The Electronic Intifada attended a demonstration against home demolitions in Lydd on Tuesday night, 12 April. The demonstration was part of regular weekly protests against the increasing ghettoization of the heavily-segregated Palestinian areas of the city, which is located southeast of Tel Aviv. Read more about Lydd residents protest home demolitions 

Comedian Mark Thomas walked the full 723 kilometer route of Israel’s wall in the occupied West Bank, encountering Palestinians and settlers and getting detained along the way. Read more about Walking the wall: Comedian Mark Thomas interviewed 

The buzzing “insect” that disturbs any moment of peace in Gaza is the really the sound of the Israeli spy drones that constantly hover overhead. Read more about Insects in disguise 

Educators and students who took part in annual Land Day commemorations on 30 March are being investigated by the Israeli Education Ministry, which sent letters to Palestinian schools inside Israel demanding to see attendance reports. Read more about Israeli education ministry launches Land Day witch hunt 

A visit to Khuzaa village in the Gaza Strip is a lesson in Palestinian sumoud or steadfastness. Read more about Resilience in the green fields of Gaza 

Under the guise of an investigation into the murders of the Fogel family in a nearby settlement, Israel laid siege to Awarta village though the identity of the perpetrator of the attack is unknown. Read more about Village remains under siege weeks after settlement murders 

As Palestinians were preparing for their weekend this Thursday afternoon, all of a sudden barrages of Israeli artillery fire and air raids by warplanes struck several regions of the Gaza Strip. Read more about Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 5, injure 30 

Actor-director Juliano Mer-Khamis was shot dead by a masked gunman yesterday outside the Freedom Theatre that he co-founded in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Jenin. Maryam Monalisa Gharavi reflects on Mer-Khamis’ art and excerpts from a previously unpublished interview she did with the artist in 2006. Read more about Interview with the late Juliano Mer-Khamis: "We are freedom fighters" 

Palestinian activist Jawad Siyam has been under house arrest for nearly three months after being accused of attacking a Palestinian neighbor in the occupied East Jerusalem village of Silwan. Jillian Kestler-D’Amours spoke to Siyam about his recent arrest, what life is like for Palestinians in Silwan, and what he thinks will happen in the future. Read more about Despite house arrest, Jerusalem activist will fight for Silwan