Opinion/Editorial
The Opinion/Editorial section of EI offers commentary, analysis, and opinion pieces from EI founders and others. Quality submissions are welcomed, preferably from contributors with an organisational affiliation.
United solidarity with Gaza
Philip Rizk, The Electronic Intifada, 8 February 2010
Once the Gaza Freedom March arrived in Cairo I repeatedly heard justification that organizers did not want to put Egyptian protesters at risk. Yet, Egyptians regularly protest in Egypt despite the risks. For a group of outsiders to justify the exclusion of our involvement without asking our opinion -- in spite of the good intentions of "protecting" us -- felt paternalistic and demeaning. Philip Rizk comments for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]
How surrendering Palestinian rights became the language of "peace"
Joseph Massad, The Electronic Intifada, 27 January 2010
The 1993 Oslo agreement did not only usher in a new era of Palestinian-Israeli relations but has had a much more lasting effect in transforming the very language through which these relations have been governed internationally and the way the Palestinian leadership viewed them. Joseph Massad comments. [MORE]
Israel's PR exploitation of Haiti aid
Sarah Irving, The Electronic Intifada, 25 January 2010
Despite logistical problems, the 12 January earthquake in Haiti has seen much of the "international community" pull together to provide food, doctors and other emergency aid for the already poverty-stricken country. But the disaster has also provided apologists for the State of Israel's human rights abuses an opportunity to try and grab high moral ground. Sarah Irving comments for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]
"Jerusalem is in danger"
Nimer Sultany, The Electronic Intifada, 21 January 2010
Once again, Israel resorts to show trials. Sheikh Raed Salah, a prominent political and religious leader of the Palestinian minority, was sentenced on 13 January by an Israeli court to nine months of imprisonment. This is his second conviction in recent years. This time the allegation was that he assaulted a policeman and obstructed police work during a demonstration at al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Nimer Sultany comments for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]
The United States, Israel and the retreat of freedom
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 14 January 2010
A new report by Freedom House, a US-government funded think tank, suggests US interference around the world makes countries less free. Despite this, it calls for even more US intervention. The report's approach also provides a stark example of the abyss liberal thinking has fallen into when it comes to ignoring Israel's systematic abuses and presenting the country as an idealized democracy. EI's Ali Abunimah comments. [MORE]
A second Gaza war around the corner?
Hasan Abu Nimah, The Electronic Intifada, 13 January 2010
Israel's recent aggressions look ominously like the 4 November 2008 attack on Gaza, which killed six persons and shattered the four-month-long truce meticulously respected by Hamas. Predictably, Hamas and other factions retaliated for that Israeli provocation and then Israel used their response to justify its massacre of 1,400 people in Gaza this time last year. Hasan Abu Nimah comments. [MORE]
Making a business out of Palestine's struggle
Yaman Salahi, The Electronic Intifada, 12 January 2010
Soliciting the support of people in the US-based Palestine solidarity movement, Palestine Note recently launched a new website that aspires to become the online hub for all things Palestine. While the website announces its dedication to "news, stories and views about Palestine and Palestinians," and its aspiration to become a "cultivator of community," The Electronic Intifada contributor Yaman Salahi finds there is more behind the enterprise than meets the eye. [MORE]
Miss Palestine's mistaken rebellion
Sousan Hammad, The Electronic Intifada, 8 January 2010
One of the travesties of living in a colonized environment is that the inferior, or oppressed, aspire to win admittance to the Western world. There seems to be an emerging trend of this type of appeasement, where submission has replaced the revolution. The introduction to spectacles, like the breaking of a Guinness record for the largest plate of kanafeh and the search for a national beauty queen, are just two examples of absurd practices are coming to be seen as normal in Palestinian cities. Sousan Hammad comments for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]
"No army, no prison and no wall can stop us"
Abdallah Abu Rahmah, The Electronic Intifada, 7 January 2010
I mark the beginning of the new decade imprisoned in a military detention camp. Nevertheless, from within the occupation′s holding cell I meet the New Year with determination and hope. I know that Israel's military campaign to imprison the leadership of the Palestinian popular struggle shows that our nonviolent struggle is effective. Abdallah Abu Rahmah writes from the Ofer Military Detention Camp. [MORE]
My husband: jailed for protesting Israel's wall
Majida Abu Rahmah, The Electronic Intifada, 7 January 2010
On International Human Rights Day in 2008, my husband Abdallah Abu Rahmah was in Berlin receiving a medal from the World Association for Human Rights. Last year on the same day, 10 December, Abdallah was taken away at 2am by Israeli soldiers who broke into our West Bank home. Abdallah was arrested for the same reasons he received the prize -- his nonviolent struggle for justice, equality and peace in Palestine/Israel. Majida Abu Rahmah comments. [MORE]
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