Research Guide
to the
Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Part 4
A. Israeli Leadership
1. Ariel Sharon
For Sharon's current political initiatives, see Israel's political strategy.
"Sharon the Great Reformer?" (Uri Avnery; Arab News; May 22, 2002)
"He Avoids Answering the Questions He's Asked" (Nathan Guttman; Ha'aretz; late April?, 2002)
"Beyond Disappointment" (Marc Cooper interview with Robert Fisk; LA Weekly; April 19-25, 2002)
"Sharon Wears Oppressor's Cloak" (Robert Scheer; Los Angeles Times; April 16, 2002)
"America Must See that Sharon Is the Problem" (Avi Shlaim; The Guardian/Observer Worldview; April 14, 2002)
"Sharon's Military Tactics Should Not Surprise Anyone" (Fergal Keane; The Independent; April 6, 2002)
"The Madness of Ariel Sharon" (Ian Williams; AlterNet; April 4, 2002)
"Sharon's Willing Media Collaborators" (Ahmed Amr; nileMedia.com; June 2001)
The Crimes of Ariel Sharon (CounterPunch; February 7, 2001)
"Who Is Ariel Sharon? The Rise of Israeli Anti-Americanism" (Justin Raimondo; Antiwar.com; February 5, 2001)
"From Butcher to 'Lion' to Prime Minister of Israel" (Observer Worldview; February 4, 2001)
"The Crimes of Ariel Sharon" (Alexander Cockburn; NYPress (Vol. 14, Iss. 5); Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 2001)
Ariel Sharon Biographical Sketch (Ha'aretz; 2001)
"The Good Soldier Arik, By Uriya Shavit" (Uriya Shavit; Ha'aretz; 2000)
"Sharon is the Right Man for the Job" (Gilad Atzmon; Gush Shalom; undated)
Sharon's Irony (Humanity On Hold)
Profile of a Terrorist: Ariel Sharon Has the full text of a Dec. 17, 1982, interview with Amos Oz in the Israeli newspaper Davar that was originally thought to be with Sharon. Oz stated in late April, 2002, that the soldier being interviewed was not Sharon.
"High Noon at the Likud Corral" (Avishai Margalit; New York Review of Books; August 20, 1990)
2. Other Leaders
"Yitzhak Shamir, Then and Now" (Israel Shahak; Middle East Policy; volume I, number 1 (1992))
Yitzhak Shamir (ZenJustice.com)
The Crimes of Shimon Peres (ZenJustice.com)
Israeli History 101: What do you know about Israeli Leaders (Mazin B. Qumsiyeh; May 28, 2002)
B. Palestinian Leadership
See also Palestinian Governmental Organizations.
1. Generally
Resource collections:
Members of the PLO Central Council as of 1996 (Glen Rangwala)
Biographies of Palestinian political leaders since 1967 (Glen Rangwala)
Structure and History of the Palestine Liberation Organization
Other resources:
"Six Men Who Could Be Contenders to Lead Palestinians if Arafat Goes" (James Bennet and John Kifner; New York Times; June 14, 2002)
"Arafat Convenes Pared Down Cabinet" (AP; June 13, 2002)
"Dahlan: I Spurned Cabinet Post because PA Reforms Inadequate" (AP; June 12, 2002)
"Life After Arafat" (John Kifner; New York Times; June 9, 2002)
"Arafat's New Cabinet" (BBC; June 9, 2002)
"Reforming from Within" (Hanan Ashrawi; The Guardian; June 7, 2002)
"'New' Cabinet with Mostly the Same Old Faces" (Danny Rubinstein; Ha'aretz; June 4, 2002)
"Arab Rivals Grab for Power" (Peter Hermann; Baltimore Sun; June 3, 2002)
"Militants Mull Role Offered by Arafat" (Dan Ephron; Boston Globe; June 3, 2002)
"Arafat Offers Cabinet Posts to Hamas" (AP; June 2, 2002)
"Time for Change" (Talal Jabari; Al-Ahram Weekly; May 23-29, 2002)
"Reform Yes, but Not for Sharon" (Fawaz Turki; Arab News; May 23, 2002)
"Sharon the Great Reformer?" (Uri Avnery; Arab News; May 22, 2002)
"As Arafat Critics Close In, Deputies Vie in the Wings" (John Kifner; New York Times; May 20, 2002)
"Professor Sets Sights on Filling Arafat's Shoes" (Davan Maharaj; Los Angeles Times; May 19, 2002)
"Reform under Siege" (Graham Usher; Al-Ahram Weekly; May 16-22, 2002)
"Palestinians Want Reform--But on Own Terms" (Mary Curtius Los Angeles Times; May 14, 2002)
