A decision was made last week barring Palestinians from running for student union president at a college in the Galilee. Read more about Palestinians banned from seeking top student post at Israeli college 

Hundreds of protesters in Glasgow, Scotland, converged on the BBC’s headquarters demanding an end to the media blackout of the ongoing hunger strikes by Palestinian prisoners. Read more about BBC challenged for ignoring plight of Palestinian prisoners 

Imprisoned by Israel, footballer Mahmoud Sarsak has never been tried for any recognizable offense, and his detention has been continuously renewed every six months. He is one of many prisoners depriving himself of food to demand liberty and justice. Read more about Palestine football star seriously ill from four-week hunger strike 

Surrounded on all sides by an Israeli settlement, a fence, walls and gates, the Gharib family’s situation is one of the most extreme and unsettling cases highlighting the effects of Israel’s illegal settlement building in the West Bank. Gharib died just days after this interview. Read more about "I will never give up our house": Sabri Gharib kept promise to resist Israeli settlement until his final day 

Despite it all, hope is on the rainbow, writes Yousef M. Aljamal from Gaza, as his mother enjoys a long-awaited reunion with her family in the West Bank. Read more about Our day will come (and soon) 

University of California President Mark Yudof has double standards when it comes to on-campus criticism of Israeli policies. Read more about How California uni chief conflates real bigotry with criticism of Israel 

Sheerin al-Araj, a resident of al-Walaja village, is fighting tooth and nail against Israel’s encroaching settlement projects and the wall, which both continue to rapidly confiscate more village land. Read more about "Present absentee" keeps fighting against Israel's wall in al-Walaja 

Despite common media depictions of Gaza as being under harsh, Islamist rule, Gaza-based Palestinian Christians emphasize the close ties between families regardless of religion. Read more about Gaza's Christians like "birds who will always return to their nest" 

Thousands of international solidarity activists were set to fly to Tel Aviv in a coordinated effort to volunteer with Palestinian initiatives in the occupied West Bank. However, Israel coordinated with European airlines to cancel many activists’ tickets. Read more about Europe's airlines enforce Israeli travel ban on activists hoping to repair Palestinian schools