Some playing cards and other small items were all that Mahmoud Jalal al-Hilu, 10, left behind when he was killed by an Israeli tank shell on 22 March as he played near his home in the Shujaiya neighborhood east of Gaza City. Read more about Gaza family mourns boy killed by Israeli shell 

A bill was passed by the Israeli Knesset (parliament) last week which calls on the government to deny funding to any organization, institution or municipality that commemorates the founding of the Israeli state as a day of mourning. Read more about Israel criminalizes commemoration of the Nakba 

RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IRIN) - Israel’s restrictions on commercial crossings to Gaza and its checkpoint regime cost nongovernmental organizations millions each year. Read more about Israel hampers aid agencies at Gaza crossings 

In the last month Palestinians in Jerusalem continued to face ongoing violence and settler takeovers of their homes. The Electronic Intifada reports on the latest developments in occupied Jerusalem. Read more about Court orders Jerusalem family to share home with settlers 

A coalition including Palestinian refugees from Lifta are appealing to the Jerusalem municipality to stop plans to build Jewish-only condominiums atop the remains of the depopulated village. Read more about Suspended in time, Lifta under threat 

Richard Falk, an investigator with the UN Human Rights Council, warned this week that Israel is carrying out a form of ethnic cleansing against Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem. Read more about Legal expert warns of "ethnic cleansing" in Jerusalem 

RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Israeli settlers observed their own “Day of Rage” last Thursday, launching reprisal attacks on Palestinians for the recent murder of a settler family in an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, and the demolition of a settlement structure by the Israeli authorities. Read more about Settlers attack Palestinians on "day of rage"