"Palestinians Want Reforms, Too, But Not on US and Israeli Terms" (Suzanne Goldenberg; The Guardian; May 10, 2002)
"Analysis: If Not Arafat, Then Who?" (Paul Reynolds; BBC; May 7, 2002)
"PA Rejects U.S. Critics:'Reforms begin at home'" (Danny Rubinstein and Omer Barak; Ha'aretz; May 6?, 2002)
"A Palestinian Brass Beleaguered: Questions Surface Over Future of Leadership Weakened by Israel" (Doug Struck; Washington Post; April 27, 2002)
"Beyond Disappointment" (Marc Cooper interview with Robert Fisk; LA Weekly; April 19 - 25, 2002)
"The Running of Palestine" (Martin Asser; BBC; November 30, 2001)
2. Particular Leaders
a. Yassir Arafat
"Arafat to Ha'aretz: I Accept Clinton's Plan; Peace Is Possible" (Akiva Eldar; Ha'aretz; June 21, 2002)
"Arafat Appeals for an End of Suicide Attacks" (AP; June 20, 2002)
"Palestinian Reforms Have Multitude of Motives" (David Hirst; The Guardian; June 18, 2002)
"Palestinian Elections Now" (Edward Said; Al-Ahram Weekly; June 13-19, 2002)
"Not Quite the Same Boat" (Jonathan Cook; Al-Ahram Weekly; May 23-29, 2002)
"Leader Cannot Escape the Scorn of His Own People" (Robert Fisk; The Independent; May 17, 2002)
"Arafat Admits Errors And Offers Reforms" (Brian Whitaker; The Guardian; May 16, 2002)
"Arafat: Free but Increasingly Isolated" (Khaled Amayreh; Al-Ahram Weekly; May 16-22, 2002)
"Palestine's Pétain?" (Charles Glass; Guardian; May 15, 2002)
"Palestinians Raise the Pressure on Arafat" (Edward Cody; Washington Post; May 14, 2002)
"Many Palestinians Urging Reforms on Arafat Government" (Peter Hermann; Baltimore Sun; May 13, 2002)
"The Collaborator Who Failed" (Tom Segev; Ha'aretz; May 10, 2002) "For as long as Yasser Arafat agreed to collaborate with Israel and ignore the expansion of the settlements, he was a partner"
"I Will Die Here, Says Defiant Arafat" (Ewen MacAskill; The Guardian; May 9, 2002)
"War-Weary Palestinians Losing Faith in Arafat's Leadership" (Graham Usher; The Guardian/Observer Worldview; May 5, 2002)
"Jubilant and Angry, Arafat Is Freed" (Amira Hass; Ha'aretz; May 5?, 2002)
"Arafat Now: Popular but Weaker" (Peter Ford; Christian Science Monitor; May 3, 2002)
Bahgory on Arafat (Al-Ahram Weekly; April 18-24, 2002)
Yasir Arafat Bio (ABC News)
"Yasser Arafat: The Man and His People" (Grace Halsell; The Link; volume 15, issue 3 (July-August 1982))
b. Marwan Barghouti
(1) Organizations
Campaign to Free Marwan Barghouti
Comité International pour la Libération de Marwan Baghouti (Paris)
(2) Articles
"Palestinian Leader Accuses Israel of Torture" (Peter Beaumont; The Guardian; June 13, 2002)
"Israel Prevents Visit of Lawyer to Marwan Barghouti " (LAW; June 9, 2002)
"Torture and Ill-Treatment of PLC Member Marwan Barghouti" (LAW; May 21, 2002)
"Barghouti Trial Is Not Certain, Says Arbel" (Vered Levy-Barzilai; Ha'aretz; April 30?, 2002)
"Listen to Barghouti" (Gideon Levy; Ha'aretz; April 21?, 2002)
"Israel's Enemy Number One" (Sherine Bahaa; Al-Ahram; April 18-24, 2002)
"Israelis Capture Arafat Deputy in the West Bank" (James Bennet; April 16, 2002)
"Risk Taken in Arrest of Arafat Aide" (Dan Ephron; Boston Globe; April 16, 2002)
"Captured Leader Is Palestinian Hero" (AP; April 15, 2002)
"The Amazing Rise of Marwan Barghouti" (Isabel Kershner; The Jerusalem Report; February 25, 2002)
c. Other Leaders
"Arafat's Money Man--And Lightning Rod" (Mohammed Rashid) (Dan Ephron; Newsweek; June 3, 2002)
"Arafat's Money Man a Focus in Tug of War" (Fuad Shubaki) (Tracy Wilkinson and Robin Wright; Los Angeles Times; April 30, 2002)
"Profile: Ahmed Qurei" (Fiona Symon; BBC; April 17, 2002)
3. Human Rights Reports
a. Amnesty International: Annual Report on Israel and the Occupied Territories
Note: The date on a report is the date of its release; a report covers the prior calendar year. Thus the 2002 report covers 2001.
