Around 30% of the farmers of Beit Igza were granted military permits to access their lands and harvest their olives. The magnanimous occupiers then allow the land owners to harvest from 9-2pm. I want people to understand that Occupation is like a cancer of the blood…it spreads everywhere and it poisons everywhere. | مشجر جذور: حديقة بيئية في فلسطين Mashjar Juthour

During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, Jorge B. Vargas served as the chairman of the Philippine Executive Commission from 1942-1943, while Jose P. Laurel was the president of the Japanese-sponsored "Second Philippine Republic" from 1943-1945. They cooperated with the Japanese to form a government, with Laurel acting as President and Vargas as his Ambassador to Japan, to navigate the occupation and protect the Filipino people. | Kulay at Kasaysayan