Electronic Intifada : EI in the Press

Australian national radio discusses Palestine coverage in the media

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:29:49 PST

Palestinian-American journalist and EI co-founder, Ali Abunimah joins host Antony Funnell on Australian Radio, ABC, and discusses visibility in the media and the preconceptions and stereotyping that tag some people as less than desirable and see others ignored altogether.

War of the virtual Wiki-worlds

Tue, 06 May 2008 09:10:23 PST

What if they decided to pursue the Arab-Israeli conflict by other means? Inevitably, it would take place on the Internet. And inevitably Wikipedia would be involved. In what was probably not a very smart idea, Gilead Ini, a senior research analyst for CAMERA, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, put out an e-mail call for 10 volunteers "to help us keep Israel-related entries on Wikipedia from becoming tainted by anti-Israel editors."

Ali Abunimah discusses US presidential candidates on Democracy Now!

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:57:38 PST

As the news out of Gaza makes international headlines, Democracy Now! took a look at where the Republican and Democratic presidential contenders stand on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Democracy Now! spoke with Electronic Intifada co-founder Ali Abunimah on 24 January. Abunimah commented, "What we've seen from Gaza and what we've seen time and again in Lebanon is that resistance will continue, that people will not quietly accept the fate that has been designed for them in the boardrooms of the Pentagon and the White House and the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv. People will resist."

Ali Abunimah and Jonathan Cook discuss Israel's "generous offers" on Flashpoints

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:47:12 PST

EI co-founder Ali Abunimah and EI contributor and author Jonathan Cook were interviewed on Flashpoints radio out of Berkeley, California on Monday, 7 December 2007. The two were invited on just days before US President George W. Bush's first ever presedential visit to the Middle East and discussed past Israeli "generous offers" including Camp David in 2000, and Ehud Olmert's continued policy of ethnic cleansing.

Ali Abunimah discusses Annapolis on KPFA

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:33:21 PST

On November 25, EI Co-founder Ali Abunimah, author of One Country, joined Daniel Levy, former Israeli negotiator and adviser in the Israeli prime minister's office and Nadia Hijab, senior fellow and co-director at the Institute for Palestine Studies to preview the Annapolis Conference and debate the prospects for a single democratic state in Israel-Palestine. The discussion, hosted by Amy Allison, was broadcast on KPFA's The Morning Show.

Ali Abunimah debates Avika Eldar on Canadian radio

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:43:34 PST

Reality on the ground has many -- once again -- questioning the viability of a two-state solution and whether the controversial one-state proposal is even worth talking about. On 24 September 2007, EI's Ali Abunimah appeared on the Canadian Brodcasting Corporation program, The Current with host Anna Maria Tremonti. Abunimah was invited to take part in a debate with Israeli journalist and political columnist for Haaretz, Akiva Eldar to discuss the feasibility, desirability and seeming impossibility of a one-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Ali Abunimah discusses Hamas and Fatah on Worldview

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:56:00 PST

On Friday, 27 August 2007, EI's Ali Abunimah appeared on WBEZ Chicago's Worldview, on which he discussed with host Jerome McDonnell the events that have transpired since Hamas routed Fatah in the Gaza Strip last month. Since then, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has created a new government of dubious legality with technocrat and US darling Salam Fayyad. The US and Israel have offered aid money and sent 1,000 M-16 weapons through Jordan to bolster Abbas's forces while Fatah security head Mohammad Dahlan has resigned.

Al Jazeera interviews EI's Ali Abunimah

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:53:00 PST

For nearly 20 years, the two-state solution has been promoted as the agreed framework for negotiations and ultimately peace to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. But two decades on, it has failed to bear fruit. Co-founder of the Electronic Intifada and author of the book, One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse, discusses his book with Al Jazeera's Laila El-Haddad.

In search of justice in the Middle East

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:40:00 PST

The US decision to back Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas in the recent turmoil virtually guarantees an escalation in violence. Abbas has installed an unelected "emergency" government to replace the democratically elected Hamas-led national unity government. Some have portrayed, Hamas' takeover of Palestinian Authority security compounds in Gaza as a "coup." But many Palestinians do not view it that way. EI's Ali Abunimah writes in The Chicago Tribune.

Division among Palestinians

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:45:00 PST

The following letter to the editor by EI co-founder Ali Abunimah was published by The Irish Times on 19 June 2007: As a Palestinian, I am appalled that the European Union and the United States have backed Mahmoud Abbas's so-called "emergency government" in Israeli-occupied Ramallah. The Palestinian Basic Law makes no provision for such a development. Hamas, no matter what one thinks of it, won the January 2006 election fair and square. On the eve of its victory, it had already observed a one-year unilateral truce with Israel.

Audio/Transcript: Ali Abunimah and Laila El-Haddad on the situation in Gaza

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:22:00 PST

EI's Ali Abunimah appeared on Democracy Now!, interviewed by host Amy Goodman, on Friday, 15 June 2007. He was joined by journalist and mother living in Gaza, Laila El-Haddad. Abunimah and El-Haddad discuss the current situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories as Hamas takes control over the Gaza Strip. The two discuss US and Israel's involvement in the recent fighting between Fatah and Hamas which has been commonly referred to as a civil war.

