Key Events
9/11 (11 September 2001)
While no Palestinians were involved in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, footage of a tiny, unrepresentative group of celebrating Palestinians was broadcast around the world repeatedly. Israel spent the months following the tragedy working to link Palestinians with the attacks in the consciousness of the American people. As Israeli government spin doctors emphasised that Israel was fighting the same "War on Terror" as America, Sharon's army pounded Palestinian towns with heavy weapons and in March/April 2002 launched the biggest invasion of the West Bank since 1967. This section of Historical Events offers some of the post 9/11 writing of EI Founders and others. (Added 10 December 2003)

Initial reactions
  • The Palestinian people, as a whole, portrayed as supportive of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Nigel Parry, (12 September 2001)
  • A Few Words, Ali Abunimah (12 September 2001)
  • Letter from Canada, Laurie King-Irani (12 September 2001)
  • Thoughts from New York, Ali Abunimah (17 September 2001)



    Anniversary articles
  • 9/12, Nigel Parry, The Electronic Intifada, (12 September 2002)
  • This day a year ago, Hassan Abu-Nimah (11 September 2002)
  • 9/11, Terrorism, and the Middle East: The way out, Jeff Halper, Peace Work ( 9 September 2002)
  • The Palestinians after September 11, Ali Abunimah (11 September 2003)



    The Patriot Act and the atmosphere in the US
  • Making sense of our times: Excerpts from "Is There an Islamic Problem?" M. Shahid Alam (14 October 2004)
  • Rounding up the Arabs, Negar Azimi, Al-Ahram Weekly (13 June 2003)
  • Living "the other," fearing "the other", George E. Irani (6 June 2003)
  • No Longer Invisible: Arab and Muslim Exclusion After September 11, Louise Cainkar, Middle East Report (23 December 2002)
  • Fundamentalisms, media, and the new McCarthyism: how demagogues are hijacking Washington, DC, Laurie King-Irani (18 December 2002)
  • American academia may be principal casualty of Sept. 11, Abdelwahab El-Affendi, The Daily Star (Beirut) (26 September 2002)


    Increased popularity of Middle East online news websites after 9/11
  • The Internet as an alternative news publishing medium, Nigel Parry (27 February 2003)
  • Net plays big role in war news, commentary, Mary Anne Ostrom, The Mercury News, (28 February 2003)
  • Mideast Unrest Fuels Search for Info on Web, Oliver Ludwig, Reuters, (22 September 2002)



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