The Electronic Intifada (EI), found at
electronicIntifada.net, publishes news, commentary, analysis, and reference materials about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from a Palestinian perspective. EI is the leading Palestinian portal for information about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its depiction in the media. [MORE]
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Carel Moiseiwitsch and Gordon Murray
7 October 2008
 In June 2007, the Palestine Media Collective produced a newspaper parody of The Vancouver Sun that satirized the anti-Palestinian bias of CanWest, the largest media conglomerate in Canada. Six months later, CanWest launched a lawsuit against those who "conspired" to produce and distribute the parody. The original writ named Mordecai Briemberg, Horizon Publications (the printer), and six Jane and John Does. Carel Moiseiwitsch and Gordon Murray comment for EI. [MORE]
Gabriel Ash
3 October 2008
 With Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert forced to concentrate on his corruption charges, Tzipi Livni, Israel's foreign minister, won the ruling party Kadima's primaries and is hoping to form a new government. The Electronic Intifada contributor Gabriel Ash looks at Livni's cultivated dovish image in the context of a neo-liberal and colonial Israel. [MORE]
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Abdelfattah Abusrour
2 October 2008
 Once again, the holy month of Ramadan comes to end. Once more people are preparing for the Eid holiday, the feast of breaking the fast. Once more, people think how can they celebrate this Eid. Once more, we ask the same questions: how many checkpoints and roads will be open so that Palestinians can be able to circulate freely from place to place to visit their family and friends? Abdelfattah Abusrour writes from occupied Palestine. [MORE]
Rami Almeghari
29 September 2008
 Ramadan al-Hour's four children have not seen their father for the past year. Ranging in age from five years to four months old, Amal, Aya, Sulaf and Walid live with their mother in the town of Kufr Qassem inside Israel. Israeli authorities have prevented al-Hour's wife and children from entering Gaza. Rami Almeghari reports from Gaza. [MORE]
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Report
10 October 2008
 The date is etched in his mind. "Our last delivery of raw materials from Israel was on 28 August 2007," says Rafat Redaisi. "But for more than a year now the imports we need have been banned. Before the closure [of Gaza] we used to buy a ton of raw plastic for $2,500. Now we're forced to rely on the black market, and we have to pay twice as much for the plastic." [MORE]
Ramesh Jaura
8 October 2008
 BARCELONA (IPS/Terraviva) - Palestinian villagers drink unsafe agricultural water rather than trusting water provided by an Israeli company, says Buthaina Mizyed, who has worked in Arraneh village near the conflict-laden West Bank city of Jenin. The reason the Palestinians avoid the water from a station in the nearby village of al-Jalameh is that it smells of chlorine. [MORE]
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Release
10 October 2008
 As Jews around the world observe the Jewish New Year, a new Jewish group honors the holiday by denouncing Israel and Zionism. The International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) launches this week, with a month of actions and events in over eight countries and the release of its founding charter. [MORE]
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Jonathan Cook
8 October 2008
 No one is more surprised than Shlomo Sand that his latest academic work has spent 19 weeks on Israel's bestseller list -- and that success has come to the history professor despite his book challenging Israel's biggest taboo. Jonathan Cook reports. [MORE]
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