9 October 2002
Writing for EI, Hasan Abu Nimah says that the fact that an Arab country is targeted for destruction by the US, and that Jerusalem is granted to Israel as its capital is directly and closely linked to the sad reality of incompetence, loss of willpower, paralysis and defeatism that prevails in the Arab world. Read more about The Jerusalem blow -- another reminder of need for urgent change
7 October 2002
As the world looks on, Israel continues its violent campaign against the Palestinians with a bloody new attack in Gaza which killed thirteen people, four of them children. EI’s Ali Abunimah argues that as long as the UN and the international community react to Israel’s crimes only with words, they are in no position to make any demands of the Palestinian people. Read more about Please, spare us your lectures
2 October 2002
EI’s Ali Abunimah finds that an installment of National Public Radio’s special series on the history of Palestine gets it largely right, but misses a major point about the expulsion of the Palestinians. Read more about Support and criticism for NPR's series on the history of the Palestine-Israel conflict
3 October 2002
Today, October 3rd, Israel’s trial against Marwan Barghouti — member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and alleged head of the Fatah Tanziim militia — resumes at the Tel Aviv District Court. At the trial, Barghouti presented a 54-count indictment against the State of Israel. The Electronic Intifada obtained a copy of his charge sheet (part 2 of 2). Read more about Marwan Barghouti presents charge sheet against State of Israel (part 2 of 2)
3 October 2002
Israel is cheering on a US attack on Iraq. What does Israel have to gain from a war that is opposed by the whole world, and do sinister blueprints from Washington’s ultraconservative think tanks herald a frightening future for the Middle East? EI’s Ali Abunimah investigates. Read more about Yearning for World War IV: The Israel-Iraq connection
3 October 2002
Today, October 3rd, Israel’s trial against Marwan Barghouti — member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and alleged head of the Fatah Tanziim militia — resumes at the Tel Aviv District Court. At the trial, Barghouti presented a 54-count indictment against the State of Israel. The Electronic Intifada obtained a copy of his charge sheet (part 1 of 2). Read more about Marwan Barghouti presents charge sheet against State of Israel (part 1 of 2)
Gaza City 2 October 2002
The Palestinian people have begun to lose all hope and trust in the institutions and mechanisms of the international community. A society that has always valued large families, healthy children, and hospitality is now unable to provide even a minimal amount of milk for its babies. It is time for solidarity, not just sympathy, from the international community. Read more about Wanted: Solidarity, not Tears
1 October 2002
Toine van Teeffelen describes the changing nature of the occupation and changes in the general political environment that allows an emerging popular movement. From Bethlehem, he looks at the field of education. Read more about A popular movement in Palestine: The case for education
30 September 2002
Following the launch of “Campus Watch”, a new Daniel Pipes project to monitor the views of Middle East Studies lecturers on campuses, EI’s Nigel Parry interviewed academic Hamid Dabashi about how he felt to be one of the professors on which a “dossier” had been opened. Read more about Campus Watch: Interview with Prof. Hamid Dabashi
28 September 2002
EI’s Ali Abunimah says that a BBC News Online report about the second anniversary of the Intifada includes Israeli claims that Palestinians deliberately began a violent campaign against Israel, without mentioning strong evidence to the contrary, as from the Mitchell Commission report. Read more about BBC report on Intifada anniversary incomplete, unfair