2002 Report
2001 Report
2000 Report
1999 Report
1998 Report
1997 Report
b. Human Rights Watch: Annual Report on Israel and the Occupied Territories
Note: The date on a report is the date of its release; a report covers the prior calendar year. Thus the 2002 report covers 2001.
2002 Report
2001 Report
2000 Report
1999 Report
1998 Report
1997 Report
c. U.S. State Department: Annual Report on Israel and the Occupied Territories: Occupied Territories Section
Note: The date on a report reflects the year covered, so that the 2001 report covers 2001 and was released in early 2002.
2001 Report
2000 Report
1999 Report
1998 Report
1997 Report
1996 Report
1995 Report
1994 Report
1993 Report
d. Other Reports
"Palestinian Child Killers Executed" (BBC; June 6, 2002)
"Palestinian Authority: End Torture and Unfair Trials" (Human Rights Watch; November 30, 2001)
"Palestinian Authority: Inquiry into Student Deaths Essential" (Human Rights Watch; October 11, 2001)
"Death Sentence Passed by a Military Court in Hebron" (Human Rights Watch; Feb 12, 2001)
"Palestinian Authority Should Halt Executions, Review Unfair Trials" (Human Rights Watch; August 1998)
VIII. Media Analysis
A. U.S. Media, and Western Media in General
1. General Analysis
a. Organizations
Ali Abunimah's Bitter Pill (U.S.)
Coalition For Fair & Accurate Reporting
The Electronic Intifada (U.S.)
FAIR: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (New York)
----Middle East
MediaChannel.org (New York)
MediaLens.org (U.K.)
-----Middle East
Media Review Network (Pretoria; South Africa)
Palestine Media Watch (U.S.)
-----Index to reports and analysis
Palestine Media Watch Group at the Palestine Monitor (Ramallah)
PRRC/Al-Awda Media Committee (Orange, CT)
b. Articles
"Israelis Threaten to Drop CNN after Turner Comment" (Ewen MacAskill and Oliver Burkeman; The Guardian; June 21, 2002)
"CNN, Amid Criticism in Israel, Adopts Terror Report Policy" (Bill Carter; New York Times; June 21, 2002)
"Turner's Terrorism Comments Criticized" (Howard Kurtz; Washington Post; June 19, 2002)
"CNN Chief Accuses Israel of Terror" (Oliver Burkeman and Peter Beaumont; The Guardian; June 18, 2002)
"The Media's Middle East Rules of Engagement" (Robin Miller; June 6, 2002)
"Mideast News Touchy for Both Sides" (Christine Chinlund; Boston Globe; May 27, 2002)
"Why Does John Malkovich Want to Kill Me?" (Robert Fisk; The Independent; May 14, 2002)
"Israeli Distortions during the Siege on the Church of the Nativity" (Nigel Parry; Electronic Intifada; May 13-20, 2002)
"U.S. Media Inept in Covering Israel" (John Nichols; The Capital Times [Madison, WI]; May 13, 2002)
"US Media Spin Out a New and Dangerous Culture" (Nadeem Khan; Arab News; May 11, 2002)
"Taliban Jews: Some Extremists Are More Equal Than Others" (Tim Wise; ZNet; May 11, 2002)
"What Happened in Jenin?" (FAIR; May 10, 2002)
"American Mainstream Media: Institutionalized Subjectivity" (Alex Lynch; CounterPunch; May 8, 2002)
"Orchestrated Assault on Saudi-US ties" (Ahmed Yousef; Arab News; May 4, 2002)
"A Hazy Mirror" (Tarek Atia; Al-Ahram Weekly; May 2-8, 2002)
"A Tale Of Two 'Massacres' - Jenin And Racak" (David Edwards; ZNet; May 2, 2002)
"Reach out to the West, Media Figures Tell Arabs" (Arab News; May 1, 2002)
"Myths Endanger Israel and United States (Scott Laderman; Media Monitors Network; May 1, 2002)
"He Avoids Answering the Questions He's Asked" (Nathan Guttman; Ha'aretz; late April?, 2002)
"Investigating Jenin is Not Enough" (Ahmed Amr; Media Monitors Network; April 29, 2002)
"The Media's Twisted Coverage of the Middle East: Preliminary Thoughts "Robin Miller; April 28, 2002)
"A War of Words in Mideast" (Peter Hermann; Baltimore Sun; April 24, 2002)
"The Palestinian Side Must Be Told" (Robert Scheer; Los Angeles Times; April 23, 2002)
"Debate on Mideast Terminology Rages" (AP: April 19, 2002)
"Ignorance Is Strength: "The Mainstream Media And The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" (David Edwards; Media Lens; April 18, 2002)
"Fear and Learning in America" (Robert Fisk; The Independent; April 17, 2002) Fabulous.
