Hunger strikers “are doing this for us, the Palestinian people,” says the son of a prisoner in an Israeli jail. Israel is planning to begin force-feeding hunger strikers. Read more about Israel preparing for "industrial-scale" torture of Palestinian hunger strikers 

Despite Israel’s bluster, it remains closely allied with the Palestinian Authority, on which it relies to maintain control of millions of Palestinians. Read more about Why are US lawmakers more enraged over Hamas-Abbas deal than AIPAC? 

The memo, revealed in a book to be published this week by British-Israeli political scientist Ahron Bregman adds evidence to support the thesis that Arafat was assassinated. Read more about “Top secret” Shin Bet memo suggested dead Arafat would benefit Israel 

Known euphemistically as “security coordination,” PA intelligence and security forces work closely with Israeli occupation forces to suppress any Palestinian resistance. Read more about Mahmoud Abbas: collaboration with Israeli army, secret police is “sacred” 

A rising proportion of Palestinian children arrested by Israeli occupation forces are subjected to solitary confinement, harsh interrogations and ill-treatment amounting to torture. Read more about Children describe torture in Israeli solitary confinement 

Israel isolates hunger strikers, imposes solitary confinement and denies salts, putting lives of prisoners in jeopardy. Read more about Hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners punished by Israel 

Following criticism by The Electronic Intifada of how it handled Majd Kayyal’s case, The New York Times is forced to review its policies on observing Israeli gag orders censoring. Read more about The New York Times agrees to be gagged by Israel 

Despite the lifting of the gag order and the ban on meeting with lawyers, Kayyal has been ordered held until 22 April. Adalah has said it will file an appeal to seek his immediate release. Read more about Israeli secret police holding journalist in cell with no bed or window 

Kayyal is held under suspicion of “unlawful travel to an Arab country” and “contact with a foreign agent,” accusations Israel habitually uses to harass Palestinian citizens. Read more about Israel court lifts gag order on Shin Bet detention of journalist Majd Kayyal