In early February, Israeli military spokesperson Avi Benayahu announced that more than a hundred Israeli “media warriors” are to be trained to use social media tools to disseminate Israeli propaganda to audiences around the world. Read more about Israel investing $1.6 million in "new media warriors" 

With style gurus and editors reveling in another pageant of new creations flaunted at London Fashion Week, a talented young Palestinian is bucking the trend with his own captivatingly unconventional designs. Read more about Palestinian fashion designer's uncompromising debut 

What had started out on 3 June 2010 as a confident journey portending reunion had turned unexpectedly into mindless tragedy. In an interview with The Electronic Intifada contributor Kristin Szremski, Dr. Ahmet Doğan describes his quest for justice for his son slain on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Read more about Father of Furkan Dogan, slain on flotilla, seeks justice 

Controversy has arisen between the Hamas-led government and the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) during the past few weeks over stalled reconstruction in the war-torn Gaza Strip. Read more about Gaza reconstruction held hostage to politics 

CAIRO (IPS) - Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi has unleashed the bloodiest crackdown so far against pro-democracy protesters seeking his ouster, killing dozens of people in only four days of protests. Read more about Gaddafi uses deadly force against protesters 

RAFAH, occupied Gaza Strip (IPS) - It was easy enough to rename Mubarak Children’s Hospital the al-Tahrir Hospital in Gaza. Not so easy is the task of managing patients who need to cross over to the Egyptian side for treatment, or come back in. Read more about In Gaza, Mubarak's name easier to erase than his legacy  

On the afternoon of 7 February 2011, masked Israeli settlers from Havat Maon outpost chased a group of twelve Palestinian schoolchildren who were walking home from school in al-Tuwani village in the occupied West Bank’s South Hebron Hills. The Israeli military had failed to arrive to escort the schoolchildren, forcing the children to take a longer path without the army’s escort. Read more about Al-Tuwani children's struggle to go to school 

The Electronic Intifada brings you this roundup of recent activism news from across the globe, including disruptions by university students of speeches by an Israeli soldier and a politician in Massachusetts and in Scotland, a move to challenge Seattle’s violations of free speech rights and a Palestinian youth group’s demonstration against a settler-only marathon in the occupied West Bank. Read more about Activism roundup: Bilin commemorates six years of protest 

For at least five months, Israeli military has been stationed on the roof of Abid Abu Ramuz’s building — which houses a total of 69 persons from seven separate families, as well as a mosque — in the heart of Silwan’s Baten al-Hawa neighborhood. Read more about Families forced out as army occupies Jerusalem rooftop