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
For two-and-a-half days, since it began on the night of Saturday 7 October 2000, large groups of settlers were rampaging through Palestinian villages and towns in the West Bank and 1948 areas/inside the Green Line, attacking Palestinians and their property. In many cases they were protected and even aided by the Israeli military. Read more about Widespread settler violence unreported
On Friday 6 October 2000, it was noted that many radio/TV reports from the first two-thirds of the day suggested that the clashes were winding down when the reality was that, by the end of Friday, 11 more Palestinians were killed (5 WB, 6 Gaza) and Palestinian human rights organisation Addameer recorded 177 injuries in the West Bank and 132 in Gaza. Read more about The under-reporting of Palestinians killed
In various news reports, the Palestinian minority in Israel is selectively termed as “Arab Israelis” or “Israeli Arabs.” Palestinians living in what became known as Israel call themselves “Palestinians”, sometimes further specifying that they are “Palestinians of 48” and thus are an integral part of the Palestinian people. Read more about Unqualified use of the term "Arab Israeli" instead of "Palestinian"
