Articles

The under-reporting of Palestinians killed

Nigel Parry
1 March 2001

On Friday 6 October 2000, it was noted that many radio/TV reports from the first two-thirds of the day suggested that the clashes were winding down when the reality was that, by the end of Friday, 11 more Palestinians were killed (5 WB, 6 Gaza) and Palestinian human rights organisation Addameer recorded 177 injuries in the West Bank and 132 in Gaza.

New York Times editorial praises "moderate" Israeli Labour party

Ali Abunimah and
Nigel Parry
28 February 2001

The New York Times’ editorial praises the Israeli Labor party’s decision to join a “national unity” government on the grounds that it could exert a “moderating influence” on the new government’s approach “on issues like military tactics against Palestinian unrest.” EI notes that if the outgoing Labor government has been “moderate” in its response, Palestinians could well be forgiven for wondering what a harsh response would look like.

Intifada against bias

Rachida Azough
20 February 2001

The new website Electronic Intifada will be launched today to fight biased reports and myths on the Palestinian cause. According to the three initiators times are changing.

The Trouble With Wiring Palestine 

Oscar S. Cisneros
12 January 2001

“Salwa Ziada would like to keep learning about computers and the Internet, but Israeli-imposed curfews keep the Palestinian girl from reaching the community computing center set up for refugees like her.” Oscar S. Cisneros reports for Wired News.

Dot-PS: Domain Without a Country

Oscar S. Cisneros
12 January 2001

Curfews, fighting and economic embargoes — all part of the Palestinian struggle for statehood — have delayed the implementation of their “state” on the Internet, the dot-ps top level domain. Oscar S. Cisnerosv reports for Wired.

IFJ condemns attacks on journalists and media staff in Palestine

International Federation of Journalists
12 December 2000

The International Federation of Journalists, the world’s largest journalists’ group, today issued a strong statement condemning attacks on journalists and media staff in Palestine.

Ha'aretz: Foreign press angered by government media center cuts

Catherine Cohen and
Tamar Hausman
8 December 2000

The Government Press Office’s news and information section, which disseminates and translates information to foreign correspondents from a myriad of government sources, shut down for the whole of last week because its one remaining employee was on vacation.

IPI releases report on press freedom violations for the period 28 September to 22 November 2000

International Press Institute
1 December 2000

In a detailed report on the crisis in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Areas, the International Press Institute (IPI) highlighted the disturbing number of injuries to journalists and media professionals between 28 September and 22 November 2000.

"The world is against us"

the Haim Baram Column
24 November 2000

THE MOST popular Israeli pop song in the 1970s was The World Is Against Us. It was hardly a masterpiece: the rather simplistic message was accompanied by an equally banal tune. These were the halcyon days of the PLO in the international arena and the 1975 General Assembly resolution which defined Zionism as a form of racism.

Our correspondents are hiding the truth

Stan van Houcke
18 November 2000

Dutch correspondents in Israel are not interested in Palestinian victims of Israeli violence. Their emotional bond with the country prevents objective coverage. That is wrong.

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