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
Media reports about the construction of Israel’s so-called ‘security fence’ barely touch on the details of the venture and its implications for Palestinians. EI’s Arjan El Fassed writes about a recently released Israeli map that raises new concerns about Israel’s so-called ‘security fence’. Read more about Update: New Israeli map highlights Palestinian concerns about "security fence"
Michael F. Brown and Ali Abunimah20 September 2002
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
September 2002 marked the 30th anniversary of the murder of eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, and the 20th anniversary of the murder of thousands of Palestinian refugees in Beirut’s Sabra and Shatila refugee camps. The US media remembered only one of these anniversaries. Guess which one? The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah investigates. Read more about How the US Media Forget and Remember an Anniversary
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
The fence is not built on the demarcation line, also known as the ‘Green Line’ but is built on confiscated Palestinian land, separates Palestinian communities, denies access to land to farmers, breaks off water lines, and de facto illegally annexes more land and water resources for Israeli consumption. Read more about False wisdoms about Israel's security 'fence'
“Palestinians accused Israel of massacring up to 500 civilians [in Jenin].” You’ve seen the claim. It’s been so oft-repeated that you might remember hearing it from the horse’s mouth. But it didn’t really happen. EI asks the Economist for a source. Read more about Economist: Jenin's massacre myth