), were quick to reply to my letter regarding school holidays and homework....

With reference to Gavin Gulia’s article (TMID, 12 January), Alternattiva Demokratika would like to request Dr Gulia to desist from making incorrect statements in AD’s regard....

I am a Maltese living in London...

It is so unnatural, so sickening, to see a people, the people of Israel, who have suffered so much and so terribly in their history, being cruel, ruthless and relentless against a weaker people....

I read with great interest Henry Brincat’s report of the Malta Olympic Committee’s press briefing of an analysis of our athletes’ achievements during the outgoing year and a review of our international calendar for 2009 (TMID, 7 January)....

Walking home from having an English breakfast by the sea-front, I was thinking about the sad story unfolding in the Gaza strip these days. Once at home I came across an article by Roger Cohen in the New York Times ...

I can just see Lawrence Gonzi in a quandary of his own making. Having leaned on the UHM and the CMTU to declare agreement with the revenue-raising tariffs that have been imposed on consumers of water and electricity...