1 May 2003
A messaging missive attributed to the Republican Party’s favorite pollster and spin-doctor explains how the war in Iraq can be turned to Israel’s favor. MotherJones about EI’s publication of a document prepared for pro-Israel activists by the public relations firm The Luntz Research Companies and The Israel Project. Read more about A Roadmap of Spin
12 April 2003
“The vast majority of the Arab world views the U.S. action in Iraq as aggression,” said Ali Abunimah, of the Electronic Intifada, a pro-Palestinian media group. “A couple of good news days for the U.S. don’t erase that image.” Read more about AMERICA'S IMAGE: Nation must restore its reputation
11 March 2003
Rep. James P. Moran’s remarks on the influence of American Jews on the Bush administration’s hard line against Iraq have put a public face on a bitter and intensely personal debate among policy-makers and pundits over the motivations of those pushing a new war in the Middle East. Read more about Moran's remarks on Jews stoke debate
20 February 2003
Palestine Report interviews EI co-founder Ali Abunimah on Arab-American activism, Palestine and a war in Iraq. Read more about Palestine Report interviews Ali Abunimah about media, Palestine and Iraq
9 February 2003
The folks behind activist group Voices in the Wilderness and tech-savvy news site Electronic Intifada have joined forces to launch a new online news service called Electronic Iraq. Mark Hand reports in Press Action. Read more about EI, Voices in the Wilderness launch Iraq site
3 February 2003
At first glance, the fact that the Michigan Student Zionists and the campus chapter of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) cooperated to bring two spokesmen on the Israeli-Arab crisis to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor appeared to be a positive sign. However, those attending the Michigan Union debate Jan. 21 between Morton Klein, the Philadelphia-based national president of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), and Chicagoan Ali Abunimah, co-founder of the Electronic Intifada Web site, didn’t see understandings reached or bridges built. Read more about Mideast Standoff At U-M
22 January 2003
EI’s Ali Abunimah debated Morton Klein of the Zionist Organization of America at the University of Michigan on 21 January 2003. Read Rahwa Ghebre-Ab’s report in The Michigan Daily. Read more about EI's Abunimah debates Zionist Organization of America leader at Michigan
23 December 2002
Last week, [Nelson] Mandela said he was disappointed that not a single world leader had publicly condemned the recent U.S. decision to grab the 12,000-page Iraqi arms dossier and spirit it to the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) before the other 14 members of the U.N. Security Council could even peek at it. The following report from the Interpress Service cites EI’s Ali Abunimah. Read more about Unilateral U.S. Undermines U.N.'s Credibility
16 December 2002
A decision that works from three countries are not eligible to enter the competition for the Oscars prompts an outcry over Academy rules. The Toronto Star, citing EI, follows up on the story. Read more about Foreign films get a snub
16 December 2002
UK channel ITV’s World Wide Web review series, The Web Review, reviewed the Electronic Intifada and gave it a rating of 10/10, describing our site as “compelling [and] intelligent”, and concluding that EI is “a democratic bombshell, a fascinating look between and behind the lines.” The presenters asserted, “this collection of news clippings, video and audio streams presents some intelligent and forceful arguments about how information from the Palestinian side of the divide is filtered.” Read more about ITV's The Web Review gives EI site "10/10"!