"Language of the Middle East" (Charley Reese; April 15, 2002)
"U.S. Newspapers Catching Flak for Mideast War Coverage: Media Caught in the Cross Fire as Both Sides Complain of Bias" (Charles Burress; San Francisco Chronicle; April 14, 2002)
"Israel's War of Words Gets Dirty" (Phil Reeves; The Independent; April 14, 2002)
"Just to Clarify a Few Inaccuracies (Lara Deeb; Media Monitors Network; April 14, 2002)
"A Good Old-Fashioned Incursion" (David Vest; CounterPunch; April 13, 2002)
"Still Trying to Talk about Occupation" (Lara Deeb; Media Monitors Network; April 13, 2002)
"America's Phoniest Liberal? Thomas Friedman's Fabrications" (John Chuckman; CounterPunch; April 10, 2002)
"Torture Is Watching MSNBC" (Barry Crimmins; April 9, 2002)
"The Horrors of Press Syndication and Censorship" (Amanda White; Media Monitors Network; April 9, 2002)
"Arafat Has Condemned Terror in Arabic; Bush Must Condemn Israeli Actions" (Daoud Kuttab; Arabic Media Internet Network; April 9, 2002)
----Another copy of this analysis.
"'Terrorism' Is a Term That Requires Consistency" (FAIR; April 8, 2002)
"This Will Be the Week When We See Who Runs the US-Israeli Alliance" (Robert Fisk; The Independent; April 8, 2002)
"The Dangers Of TV's Tunnel Vision" (Danny Schechter; MediaChannel.org; April 5, 2002)
"In U.S. Media, Palestinians Attack, Israel Retaliates" (FAIR; April 4, 2002)
"Truth is a Scarce Commodity as Propaganda War Gets into its Stride" (Robert Fisk; The Independent; April 4, 2002)
"Palestinians Are Blurry in the Editorial Frame" (Norman Soloman; FAIR; April 4, 2002)
Sharon's Wars: How the News Gets through" (Alexander Cockburn; CounterPunch; April 3, 2002)
"In the Propaganda War, Israel is Winning in the U.S.: The Palestinians Are Struggling to Make it Clear That Their Side Has Grievances" (Ha'aretz; April 2002)
"An Analysis of CNN and Fox Articles on the Israeli Invasion" (Doug Tanner; March 31, 2002)
"Amanpour's Journalism and CNN's 'Technical' Problems" (Ahmed Amr; March 31, 2002)
"Much Ado About Nothing: New York Times and Israeli Disinformation Campaign" (Kaveh L. Afrasiabi; March 30, 2002)
-----The New York Times article to which this is a response
"Arafat to Amanpour: 'Respect your Profession'" (Ahmed Mar; March 29, 2002)
CounterSpin Interview with D.D. Guttenplan on Differences in U.S. and U.K. Media Reporting on the Middle East (March 29, 2002; Real Audio)
"Intractable Foes, Warring Narratives" (Eric Alterman; MSNBC; March 28, 2002)
------"Wrestling with Empathy on Mideast Conflict" (response by Cathy Young to preceding piece; April 8, 2002)
Yasser Abed Rabbo Responds to New York Times Article (March 24, 2002)
"Understanding Palestinian Rage" (Eduardo Cohen; March 18, 2002
"About Bias in the Media" (Ramzy Baroud; March 17, 2002)
"NPR--Another Grossly Biased Gradstein Report" (Ali Abunimah; March 14, 2002)
"We Are Not Deaf, But We Cannot Hear" (Alexandra Lopez-Pachecoin; March 9, 2002)
"NPR Continues Distortion on Mideast 'Calm'" (FAIR; February 5, 2002)
"For NPR, Violence Is Calm if It's Violence Against Palestinians"(FAIR; January 10, 2002)
"New York Times Should Tell Full Story in Terror Blast" (FAIR; December 6, 2001)
"Does Tom Freidman Read the New York Times?" (Jack McCarthy; CounterPunch; December 6, 2001)
"Israeli Terrorism Doesn't Make News - Cause of The Conflict Ignored" (Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed; Media Monitors Network; December 2, 2001)
