Two Electronic Intifada co-founders, Ali Abunimah and Nigel Parry, were at the 20th National Convention of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee in Washington DC on 14 June 2003 to accept the ADC’s Voices of Peace Award on behalf of the founders of EI and sister site Electronic Iraq. The award was presented to EI and eIraq “in recognition of its commitment to bringing the concerns, voices, and experiences of the Iraqi and Palestinian peoples to audiences the world over via the Internet.” [Quicktime format, 7.8MB] Read more about EI accepts Voices of Peace Award at ADC conference
Craig & Cindy Corrie
At the 20th annual conference of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee, held in Washington DC from 12-15 June 2003, Cindy and Craig, parents of slain activist Rachel Corrie received the first ever Rachel Corrie Activism Award. In this video clip from the conference, Cindy talks about Rachel’s experiences on the ground in Rafah. [4:36 mins, Quicktime file, 6.5MB] Read more about Cindy and Craig Corrie accept first ever Rachel Corrie Activist Award at ADC conference
This footage follows the lines of Israel’s apartheid wall on a map. EI’s Arjan El Fassed filmed through which areas in and around Tulkarem Israel’s apartheid wall will be built. Most of the owners of the land already had been notified that their land was to be confiscated by military orders. The wall cuts a water pipeline built by the farmers. Read more about The wall in Tulkarem
Israel’s apartheid wall filmed on August 18, 2002 by EI’s Arjan El Fassed, in and around Qalqilya. Footage shows the wall from both sides of the 1967 demarcation line. This eight-meter high concrete wall, complete with lookout towers located every fifty meters along its length, traps and isolates over 12,000 people. Read more about Qalqilya wall
The settlement Psagot built on occupied and confiscated Palestinian land overlooking Ramallah. On March 4, 2002, Israeli tanks stationed at Psagot shelled two Palestinian civilian cars, killing mother of three, Bushra Abu Quaik, her three children Mohammad (9), Baraq (14), and Aziza (17), and two other children, Arafat Khalil Masri and Shayma Masri both aged 7. Read more about The Israeli colony Psagot
An Israeli occupation forces tank has just shot two people, one 10-year-old and one 23-year-old, in the Brazil area of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. The 23-year-old is in critical condition. Both were taken immediately to Al-Najar Hospital in Rafah for treatment. Read more about Two shot along the border in Rafah
A webpage on Thomas Friedman, maintained by Farrar, Straux & Giroux, declares that as the foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times, he is in a “unique position to interpret the world for American readers. Twice a week, Friedman’s commentary provides the most trenchant, pithy, and illuminating perspective in journalism.” M. Shahid Alam pitches in. Read more about Illuminating Thomas Friedman
Brooks de Wetter-Smith and Michael F. Brown16 June 2003
On 5 April 2003, Israeli troops shot International Solidarity Movement (ISM) activist Brian Avery in Jenin. Avery, a 24-year-old American citizen from Albuquerque, New Mexico, experienced serious wounds to his face after Israeli troops shot at him with heavy machine gun fire from an armoured personnel carrier (APC). On 14 June 2003, Brian finally returned home after months of hospitalisation, to be greeted by a crowd of 60 people that included family and well-wishers at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina. Photos by Brooks de Wetter-Smith. Read more about Photostory: Injured ISM activist Brian Avery returns home
A week after the ship of peace was solemnly launched on its perilous voyage from Aqaba harbor, it was hit by a torpedo. It is not yet clear whether it is wrecked or can continue on its way in spite of the damage. Veteran Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery comments. Read more about Children of death