Ali Abunimah discusses the recent fighting in Lebanon on Flashpoints

Wed, 30 May 2007 15:11:00 PST

EI co-founder Ali Abunimah was interviewed on Flashpoints Radio on Wednesday, 23 May 2007. He joined host Nora Barrows-Friedman to discuss the corporate media's response to the refugee issue in Lebanon within the context of the latest fighting in Nahr al-Bared camp between the Lebanese military and Fatah al-Islam. Abunimah told Barrows-Friedman, "It's amazing how much context is missing from the corporate media ... I have seen them [Fatah al-Islam] portrayed in the US media as a Palestinian group, they are not a Palestinian group."

Cross Country: Leaving Iraq, Engaging Iran

Mon, 14 May 2007 10:36:00 PST

In the Christian Science Monitor, Ali Abunimah cites the successes of South Africa's and Ireland's unity governments as evidence that a single Israeli-Palestinian state could work: "In both places," he observes, "it was only when the dominant group dropped its insistence on supremacy that a political settlement could be reached. What was once unimaginable happened."

Ali Abunimah discusses the persecution of Azmi Bishara on Flashpoints

Wed, 09 May 2007 12:43:00 PST

EI co-founder Ali Abunimah was interviewed on Flashpoints Radio on Monday, 7 May 2007. He joined host Nora Barrows-Friedman to discuss the persecution of Azmi Bishara, who recently resigned from the Israeli Kenesset and is now effectively living in exile, unable to return to his country. Abunimah told Barrows-Friedman, "The reason Israel announced the investigation when Bishara was outside the country, and then ... announced that he could face the death penalty if he returned, was that Israel wants him out of the country because they do not want the Palestinian community in Israel to be galvanized around the message of democracy..."

Palestinian Right of Return: EI co-founder in Doha Debates on BBC

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:41:00 PST

The Palestinian right of return was overwhelmingly supported at the latest Doha Debate on March 28. The issue is seen by many as the most intractable barrier to a Middle East peace settlement. Yossi Beilin, a Knesset member and Chairman of the Meretz-Yachad party, and Bassem Eid, a long-time Palestinian human rights campaigner, argued for the motion. They were challenged by Israeli academic Ilan Pappe and Ali Abunimah co-founder of Electronic Intifada.net. Watch the latest Doha Debate: 'This House believes the Palestinians should give up their full right of return' on BBC World on April 14th and 15th.

Bassem Eid v Ali Abunimah

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:45:00 PST

The Palestinian Right of Return was considered 28 March 2007 at the Doha Debates, a public forum for dialogue and freedom of speech in Qatar. Yossi Beilin, a Knesset member and Chairman of the Meretz-Yachad party, and Bassem Eid, of the Palestine Human Rights Monitoring Group, argued for the motion that "the Palestinians should give up their full right of return." Ali Abunimah, cofounder of The Electronic Intifada, and Israeli academic Ilan Pappe challenged the motion, which was rejected by almost 82 percent of the audience. The following is an email exchange between Bassem Eid and Ali Abunimah published on the Guardian's Comment is free blog.

AIPAC Alternative?

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:12:00 PST

Tapping into the restlessness among young left-wing Jews might be a place to start. "I meet these kids all the time on campuses all over the country," says author Ali Abunimah. "This generation of young Jews is not as tied to the romantic Exodus story of their parents. They want a free and open debate about the rights and wrongs of supporting a country that privileges people based on arbitrary characteristics." "The danger for AIPAC is that once Humpty Dumpty drops off the wall, you can't put him together again," says Abunimah. "And what is keeping the debate from happening now is political brute force. That's what we see in the Obama case."

Doha Debates backs Palestinian refugees' right to return

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:15:00 PST

Should the Palestinians give up their right to return to their homeland after decades of misery and sufferings in refugee camps across the world? A huge majority of the participants at Qatar Foundation's Doha Debates yesterday rejected the idea when they overwhelmingly defeated the motion that suggested Palestinians should give up their full right to return. Only 18.4 per cent of the participants voted for the motion. The debate was marked with the presence of two prominent Jewish personalities from Israel, opposing each other. Equally interesting was the presence of two Palestinians facing each other on the two sides of the panel.

Prominent Jews to speak at Doha Debates

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:24:00 PST

Two prominent Jewish personalities from Israel and two Palestinians will speak at the next Doha Debates being held at the Qatar Foundation headquarters on Wednesday. The motion for the day will be: "This House believes the Palestinians should give up their full right of return." Yossi Beilin, a member of the Israeli Knesset, who initiated the secret Oslo talks, and Bassem Eid will support the motion. Ali Abunimah, co-founder of The Electronic Intifada and the child of refugees and Dr Ilan Pappe, Israeli historian who teaches at Haifa University will speak against the motion.

Obama loses ground in vital campaign rally

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PST

A week ago they were competing for African-American votes in the Deep South. But late on Monday Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama went head to head for another key demographic group: Jewish voters. In one of the most important campaign stops yet, supporters from the Clinton and Obama camps, as well as other presidential hopefuls, flooded the hallways of the Washington Convention Centre distributing fliers and shouting through loudhailers in their bid to draw people in. Mr Obama made his pitch in room 150, and a few minutes later, in room 152, it was the turn of Mrs Clinton.