"Media's Contempt for Palestinians Is Palpable" (Robin Miller; Dec. 2001)
"The Illusion of Balance: NPR's Coverage of Mideast Deaths Doesn't Match Reality" (Seth Ackerman; Extra!, Nov.-Dec. 2001)
"My Concern for the People of Palestine (Amanda White; Media Monitors Network; September 18, 2001)
"CNN Caves in to Israel over its References to Illegal Settlements" (Robert Fisk; The Independent; Sept. 3, 2001)
"Sharon's Willing Media Collaborators" (Ahmed Amr; nileMedia.com; June 2001)
"When Journalists Refuse to Tell the Truth about Israel" (Robert Fisk; The Independent; April 17, 2001)
"Uprising without Explanation: 'Occupation' a Taboo Word in Intifada Coverage" (Seth Ackerman; Extra!; Jan.-Feb. 2001)
"The Biased Reporting that Makes Killing Acceptable" (Robert Fisk; The Independent; November 14, 2000)
"Middle East Media Biases: Which Side Am I On? (Danny Schechter; November 1, 2000)
"Perception Vs. Reality in The Middle East 'Press War'" (Danny Schechter. 2000)
"The Simple Formula for U.S. Media Coverage of Mideast" (Norman Solomon; Oct. 17, 2000)
"American Zionism: For US Media, Israel is the Victim" (Edward Said; 2000)
"Retaliating in Advance: U.S. Reports Reverse Chronology of Israeli Airstrikes on Lebanon" (Hussein Ibish ;Extra!; Sept.-Oct. 1999)
"What Christians Don't Know about Israel" (Grace Halsell; May/June 1998)
"People and the Land: Coming to a PBS Station Near You?" (Tom Hayes; The Link; volume 30, issue 5 (November-December, 1997))
"Remember All the Victims of Violence" (Extra!; Oct. 1997)
"What's in a Name?: In Jerusalem Story, Terminology Takes Sides" (Sam Husseini; Extra!; Sept.-Oct. 1997)
"Normalizing Israeli Repression" (Edward Herman; Z magazine; June, 1994)
"How America's Leading Paper Covered a Massacre" (Jim Naureckas; Extra!; May-June 1994)
"Censored" (Colin D. Edwards; The Link; volume 26, issue 3 (July-August 1993))
"NPR's Fresh Air: 'Extremist' Author Silenced for Lack of 'Moderate' Opponent" (Extra!; April-May 1993)
"'Arabs Stone Jewish Worshippers'...or Did They?" (Extra; Jan.-Feb. 1991)
"Arab Defamation in the Media: Its Consequences and Solutions" (Casey Kasem; The Linkl volume 23, issue 5 (December 1990))
"The U.S. Press and the Middle East" (Mitchell Kaidy; The Link; volume 21, issue 1 (January-March 1988))
"Media Spin Remains in Sync with Israeli Occupation" (Norman Soloman; undated)
"Israel's Approved Ethnic Cleansing: How the U.S. Media Protects It" (Edward Herman; ZNet; undated)
2. "Homicide Bomber" Expression
a. Bush Administration's Adoption of Expression
"Seeking Words to Express the Shock of Mideast Violence" (Mary McNamara; Los Angeles Times; April 17, 2002)
"White House Coins New Phrase" (AP; April 14, 2002)
"White House Takes Up 'Homicide Bombers' Phrase" (AP; April 12, 2002)
b. Prior Use by Zionist Spokespersons
"Enlarging the Problem" (Ken Adelman; April 2, 2002)
"Pathology of the Homicide Bomber" (HonestReporting.com; March 27, 2002)
"Terror Continues; Media Responds" (HonestReporting.com; March 5, 2002)
3. Claim that U.S. Media is Pro-Palestinian
Organizations:
CAMERA: Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America
BoycottThePost.org
HonestReporting.com (New York)
PRIMER (Promoting Responsibility in Middle East Reporting)
Tachlis.org
Articles:
"Pro-Israel Groups Take Aim at U.S. News Media" (Tim Jones; Chicago Tribune; May 26, 2002)
"Boycotting the Media" (Nathan Guttman; Ha'aretz; May 26, 2002)
"Some U.S. Backers of Israel Boycott Dailies Over Mideast Coverage" (Felicity Barringer; New York Times; May 23, 2002)
