Israel and the international community have deployed multiple deterrent tactics to try to thwart the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. But is it working? Ewa Jasiewicz comments for The Electronic Intifada. Read more about The story of the flotilla is not over 

Alexander Billet profiles Palestinian-American spoken word poet Remi Kanazi and his new book of poems, Poetic Injustice. Read more about Remi Kanazi's poetry of struggle 

Hundreds of armed soldiers and police spread throughout Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on 8 July, arresting six Israeli activists for unfurling flags and chanting slogans in solidarity with the Palestinians. Read more about "Hysterical" Israeli reaction to Palestine solidarity fly-in 

Every week a group of Palestinians risks death and injury by protesting at land confiscations near the Gaza-Israel boundary. Read more about Palestinians mark third year of Gaza "buffer zone" protests 

Gaza’s children are still planning a welcome ceremony for the Freedom Flotilla II, despite how Greece and other countries have connived with Israel to block its voyage of solidarity. Read more about Gaza youth still determined to welcome flotilla 

According to Hassan Saifi, a representative of the ministry for religious affairs in Gaza, a quarter of the Gaza Strip’s 800 mosques were damaged or destroyed in the Israeli attack on Gaza in winter 2008-09. Read more about Cash shortage hampers rebuilding of mosques destroyed by Israel 

Severe pollution and Israel’s frequent attacks on fishing vessels have made it healthier for Gazans to eat farmed fish rather than fish caught at sea. Read more about Siege and sewage make farmed fish a temporary option for Gaza 

A month ago, Oliva, the first boat to monitor human rights violations in the Palestinian territorial waters, was launched. Read more about Solidarity at sea on board the Oliva 

The Yaffa Community Center, named after the city of Jaffa in present-day Israel, was established in 1996 by a group of Palestinian intellectuals. It was established to teach the next generation of Palestinians about their culture, history and the Palestinian political struggle. Read more about Bringing hope and history to Balata camp youth 

For three years now a United Kingdom medical journal The Lancet has been working with Palestinian health professionals and researchers to document the effects of stressful living — coping with economic difficulties and shortages, restrictions on movement, political tensions and fear of outside attack — and has just published its latest findings. Read more about Israeli checkpoints kill women in childbirth, says new study