EI Extra
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Bassaleh News Network,
Multimedia, and
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ACTION & ACTIVISM
Maymanah Farhat
15 December 2008
 On 13 November Palestinian conceptual artist Emily Jacir was awarded the prestigious Biennial Hugo Boss Prize. Established in 1996 in conjunction with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation to "recognize significant achievement in contemporary art," the prize includes a $100,000 award and a solo exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum New York in 2009. The award is the latest honor for the celebrated artist. Maymanah Farhat reports. [MORE]
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Transcript
4 January 2009
 In addition to bombs and missiles that have killed an ever increasing number of Palestinian civilians, Israel has dropped millions of flyers on the occupied, besieged Gaza Strip. The Electronic Intifada decided to call the number provided on one such flyer. What follows is a translation of the Arabic conversation between an EI editor and an Israeli officer who identifed himself using the Arabic name "Abu Ibrahim." [MORE]
Tisha Rabal & Bahr Aswad
22 November 2006
 A team of scientists, working in the BBC's Children's Science Unit, who recently completed an exhaustive week-long undersea geological survey of the Mariana Trench of Irony, the deepest known submarine trench in the world, announced today that the water tested seemed to be primarily composed of salty, reptillian, American, clusterbomber tears. In related front page news... [MORE]
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Slideshow
10 December 2008
 The following slideshow is a selection of images from the month of November 2008. The month in pictures is an ongoing feature of The Electronic Intifada. If you have images documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, or of solidarity with Palestine, please email images and captions to photos A T electronicintifada D O T net. [MORE]
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Academic Freedom - In the United States, assaults on academic freedom take the form of intimidation of professors and institutions by off-campus lobby groups and pro-Zionist faculty and students on-campus. See here for information about the Columbia University controversy and Daniel Pipes' Campus Watch organization.
Activism - Activist news and reports from the Electronic Intifada and beyond.
Activist & Solidarity Directory - Country-by-country guide to Palestine-related activist organisations.
Aid to Israel - Since 1976, Israel has been the largest annual recipient of U.S. aid and is the largest recipient of cumulative U.S. assistance since World War II. From 1949 through 1965, U.S. aid to Israel averaged about $63 million per year, over 95% of which was economic development assistance and food aid. A modest military loan program began in 1959.
Anti-Semitism -
Apartheid -
Apartheid Wall - Information about the massive wall Israel is building on Palestinian land.
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Arts - Arts organizations, books & literature, comedy, festivals & events, films, music, performance arts, and photography.
Assassination -
Banning -
Barak, Ehud -
Blogs -
Books -
Bookstore - Key and recommended texts on various aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with purchase links to Amazon.com.
Boycott - Information about the campaigns to boycott Israeli produce, divest from Israeli investments, and sanctions against the Aparthied state of Israel.
Camp David (2000) -
Casualty Statistics - Information about Palestinian and Israeli casualty statistics.
Caterpillar -
Children -
Cinema -
Closure -
Cluster Bombs -
Comedy -
Cooking -
Corrie, Rachel -
Corruption -
Culture -
Curfew -
Deir Yassin Massacre (1948) -
Detention -
Development - News and information about aid organisations and development in Palestine.
Diaries -
Divestment -
Education -
Extrajudicial Killings -
FAQs - Frequently-asked questions about EI, the conflict, and more.
Film -
Freedom of Movement -
From The EI Kitchen - Recipes of your favourite Palestinian and Middle Eastern dishes compiled by EI's Laurie King-Irani!
Gaza "Disengagement" (2004) -
Geneva Accord (2003) -
Health -
Historical Documents - From Sike-Picot onwards, a comprehensive list of documents pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Historical Speeches - Key speeches relating to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Human Rights - This section offers portals to a variety of human rights resources.
Humor -
Key Events - Notable milestones of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, such as May 2004's "Operation Rainbow" in Gaza and the August 2004 hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners. See Key Historical Events for information on larger historical events such as the Nakba and Sabra & Shatila Massacres.
Key Historical Events - Key historical milestones in Palestinian and international history, including the Nakba, the Deir Yassin Massacre, Land Day, the Sabra & Shatila Massacres, 9/11 and "Operation Defensive Shield". For EI features on more recent events arranged chronologically, see Key Events.
Land Day -
Literature -
Maps - Maps and satellite photographs of Palestine that illuminate aspects of the conflict.
Military Aid -
Multimedia -
Music -
Nakba -
Nuclear Arms -
Nuclear Weapons -
Operation "Rainbow" (May 2004) -
Operation "Summer Rain" (2006) -
Oslo Accords (1993) -
Palestinian Authority - Information about the Palestinian Authority.
Peace Negotiations - Including the Oslo Accords, Camp David II, the Road Map, the Geneva Accord, and Sharon's "Gaza Disengagement Plan".
People - Politicians, peace activists, journalists killed during the conflict, and others.
Performing Arts -
Photography -
Poetry -
Recipes -
Refugees - A key issue required to resolve the conflict, this section offers information about refugees.
Refusniks -
Road Map, The (2003) -
Sabra & Shatila Massacres -
Said, Edward -
Sanctions -
Satellite Images -
Satire -
Settlements & Settlers - All Israeli governments, Labor and Likud, pursued settlements after 1967 in order to consolidate Israeli control over the occupied territories and prevent the emergence of a Palestinian state.
Sharon, Ariel -
Speeches -
Suicide Bombings -
Torture -
Transfer -
Visual Art -
Wall -
War Crimes -
Weapons - Information about arms used in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Websites - EI's BY TOPIC guide to websites, under heavy construction as of December 2004.
West Bank Barrier -
Women -
Yassin, Ahmed -
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