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  

National Public Radio’s Morning Edition Host Bob Edwards says that the United States has been “encouraging democratic reforms” in the Middle East, but EI’s Ali Abunimah asks, where’s the evidence? Read more about NPR claims nonexistent US support for Middle East democracy 

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 

US media outlets were quick to declare two suicide bombs which killed Israelis an end to a period of “relative calm.” Michael Brown and Ali Abunimah note that the past six weeks have been anything but calm for the dozens of Palestinians killed and injured as Israeli occupation forces continue their destructive rampage away from the media’s attention. Read more about Killings of dozens once again called "period of calm" by US media 

Following a baseless attack on EI by a former Israeli cabinet minister, published in Ha’aretz newspaper, EI’s attempts to get Ha’aretz to print a very reasonable correction ended in an unsatisfying exchange with Ha’aretz editor David Landau. Read more about Exchange of correspondence with Ha'aretz newspaper