In this follow-up to EI’s special feature, “Israel falsely claims “massacre” of “worshippers” in Hebron” (16 November 2002), Nigel Parry and Ali Abunimah look at how Israel is using international outrage about an attack against “worshippers” to justify more ethnic cleansing. Read more about Israel spins "massacre" of "worshippers" to grab land in Hebron
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) today warned the American media against accepting Israeli government claims without independent confirmation. ADC’s note of caution comes in the wake of a false Israeli government account of the death of 12 Israeli combatants on Friday. Read more about ADC Cautions Media on Israel's Deceptions
In the wake of the November 15th Islamic Jihad attack against Israeli soldiers and members of a settler paramilitary force, many members of the media reproduced Israel’s quickly debunked claims of a “massacre” of “worshippers”. CNN was one of them. EI’s Nigel Parry and Ali Abunimah wrote to the network. Read more about CNN's "Sabbath Massacre" propaganda
Since early this morning, there have been growing indications that the incident on an El Al airliner flying from Tel Aviv to Istanbul on Sunday was not an attempted hijacking with a knife as you have been reporting all morning. As of 8.30 AMET, NPR news casts have been reporting almost every half hour that Israeli security “foiled an attempting hijacking” and that a young “Israeli Arab” man threatened a stewardess with a knife before attempting to kick in the cockpit door. NPR has not reported any of the latest information, which casts severe doubt on this version of events. Read more about NPR still giving misleading reports about "hijack"
NPR’s reporting on the Palestinian attack in Hebron has been the most unprofessional and inaccurate EI’s Ali Abunimah has come across. As late as Sunday morning, NPR was still reporting as fact utterly false Israeli government claims of an ambush and massacre of “Jewish worshippers” in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Read more about NPR's false reports about Hebron continue
News media and public officials reported that Jewish “worshippers” were killed in a Palestinian ambush in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on November 15, 2002. In fact, all those who died were Israeli soldiers and armed paramilitary settlers, and the Israeli army admitted that the attackers had directed their attack against the soldiers, and not, as the Israeli government and most of the media reported against “Sabbath worshippers.” EI’s Ali Abunimah and Nigel Parry report. Read more about Israel falsely claims "massacre" of "worshippers" in Hebron
A special factsheet prepared for the Electronic Intifada by Ali Abunimah and Hussien Ibish, addressing the 6 most common Israeli myths recycled during Israel’s supposed “War on Terror”. Read more about Debunking 6 common Israeli myths
EI’s Ali Abunimah responds to an inflammatory column in Chicago’s The Daily Herald by Chaya Gil, a vice-president of the American Jewish Committee’s Chicago Chapter. Gil implicitly equates Abunimah’s criticism the Nusseibeh-Ayalon agreement with a lust for violence and extremism. Read more about Abunimah responds to AJC official's inflammatory rhetoric in Daily Herald
Thank God, I often say, for the Israeli press. For where else will you find the sort of courageous condemnation of Israel’s cruel and brutal treatment of the Palestinians? Where else can we read that Moshe Ya’alon, Ariel Sharon’s new chief of staff, described the “Palestinian threat” as “like a cancer – there are all sorts of solutions to cancerous manifestations. For the time being, I am applying chemotherapy.” The Independent’s Robert Fisk continues on to note that meanwhile, mere criticism of Israel outside the country gets you labeled an “anti-Semite”. Read more about How to shut up your critics with a single word
In a published letter, EI’s Ali Abunimah responds to a Chicago Sun-Times commentary accusing him of hiding behind an “image of moderation” to advance a hate-filled agenda. As Abunimah points out, it is the commentary’s author who is using such personal attacks to cover up Israel history of attacks on Palestinians and ever louder calls in Israel for total ethnic cleansing. Read more about Abunimah responds to Kotzin in Chicago Sun-Times