12 April 2001
The notion that Palestinian parents send their children to die is yet the latest reincarnation of a well-known scapegoating strategy known as ‘blaming the victim.’ Read more about Palestinian parents blamed for their children's deaths during street clashes
4 April 2001
Much of the media portrays the current conflict between the Palestinians and the Israeli occupying army as an encounter or contest between equals, ignoring the massive imbalance of military, economic, political and diplomatic power between the Palestinian and Israeli sides. Read more about The 'conflict between equals'
20 March 2002
Many unwitting journalists and politicians continue to reproduce the baseless Israeli claim that former Prime Minister Ehud Barak was “generous” in an “unprecedented” way in the offer he made to the Palestinians at Camp David. Read more about Misrepresentation of Barak's offer at Camp David as "generous" and "unprecedented"
St. Paul, Minnesota 26 June 2001
Since the “unilateral cease-fire” was declared (22 May 2001) and the “restraint” buzzword started appearing (28 May 2001), Israeli actions on the ground have clearly not been restricted to acts of “self-defence”, as Sharon put it. Read more about Israel's widely reported "unilateral cease-fire" was non-existent from day one
12 September 2001
The Palestinian people, who sit glued to their television sets in disturbed silence like the rest of the world, are actually better placed than most to understand what those of us living in America currently feel and are finding it hard to express. Read more about The Palestinian people, as a whole, portrayed as supportive of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
11 February 2002
The condemnation of terrorism should not be reserved for the terrorism of one side in any conflict. Israel’s actions following the suicide bombings of 1st and 2nd December demonstrate this perfectly. Read more about Ultimate hypocracy: Israel's targeting of Palestinians spun as part of the "War Against Terrorism"
St Paul, Minnesota 20 May 2002
On 29 March 2002, Israel began what it called “Operation Defensive Shield”, an unprecedented invasion of Palestinian towns to “defeat the infrastructure of Palestinian terror in all its parts and components” according to the Israeli Cabinet Communique that announced the massive military operation. Read more about Israeli distortions during the siege on the Church of the Nativity
St. Paul, Minnesota 6 July 2001
The following e-mail was sent out on 6 July 2001 to several Red Hot Chili Peppers mailing lists, and posted on several bulletin boards relating to the band. The best way to raise an issue outside of the usual audience remains… raising the issue outside the usual audience. Read more about Dear Red Hot Chili Peppers fans...
St. Paul, Minnesota 6 September 2001
Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres underlined that Israel was pulling out of the conference because of “anti-Israel and anti-Semitic comments,” adding that the conference was “a farce.” And yet one more opportunity to make Israel accountable for the hell on earth it creates daily for Palestinians under its military occupation was neatly side-stepped. Read more about Highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters, and slapstick elements
1 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