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31 May 2011
A committee meeting of the Knesset – the Israeli parliament – looking into the Iran dealings of Israeli firm Ofer Brothers Group, was suddenly shut down today after just fifteen minutes. Read more about What are they hiding? Knesset meeting on Israeli firm dealings with Iran suddenly shut down
31 May 2011
In the early morning hours of 31 May 2010, Israeli forces carried out a violent, unprovoked assault on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla as it sailed in international waters in the eastern Mediterranean. A look back at what happened and how it was covered. Read more about Israel's attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla: Looking back a year later
28 May 2011
Weeks after a Palestinian “reconciliation” accord was signed in Cairo with much fanfare, little appears to have happened. What is going on? Read more about What happened to Palestinian "reconciliation"?
24 May 2011
EI’s Ali Abunimah appeared on WBEZ Chicago Public Radio’s Worldview and Al Jazeera’s The Listening Post to talk about recent developments related to Palestine. Watch and listen. Read more about EI's Ali Abunimah on Worldview & Al Jazeera's The Listening Post
24 May 2011
Rae Abileah a CODEPINK activist who disrupted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech in the United States Congress this morning was physically attacked, hospitalized and then arrested from hospital according to reports. Read more about Protestor who disrupted Netanyahu in Congress attacked, hospitalized, arrested
24 May 2011
In an interview with The Electronic Intifada moments ago, Sasha Gelzin, 23, an activist with CODEPINK described what happened when she and four others disrupted the keynote speech of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington on Monday evening. Read more about Why Sasha Gelzin disrupted Netanyahu at AIPAC - interview
22 May 2011
Following his speech on Thursday night, and his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, US President Barack Obama spoke to the 2011 Policy Conference of AIPAC, the influential Israel lobby today. Read more about Obama's speech to AIPAC affirms commitment to Israel and US policies that doom it
21 May 2011
This week on CounterSpin, the audio program of media watchdog FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting), The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah discussed US media coverage of Palestinian rights after the 15 May Nakba day protests and marches. The same episode also features noted Salon writer Glenn Greenwald talking about the media. Read more about EI's Ali Abunimah discusses Nakba media coverage on FAIR's CounterSpin
20 May 2011
Students at DePaul University in Chicago voted by a large margin in a referendum asking if they support ending sales of Sabra brand hummus on their campus. Due to a technicality, however, the result will not be binding. A note received by The Electronic Intifada from campus activists with Students for Justice in Palestine at the university announced today the results of voting that took place earlier this week: Read more about DePaul students vote by large margin to ban Sabra hummus
19 May 2011
NPR’s managing editor for digital news Mark Stencel has responded to criticisms made by this blog of the network’s facilitation of a White House instigated event to talk about Obama’s Middle East policy speech that featured just one panelist: Obama’s speechwriter. Read more about NPR responds to EI's criticism of White House "publicity stunt"