When Israeli authorities declared Ramallah a closed military zone early this week, the army decreed that the media would also be banned from the city. What they failed to recognize is that the media is no longer limited to those with press passes. In the age of the internet, anyone can become a journalist. Read more about Life and Death in Palestine
Don Bustany, Nigel Parry and Laurie King1 May 2001
The following transcript is of a 2 May 2001 interview with two of The Electronic Intifada’s founders, Nigel Parry and Laurie King-Irani, on Don Bustany’s “Middle East In Focus” programme, which can be heard on Wednesdays at 2 p.m. PST on KPFK Radio in Los Angeles. Read more about The Electronic Intifada on KPFK Pacifica
The Intifada, the Palestinian uprising against Israel, rages also on the Internet. There, a new activist group, The Electronic Intifada. The website was launched on February 28th to push the Palestinian view to the front in what the founders term ‘the war in the media.’ Read more about Exposing myths
‘The Revolution will not be televised’ - but it will be web-based. That, at least, is the hope of four activists who joined forces last November to create an unprecedented new web site, The Electronic Intifada. Read more about The Electronic Intifada
The new website Electronic Intifada will be launched today to fight biased reports and myths on the Palestinian cause. According to the three initiators times are changing. Read more about Intifada against bias
Ali Abunimah and Chris MatthewsChicago, Illinois4 December 2001
CHRISMATTHEWS: Just late this afternoon, the Palestinian authority announced that they had placed—they have placed a spiritual leader of Hamas under house arrest. We’re joined now by Ali Abunimah. He’s the vice-president of the Arab American Action Network. Read more about Transcript of Ali Abunimah appearance on Hardball with Chris Matthews
On 1 April 2002, The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah appeared on MSNBC’s “Making Sense” show, hosted by Alan Keyes. The following excerpt offers Ali’s segment onward until the end of the show. Read more about Is Yasser Arafat indispensable?