1 December 2002
Three men, one dressed as an Israeli soldier and two wearing masks, entered the home of an Associated Press photographer at about 3 a.m. Sunday, rummaging through cabinets, desks and closets and emptying a jewelry box before leaving after about 30 minutes, the family said. Read more about Israeli forces search journalist's home
Ramallah 29 November 2002
We found ourselves in the midst of a crowd of over 300 cheering Palestinians. Between us and another group of a few dozen Palestinian youth were two United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) representatives. The two representatives were clearly American, in looks and accents. A few of the Palestinians standing behind the UNDP representatives slowly walked up behind them and one pulled from a bag what looked like a one-meter wooden bat. Read more about Palestinian Children in the Night
28 November 2002
Israeli occupying forces have perpetrated more human rights violations against Palestinian civilians, including willful killings, shelling of, and incursion into Palestinian areas and agricultural land leveling. This week, 21-27 November 2002, 7 civilians – 6 Palestinians and an UNRWA official – and a security man were killed by Israeli forces. This number does not include Palestinians who were killed in military attacks. Read more about Weekly report on human rights violations
27 November 2002
As a massive tornado devastated central Iowa today, causing an estimated $300 million in damage, Arabs in the state expressed relief that an Arab was not determined to be behind the events. BNN’s Najeeb Al-Anbarri reports. Read more about Arabs thankful as tornado hits Iowa
31 May 2001
Maintaining a website offering information about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a pro-Palestinian perspective, my e-mail in-box is regularly filled with ‘advice’ about how the Palestinians should manage their Intifada. Some recent messages have bemoaned the decision by Palestinian military groups to fire mortars at Israeli settlements. EI’s Nigel Parry comments. Read more about The message of the mortars
27 November 2002
“Jenin Jenin”, a 54-minute documentary made by Palestinian filmmaker/actor Muhammad Bakri, features at the International Documentary Filmfestival (IDFA) in Amsterdam. This film is Bakri’s most cutting statement yet. Bakri says that the film is about “human suffering as such - about a wounded soul, a demolished home, a felled tree, a picked flower, a broken heart.” Read more about "Jenin Jenin" features at International Documentary Filmfestival
26 November 2002
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has protested to the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) the treatment of one of the Agency’s international staff members and her family, who were subject to degrading searches and unjustified detention. Read more about UN protests armed Israeli raid on international staff member's home
10 August 2001
On 9 August 2001, National Public Radio’s Linda Gradstein commented, in the wake of a bomb attack against Israelis in Jerusalem, that “Israel has no choice but to retaliate”. NPR blamed the mistake on “live radio”. Read more about National Public Radio advises Israel that it has "no choice" but to retaliate
21 August 2001
A 12 August 2001 action alert from pro-Israeli group CAMERA (“Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America”) made a series of baseless accusations against National Public Radio. EI’s Ali Abunimah reports. Read more about CAMERA's continued assault on NPR and the truth
16 August 2001
“Israel’s incursion into Jenin on Tuesday was the first time Israeli troops have entered a city under full Palestinian control since parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip were handed over to Palestinian rule under a peace deal in 1994,” said the BBC. But it wasn’t, and the error was reproduced widely. Read more about Mass amnesia hits the media concerning Israeli military incursions into Palestinian areas: Have we lost a clear sense of the scale of Israel repression during the 10-month-long Palestinian revolt against miltary occupation?