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Highlighting important stories on and off The Electronic Intifada.

WATCH: Ali Abunimah, UNRWA's Chris Gunness and Jerusalem Post's Yaacov Katz debate Gaza flotilla

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 13:33

Israel’s propaganda war against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla heats up. The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah appeared on Russia Today’s Crosstalk with Chris Gunness, spokesman for UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, and Yaakov Katz of The Jerusalem Post.

Reflecting on the Amina hoax - coverage, analysis and investigation

Submitted by Benjamin Doherty on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 22:20

When we broke the story last Sunday of who was really behind the “Amina” the “Gay Girl in Damascus” blog, revealing it to be Tom MacMaster, an American graduate student living in Scotland, we knew it would get a lot of attention. But even we did not anticipate quite how broad the interest would be.

Report on The Electronic Intifada boosted campaign to nix AUB speech by Wolfensohn

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 20:27

The Daily Star in Beirut reports on 12 June:

James Wolfensohn, former World Bank president, has pulled out of the commencement due to honor him at the American University of Beirut following a petition from students and faculty members over his links to an Israeli think tank and businesses.

Update/analysis: Cameron changes "no comment" stance on JNF departure

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 06:38
Last month Asa Winstanley reported for The Electronic Intifada on how British Prime Minister David Cameron had stepped down as honorary Jewish National Fund patron. Asa, a journalist in London who blogs at winstanleys.org and who can be followed on Twitter, wrote up an update and analysis after the prime minister’s spokespersons broke the silence on Cameron’s resignation.

EI in the Press: AIPAC speechifying vs. Sabra boycott referendum

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 05/25/2011 - 21:07

The progressive magazine In These Times blogs today on last night’s event featuring The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah and celebrated Palestinian spoken-word artist Remi Kanazi at DePaul University — which student activist Sami Kishawi described as “ground zero of the growing campus boycott movement in Chicago” in an op-ed for The Electronic Intifada

EI's Ali Abunimah on Worldview & Al Jazeera's The Listening Post

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 21:08

EI’s Ali Abunimah appeared on WBEZ Chicago Public Radio’s Worldview and Al Jazeera’s The Listening Post to talk about recent developments related to Palestine. Watch and listen.

EI's Ali Abunimah discusses Nakba media coverage on FAIR's CounterSpin

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sat, 05/21/2011 - 16:16

This week on CounterSpin, the audio program of media watchdog FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting), The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah discussed US media coverage of Palestinian rights after the 15 May Nakba day protests and marches.

The same episode also features noted Salon writer Glenn Greenwald talking about the media.

Photo: Gun-toting Israeli soldier disguised as Palestinian woman

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 04:20
A photo published by The New York Times depicts an undercover Israeli agent, dressed as a Palestinian civilian, being loaded into an Israeli police vehicle after “helping detain a Palestinian protester” during today’s Nakba anniversary protest at Qalandiya checkpoint between Ramallah and Bethlehem.

Interactive map of Palestine villages destroyed in Nakba

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 15:01

The Electronic Intifada has produced this interactive map that allows you to see information about any of the more than 400 Palestinian cities, towns and villages depopulated and destroyed during the Nakba – the ethnic cleansing of Palestine by Zionist and later Israeli forces from late 1947 into 1948.

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