"Andrea Levin's Eye on the Media: NPR Ignores Israeli Terror Victims" (Andrea Levin; Jerusalem Post; May 20, 2002)
"Israel Going Pro When It Talks with U.S. Media" (Susan Taylor Martin; St. Petersburg Times; May 8, 2002)
"Readers Boycott 'Biased' LA Times" (BBC; April 18)
"Losing the Media Battle" (Leslie Susser; The Jerusalem Report; dated April 22 but posted by April 15, 2002)
"U.S. Newspapers Catching Flak for Mideast War Coverage: Media Caught in the Cross Fire as Both Sides Complain of Bias" (Charles Burress; San Francisco Chronicle; April 14, 2002)
"'Those Aren't Stones, They're Rocks': The Pro-Israel Critique of Mideast Coverage" (Seth Ackerman; Extra!; March-April 2001)
"CAMERA and FLAME: Pressuring U.S. Media" (Mitchell Kaidy; WRMEA; July/Aug. 1993)
B. U.S. Media Coverage Compared to Coverage Elsewhere
"Analysis: Winners and Losers in Jenin" (Martin Sieff; UPI; May 23, 2002) Conservative POV
"Analysis: Why Europeans Bought Jenin Myth" (Martin Sieff; UPI; May 21 2002) Conservative POV
"Part One: Documenting the Myth" (Martin Sieff; UPI; May 20, 2002) Conservative POV
"War and Pieces" (Ian Mayes; The Guardian; May 18, 2002)
| "Balance does not mean that blame must be equally apportioned - much of the American coverage that is, up to a point, critical of Israel suffers from this false symmetry." |
"US, European Press Stand Divided over Israel, Palestinians" (Mark Jurkowitz; Boston Globe; May 1, 2002)
"Jack Kelly: The Non-Massacre" (Pittsburgh Post Gazette; April 29, 2002) Conservative POV
"The Ombudsman: Israeli-Palestinian Debate Plays Out Differently Here" (Sanders LaMont; Sacramento Bee; April 28, 2002)
"Media Drawn Into West Bank Propaganda War" (Howard Kurtz; Washington Post; April 18, 2002)
"Parallel Universes: Most of the World Sees Palestinians as the Victims, But in Israel and the US Events Are Given a Different Meaning" (Jonathan Freedland; The Guardian; April 17, 2002)
"Muted Criticism in American Newspapers" (Julian Borger; The Guardian; April 17, 2002)
C. British Media
1. Organizations
Arab Media Watch
2. Articles
"The Right to Be Heard: The Readers' Editor on ... Truth and Propaganda in the Middle East" (Ian Mayes; The Guardian; June 3, 2002)
"Balancing Act: The Readers' Editor on .... Charges That the Paper Has Been Anti-Semitic"(Ian Mayes; The Guardian; May 25, 2002)
"War and Pieces" (Ian Mayes; The Guardian; May 18, 2002)
"Missing in Action" (Greg Philo; The Guardian; April 16, 2002)
"TV News Biased against Palestinians, Says Study" (Matt Wells; The Guardian; April 16, 2002)
CounterSpin Interview with D.D. Guttenplan on Differences in U.S. and U.K. Media Reporting on the Middle East (March 29, 2002; Real Audio)
"BBC Staff Are Told Not to Call Israeli Killings 'Assassination'" (Robert Fisk; The Independent; August 4, 2001)
"Middle East Coverage Is 'Dangerous'" (Brian Whitaker; The Guardian; April 9, 2001?)
D. Other Countries' Media
"Israel Radio Defines Arabic Newspeak" (Ori Nir; Ha'aretz; May 4?, 2002)
"Deflecting the Truth" (Shohdy Naguib; Al-Ahram Weekly; May 2-8, 2002) Discussion of pro-Israeli bias in the Russian media.
"No PR, Please - We're at War" (Aviv Lavie; Ha'aretz; April 19, 2002)
"Canadian Media Giant Censors Editorials Deemed Critical of Israel" (January 2002?)
"Saudi Press Drops Use of `Shaheed'" (Daniel Sobelman; Ha'aretz; May 22, 2002)
"Law Refutes Israeli Claims of Staged Jenin 'Burials'" (LAW; May 8, 2002)
IX. News
See also Publications.
