The tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have spilled into the aisles of a San Francisco supermarket, where certain departments of the co-op Rainbow Grocery have removed Israeli-made products from their shelves. Although Israeli products remain on the shelves of other Rainbow departments, which are run independently, some workers are pushing for a storewide boycott, an employee of the Mission District store said Tuesday. Jenny Strasburg reports in The San Francisco Chronicle. Read more about Middle East unrest hits grocery store 

On 9 August 2001, National Public Radio’s Linda Gradstein commented, in the wake of a bomb attack against Israelis in Jerusalem, that “Israel has no choice but to retaliate”. NPR blamed the mistake on “live radio”. Read more about National Public Radio advises Israel that it has "no choice" but to retaliate 

“Israel’s incursion into Jenin on Tuesday was the first time Israeli troops have entered a city under full Palestinian control since parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip were handed over to Palestinian rule under a peace deal in 1994,” said the BBC. But it wasn’t, and the error was reproduced widely. Read more about Mass amnesia hits the media concerning Israeli military incursions into Palestinian areas: Have we lost a clear sense of the scale of Israel repression during the 10-month-long Palestinian revolt against miltary occupation? 

The Minneapolis Star Tribune editorial of November 12th, 2001 called for an end to Israel’s occupation. More papers should take this common sense approach. Read more about Encourage your local newspaper to state the obvious: Editorials must call for the basic minimum demanded by international law -- an end to Israel's military occupation 

The 7 December 2001 broadcast of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s As It Happens reported on a new editorial policy directive from CanWest Global, a leading Canadian media conglomerate, that impairs readers’ ability to make up their own minds about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, among other issues. Read more about The CanWest Chill: "We do not run in our newspaper Op Ed pieces that express criticism of Israel" 

Christian Peacemaker Teams visited the area where hundreds of Palestinian homes may be slated for demolition in an Israeli plan to expand illegal colonies in the Occupied West Bank. They urge immediate contact with public officials to stop the threatened demolitions. Read more about Stop mass home demolitions in Hebron 

David Williams was for many years Middle East history librarian for the Chicago Public Library. Williams was transferred from his job, he has learned, primarily in
retaliation for his activities to educate the city about Palestinian human rights and a lecture series he helped organize. He also believes that this retaliation was prompted by his informational leafletting of an appearance by Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and author and apologist for Israel, at the Chicago Public
Library. Read more about Chicago Mideast Librarian suffers retaliation for doing his job