Settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has risen 40 percent since 2010, and 165 percent since 2009, according to the UN. Protesting a wave of settler attacks on her home and property, one elderly Palestinian woman in Hebron went on hunger strike. Read more about Hebron woman goes on hunger strike over settler attacks 

A delegation of members of the Palestinian Legislative Council travelled to Switzerland to attend a meeting on parliamentarians under threat. Read more about "Talk to us," says Hamas in rare visit to Europe 

A Palestinian teenager describes the physical and psychological torture he endured while imprisoned in an Israeli jail for throwing stones, and how his chronic illness went untreated in what his family say was a deliberate attempt by the prison authorities as further punishment. Read more about "Sometimes I feel my stomach will explode": Israel subjects teen prisoner to medical negligence 

An important precedent was recently set that could challenge the entrenched system of impunity for Israeli interrogators who torture and abuse Palestinian detainees. Read more about Israel's impunity challenged by torture victim in Jerusalem 

Charities are struggling to meet the needs of an estimated 53,000 orphans in the Gaza Strip; more than 2,000 children were orphaned during the 2008-09 Israeli war on Gaza. Read more about Israel's siege punishing Gaza orphans 

Palestinian schoolchildren and their teachers face violent settler attacks and Israeli army movement restrictions in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Read more about The daily ordeal of getting to school in Hebron 

The story of Samer Abu Seir and Loai Odeh — two men who met in Israeli prison and have remained friends ever since — speaks to the experience of so many others. Read more about Separated as prisoners, reunited in Gaza on release 

On 26 November, Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon threatened to cut Israeli electricity, water and ties to Gaza’s infrastructure serving the 1.6 million residents of the Gaza Strip. Read more about Israel's threat to cut Gaza water supply would be "complete catastrophe" 

The postponement of an Israeli eviction order in East Jerusalem has spared the Somrein family from being made homeless — for the time being. Read more about Eviction stalled in East Jerusalem; family awaits new hearing 

An amendment to Israel’s “Prevention of Infiltration” law will mean prison time for asylum seekers and their children — as well as for those who offer them humanitarian aid. Read more about Israel jails asylum seekers, labels them "infiltrators"