For current news stories, see Israeli Occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
A. News Sources and Websites Devoted to Middle East News
Collections:
Open Directory: Israel/Palestine News and Media
Individual news sources:
ActLeft
al-Aqsa Intifada.com
Al Bawaba (Amman, Jordan)
Alternative Information Center
Arabic Electronic Mail Journal
Arabic Media Internet Network
Arabic News
Be a Witness
Colorado Campaign For Middle East Peace
Common Ground News Service: Middle East
Free Arab Voice
Free Palestine Now
Hear Palestine
IndyMedia Israel (Tel Aviv)
Independent Media Center Palestine (Bethlehem)
Islamic Association For Palestine
iviews.com
Letters from Palestine
Liberate Palestine
Middle East Information Center
Middle East News & World Report
Middle East News Online (Durham, North Carolina)
Mideast Realities
MidEast Web News List [MewNews]
The Middle East Times (Nicosia, Cyprus)
NewsTrove.com: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
nileMedia.com
OccupationalHazard.org
oneworld.net: Middle East
Palestine Chronicle (Mountlake Terrace, WA)
Palestine Crisis Center
Palestine-facts-and-images (Yahoo! eGroup)
Palestine Government Watch
Palestine Independent News Agency (Mountlake Terrace, WA)
Palestine Media Center
Palestine Monitor (Ramallah)
Palestine Now (e-mail newsletter from Grassroots International)
RamallahOnline.com (U.S.)
Ummahnews.com
United Nations News Centre
Viacam-info-palestina
Wafa (Official PNA news service)
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs: Current News
WorldNews Network: Palestine Daily
WorldNews Network: Gaza News
WorldNews Network: Jordan Daily
WorldNews Network: Middle East Daily
WorldNews Network: Arab World News
WorldNews Network: Israel Daily
WorldNews Network - Middle East Directory
Yahoo! News Full Coverage- Middle East Peace Process
Yahoo! News Full Coverage-Lebanon News
Yahoo! News Full Coverage-Israel - Lebanon Relations
Yahoo! News Full Coverage-Syria News
Yahoo! News Full Coverage-Jordan News
Yahoo! News Full Coverage-Egypt News
Yahoo! News Full Coverage-United Nations
Yahoo! News Full Coverage-European Union News
See also these pro-Israeli news sources:
Forward
Israel Resource News Agency
JTA (Jewish Telegraph Agency)
B. Particular Commercial Media Outlets
Recommended: Al-Ahram Weekly; Arab News; BBC: The Guardian; Ha'aretz; The Independent; The Times (London)
1. Newspapers and Magazines
Arab World
Al-Ahram Weekly (Cairo)
al-Jazeera (in Arabic)
Arab News (Saudi Arabia)
The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Khaleej Times (United Arab Emirates)
Kuwait Times
Jordan Times
Oman Observer
Syria Times
Australia
The Sydney Morning Herald
Israel
Ha'aretz (liberal)
Jerusalem Post (conservative)
The Jerusalem Report
---Palestinian Affairs section
U.K.
BBC News: Middle East
The Guardian
-----Israel and the Middle East
-----Israel and the Middle East Archive
The Independent
-----Middle East
The Telegraph
The Times
-----Middle East
U.S.
Los Angeles Times
-----Conflict in the Mideast
The New York Times
-----Middle East
Washington Post
-----Middle East
2. Wire services
Agence France-Presse
The Associated Press
Reuters
-----Reuters World News
United Press International
X. Organizations
A. Organizations Based in the U.S.
1. Academic and Educational
Institute for Palestine Studies (Washington. D.C.)
The Middle East Institute (Washington, D.C.)
The Middle East Policy Council (Washington, D.C.)
Palestinian American Research Center (Villanova, PA, and Jerusalem) Good links to other academic sites.
Trans-Arab Research Institute (Boston, MA)
For lists of links to university centers, see:
Palestinian American Research Center (Villanova, PA, and Jerusalem)
Palestine Center
2. Activist--Community Organizations
Collections:
Collection of local organizations by Jewish Unity for a Just Peace
Individual organizations:
Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (Orange, CT)
Alternative Palestinian Agenda
Americans and Palestinians for Peace (AMPAL; Muscateine, Iowa)
AUPHR--Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights (Portland, OR)
Boston Committee for Palestinian Rights
Boycott Israeli Goods
Citizens for Fair Legislation
Coalition for Fair & Accurate Reporting
Coalition for Justice in Hawaiian Gardens and Jerusalem
Coalition for Peace With Justice (North Carolina)
Colorado Campaign For Middle East Peace (Denver)
Council for the National Interest (Washington, D.C.)
