From the Editors

Highlighting important stories on and off The Electronic Intifada.

Website review: Electronic Intifada, Live from Palestine

Sara V. Buckwitz
17 April 2002

Have you been dissatisfied with the coverage of the Middle-Eastern crisis? Here’s a site that offers views and stories you won’t find in the mainstream press. The site calls itself “A resource for countering myth, distortion, and spin from the Israeli media war machine.”

A Roadmap of Spin

1 May 2003

A messaging missive attributed to the Republican Party’s favorite pollster and spin-doctor explains how the war in Iraq can be turned to Israel’s favor. MotherJones about EI’s publication of a document prepared for pro-Israel activists by the public relations firm The Luntz Research Companies and The Israel Project.

AMERICA'S IMAGE: Nation must restore its reputation

Jeff Manning
12 April 2003

“The vast majority of the Arab world views the U.S. action in Iraq as aggression,” said Ali Abunimah, of the Electronic Intifada, a pro-Palestinian media group. “A couple of good news days for the U.S. don’t erase that image.”

Palestine Report interviews Ali Abunimah about media, Palestine and Iraq

Ali Abunimah
20 February 2003

Palestine Report interviews EI co-founder Ali Abunimah on Arab-American activism, Palestine and a war in Iraq.

EI, Voices in the Wilderness launch Iraq site

Mark Hand
9 February 2003

The folks behind activist group Voices in the Wilderness and tech-savvy news site Electronic Intifada have joined forces to launch a new online news service called Electronic Iraq. Mark Hand reports in Press Action.

Mideast Standoff At U-M

Don Cohen
3 February 2003

At first glance, the fact that the Michigan Student Zionists and the campus chapter of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) cooperated to bring two spokesmen on the Israeli-Arab crisis to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor appeared to be a positive sign. However, those attending the Michigan Union debate Jan. 21 between Morton Klein, the Philadelphia-based national president of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), and Chicagoan Ali Abunimah, co-founder of the Electronic Intifada Web site, didn’t see understandings reached or bridges built.

EI's Abunimah debates Zionist Organization of America leader at Michigan

Rahwa Ghebre-Ab
22 January 2003

EI’s Ali Abunimah debated Morton Klein of the Zionist Organization of America at the University of Michigan on 21 January 2003. Read Rahwa Ghebre-Ab’s report in The Michigan Daily.

Unilateral U.S. Undermines U.N.'s Credibility

Thalif Deen
23 December 2002

Last week, [Nelson] Mandela said he was disappointed that not a single world leader had publicly condemned the recent U.S. decision to grab the 12,000-page Iraqi arms dossier and spirit it to the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) before the other 14 members of the U.N. Security Council could even peek at it. The following report from the Interpress Service cites EI’s Ali Abunimah.

ITV's The Web Review gives EI site "10/10"!

Jason Bradbury
16 December 2002

UK channel ITV’s World Wide Web review series, The Web Review, reviewed the Electronic Intifada and gave it a rating of 10/10, describing our site as “compelling [and] intelligent”, and concluding that EI is “a democratic bombshell, a fascinating look between and behind the lines.” The presenters asserted, “this collection of news clippings, video and audio streams presents some intelligent and forceful arguments about how information from the Palestinian side of the divide is filtered.”

EI on CKUT Radio Montreal

Ali Abunimah and
Nigel Parry
25 November 2002

Following the publication of EI’s investigative piece “Israel falsely claims ‘massacre’ of ‘worshippers’ in Hebron” (16 November 2002), EI’s Ali Abunimah and Nigel Parry spoke with Stefan Christoff on CKUT Radio Montreal about the events. Listen to or download an mp3 audio file of the program here.

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