3 September 2002
Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim and Palestinian intellectual Edward W. Said were awarded the annual Prince of Asturias Concord Prize in Spain for their efforts toward peace in the Middle East. Read more about Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said awarded the annual Prince of Asturias Concord Prize in Spain
25 July 2002
On July 26 and 29, the 51st Melbourne International Film festival screened ‘Divine Intervention’ by Palestinian director Elia Suleiman. Earlier this year, at the Cannes International Film festival, this film won both the Jury Prize and FIPRESCI awards. Read more about 'Divine Intervention' screened at Melbourne Film Festival
18 February 2002
National Public Radio’s Israel correspondent Linda Gradstein has received cash honoraria from pro-Israeli organizations in what appears to be a clear violation of NPR policy, an Electronic Intifada investigation has revealed. Read more about Special report: NPR's Linda Gradstein takes cash payments from pro-Israeli groups
United States, Palestine, Jordan, Canada 3 September 2002
Launch announcement press release for The Electronic Intifada’s new website, switched from Intranet to Internet mode on 4 September 2002. Read more about EI V2.0 LAUNCHED
2 September 2002
A Palestinian woman living in Johannesburg, South Africa, today filed a lawsuit against former Israeli Prime Minister and current Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres.The plaintiff claims she was severely traumatised as a direct result of the Israeli occupation. Read more about J'burg: Palestinian woman sues former Israeli PM
22 February 2002
On 22 February 2002, Emanuel A. Winston wrote an article in USA TODAY that expressed extreme racist sentiments towards Arabs and advocated the “resettlement” of Palestinians in Jordan. Read more about USA Today publishes call for ethnic cleansing
25 February 2002
Following our publication of “Special Report: NPR’s Linda Gradstein takes cash payments from pro-Israeli groups” (19 February 2002) and Follow-up: NPR replies to concerns about cash payments to reporter, conflict of interest (20 February 2002), National Public Radio’s Ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin’s Media Matters column of February 22nd discussed “NPR’s Middle East ‘Problem’ ”. The following open letter to Jeffrey Dvorkin is our response. Read more about Follow up: Will NPR come clean about Gradstein's unethical cash payments?
28 August 2002
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs website is attempting to minimize the scale of the IDF’s destruction of the Jenin refugee camp through a Flash presentation. Read more about Israeli MFA distorts scale of destruction Jenin refugee camp
14 March 2002
Following our publication of the special report, “NPR’s Linda Gradstein takes cash payments from pro-Israeli groups” (19 February 2002), and several follow-up reports, NPR Ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin responded to our concerns on 25 February 2002 and the March 11th issue of the Current, a public broadcasting trade publication ran an in-depth story on the revelations, NPR Mideast correspondent broke ban on speaker fees, by Mike Janssen. Meanwhile, Gradstein’s unchecked bias continues to surface. EI’s Ali Abunimah and Nigel Parry report. Read more about Follow up: Gradstein's unethical payments make public broadcasting headlines -- NPR's Drake avoids making Gradstein accountable
4 April 2002
Israel has failed to prove a credible direct link between Arafat and acts of terrorism. It pursues and promotes this myth to delegitimise the Palestinian national cause and demonise the Palestinian people as a whole. In truth, this smear tactic is effective, as Arafat has no more capacity to prevent suicide attacks than the Israelis were able to when they controlled 100% of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Read more about Israel's 'smoking gun': A damp firecracker