12 January 2001
Curfews, fighting and economic embargoes — all part of the Palestinian struggle for statehood — have delayed the implementation of their “state” on the Internet, the dot-ps top level domain. Oscar S. Cisnerosv reports for Wired. Read more about Dot-PS: Domain Without a Country
23 August 2002
Law professor and pro-Palestinian agitator Francis Boyle expected to have a lot of e-mail waiting for him after his two-and-a-half-week vacation. But he never imagined that there would be 55,000 messages packing his inbox — many of them hurt, even belligerent, notes from friends and fellow activists. The message that supposedly came from Boyle was a forgery — one of thousands sent out in the names and from e-mail addresses of prominent advocates for the Palestinians — designed to sow dissension, create confusion and waste time in the activist community. Noah Shachtman reports in Wired. Read more about Return to Sender -- 55,000 Times
16 July 2002
“For hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, getting to work, school or the market has been virtually impossible since Israel’s latest anti-terror campaign began. Now, they won’t be able to get online, either. Early Monday morning, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) troops took over the offices of Palnet, the leading Palestinian Internet service provider, shutting down the firm’s operations.” Noah Shachtman writes in Wired. Read more about Israel blocks Palestinian ISP
7 May 2003
The total number of Palestinians made homeless by Israeli’s military demolition campaign climbed above 12,000 this month following a rapid acceleration of the policy in Gaza during the first quarter of this year. Read more about House demolitions hit 12,700 in West Bank and Gaza Strip
8 May 2003
Two Israeli Apache helicopters launched four missiles at a white Peugeot 205 driving through the streets of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza. Two missiles hit the car, killing the driver, 27-years old Eyad ‘Eissa al-Baik. Read more about Yet another extra-judicial execution in Gaza
7 May 2003
“The Karameh Campaign has been launched in Montreal, Canada to respond to the ongoing attempt to criminalize Palestinian solidarity organizing at Concordia University, other universities and communities, throughout Montreal and around the world. The campaign is endorsed by individuals and members of other community groups committed to issues of social justice. The word Karameh means Dignity in Arabic.” Read more about Karameh Campaign launched to defend Palestinian solidarity organizing
7 May 2003
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is appalled by the death of James Miller, a British free-lance journalist who was fatally shot on Friday, May 2, in the Gaza Strip. Read more about CPJ calls for full and transparent investigation into British journalist's death
6 May 2003
An Alitalia pilot stunned passengers flying to Tel Aviv by announcing “Welcome to Palestine, Happy Independence Day to Palestine.” Read more about Alitalia pilot: "Welcome to Palestine"
6 May 2003
Echoing the views expressed by several members of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People this morning, the Permanent Observer for Palestine expressed cautious optimism over the recently released “road map” to Israeli-Palestinian peace. Read more about Committee members express cautious optimism over recently released 'road map' for Israeli-Palestinian peace
6 May 2003
The Golan Heights cast a shadow across the Middle East peace discussions, but are seldom mentioned. Eleven months ago Nick Pretzlik and his wife stood close to the UN flag in the Syrian ghost town of Quneitra, and looked across the closed borders of Syria and Israel to the green and pleasant landscape of the Golan Heights. Read more about Whatever happened to the Golan Heights?