One of the big lies that the peace process industry has been telling for the past few years is of an economic boom in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, brought about by the supposedly competent, technocratic rule of the handpicked, US-backed “prime minister” Salam Fayyad and the Palestinian Authority. Read more about Busting the myth of the West Bank "economic boom" 

The PLO “chief negotiator” Saeb Erekat has categorically denied a report in The Washington Post suggesting that the Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership that he represents has dropped its insistence that Israel halt settlement construction in the occupied West Bank before resuming US-brokered negotiations with Israel. Read more about Saeb Erekat denies Washington Post claim Palestinians dropped settlement freeze demand 

More information is emerging about events in Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus, Syria. Read more about Update on protests, killings in Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Syria 

Disturbing reports have emerged that a large number of Palestinians have been killed in a shooting in Yarmouk refugee camp near Damascus, Syria. Read more about Mass shooting reported in Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Syria - video 

Those marching to Israeli-controlled frontiers of Palestine should be seen in the same light as Germans who tore down the Berlin Wall. Read more about If Arabs were Germans and Israel's frontiers were the Berlin Wall 

A video posted on YouTube by the website Baladee.net shows marchers trying to evacuate injured and possibly dead people in the Golan Heights today after Israeli forces opened fired on marchers commemorating the 44th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of area which is part of Syria. Read more about Video: Marchers rescue injured people, bodies in occupied Golan Heights 

A video produced by activists in Gaza shows the frustrations of Palestinians prevented from crossing through the Rafah border gate into Egypt, despite the announcement with much fanfare last week that the border would be permanently opened. Read more about Video: What is really happening at Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt 

The Israeli military has posted a video on YouTube threatening violence against unarmed protestors in Syria’s Golan Heights. Read more about Israel posts video threatening to shoot marchers in occupied Syria 

The UK-based international cosmetics firm LUSH has endorsed a single aimed at raising awareness of the struggle for human rights in Palestine. “The catastrophe facing the Palestinian people is one of the defining global justice issues of our time.” Read more about Cosmetics firm LUSH endorses "Freedom for Palestine" 

“Tree of Life” (Shajaret Al Hayah) is a new hip-hop track from Rami GB, Mahmoud Jrere (of DAM), Ahmad Srour, Suleiman al-Zawahira. It’s an ode to the olive tree – a symbol of continuity, steadfastness and resistance in Palestine – and frequent target for destruction by Israel from 1948 to the present day. Read more about "Tree of Life" - New hip-hop track from Rami GB featuring DAM's Mahmoud Jrere