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19 November 2002
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
18 November 2002
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
16 November 2002
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
20 February 2002
Having become the recipient of large numbers of concerned e-mails resulting from The Electronic Intifada’s special report, “NPR’s Linda Gradstein Takes Cash Payments from Pro-Israeli Groups”, NPR has now confirmed that it will enforce its conflict of interest policy banning such payments. Ali Abunimah and Nigel Parry report. Read more about Follow up: NPR replies to concerns about cash payments to reporter, conflict of interest
30 September 2002
Following the launch of “Campus Watch”, a new Daniel Pipes project to monitor the views of Middle East Studies lecturers on campuses, EI’s Nigel Parry interviewed academic Hamid Dabashi about how he felt to be one of the professors on which a “dossier” had been opened. Read more about Campus Watch: Interview with Prof. Hamid Dabashi
27 September 2002
Following the launch of “Campus Watch”, a new Daniel Pipes project to monitor the views of Middle East Studies lecturers on campuses, EI’s Nigel Parry interviewed academic Joseph Massad about how he felt to be one of the professors on which a “dossier” had been opened. Read more about Campus Watch: Interview with Prof. Joseph Massad
26 September 2002
Following the launch of “Campus Watch”, a new Daniel Pipes project to monitor the views of Middle East Studies lecturers on campuses, EI’s Nigel Parry interviewed academic M. Shahid Alam about how he felt to be one of the professors on which a “dossier” had been opened. Read more about Campus Watch: Interview with Prof. M. Shahid Alam
26 September 2002
Following the launch of “Campus Watch”, a new Daniel Pipes project to monitor the views of Middle East Studies lecturers on campuses, EI’s Nigel Parry interviewed academic Juan Cole about how he felt to be one of the professors on which a “dossier” had been opened. Read more about Campus Watch: Interview with Prof. Juan Cole
25 September 2002
Following the launch of “Campus Watch”, a new Daniel Pipes project to monitor the views of Middle East Studies lecturers on campuses, EI’s Nigel Parry interviewed Palestinian academic Rashid Khalidi about how he felt to be one of the professors on which a “dossier” had been opened. Read more about Campus Watch: Interview with Prof. Rashid Khalidi
25 September 2002
Daniel Pipes’ Middle East Forum has launched a website called Campus Watch to police academics’ views on the Middle East. EI’s Nigel Parry and Ali Abunimah report on the developments and announce a series of interviews with the academics that Pipes’ site is “monitoring”. Read more about Campus Watch: Middle East McCarthyism?