Council for Palestinian Restitution and Reparation
Direct Action for Justice in Palestine (New York)
The Electronic Intifada
Foundation for Middle East Peace (Washington, D.C.)
Free Palestine Alliance--United States
Humanity On Hold
IFLAC (International Forum for Peace and Culture) USA
Middle East Activist (Vermont and New Hampshire)
Middle East Children's Alliance (Berkeley, CA)
Middle East Crisis Committee (New Haven, CT)
Middle East News Online (Durham, North Carolina)
Middle East Research & Information Project (MERIP; Washington, D.C.)
MidEast Citizen Diplomacy (Indianola, WA)
MSA West Palestine Action Committee
nileMedia.com (Seattle, WA)
Open Tent Middle East Coalition (Los Angeles)
Palestine Affairs Council (Houston, Texas)
Palestine Chronicle (Mountlake Terrace, WA)
Palestine Independent News Agency (Mountlake Terrace, WA)
Palestine Media Watch
Partners For Peace (Washington, D.C.)
People for Justice in Palestine (Iowa City)
Philly ISM (Philadelphia)
RamallahOnline.com (U.S.)
Search for Common Ground: Middle East
SEARCH for Justice and Equality in Palestine/Israel (Framingham, MA)
SUSTAIN: Stop U.S. Tax-funded Aid to Israel Now! (Washington, D.C.)
Vermonters For a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel
Voices for Peace (Austin, Texas)
3. Activist--Student Organiations
Arab Club (North Carolina State University)
Arab Student Association (George Mason University)
Arab Student Organization (Carnegie Mellon University)
The Arab Student Union of NW Ohio (University of Toledo)
Arab Students United (New York University)
Arabic Heritage Club (Northeastern University)
Coalition for Justice in Israel/Palestine (Stanford University)
The Egyptian Student Association in North America
HarvardMITdivest.org
Justice for Palestine (Harvard Law School)
Lebanese American Association (Burlingame, CA)
The Lebanese Club (MIT)
Lebanese Student Association (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Muslim Students Awareness Network (Stanford University)
Organization of Arab Students (University of Maryland, College Park)
Palestine Solidarity Committee (University of Texas--Austin)
PrincetonDivest.org
Students for Justice in Palestine (California State University Sacramento)
Students for Justice in Palestine (Columbia University)
Students for Justice in Palestine (George Mason Univ.?)
Students for Justice In Palestine (University of California, Berkeley)
Students for Justice In Palestine (University of California, Davis)
Students for Justice in Palestine (University of Illinois, Chicago)
Turath (Columbia University)
The Union of Arab Student Associations (Falls Church, VA)
University of Illinois Divestment Campaign
4. Arab-American
Al-Bushra (Arab-American Catholics; San Francisco)
Al-Hewar Center (Vienna, Virginia)
Al Malha Youth Group (Relatives, descendants, and friends of exiled inhabitants of Palestinian village of Al Malha)
American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (Washington, D.C.)
American Arab Chamber of Commerce (Dearborn, MI)
American Committee on Jerusalem (Washington, D.C.)
American Federation of Ramallah, Palestine (Westland, MI)
Arab American Action Network (Chicago)
Arab American Institute (Washington, D.C.)
Arab American Young Professionals - Boston
Arab American Young Professionals (main office in Detroit)
Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) (Dearborn, MI)
Arab Youth
Association of Arab-American University Graduates (Washington, D.C.; not updated since 2001)
Association of Patriotic Arab Americans in Military
Council of Lebanese American Organizations (Los Angeles)
Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development/Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine (Washington, D.C.)
NAAMA - National Arab American Medical Association (Birmingham, MI)
NAAP--Network of Arab-American Alumni and Professionals (New York and Washington, D.C.)
Teens for Palestine
5. Charitable
American Near East Refugee Aid (Washington, D.C.)
Palestine Children's Welfare Fund
Playgrounds for Palestine (Elkins Park, PA)
United Palestinian Appeal (Washington, D.C.)
6. Human Rights
Amnesty International USA
-----Home office of Amnesty International in London
Human Rights Watch
Physicians for Human Rights---USA
7. Islamic
American Muslims for Global Peace and Justice (Washington, D.C.)
American Muslims for Jerusalem (Washington, D.C.)
Council on American Islamic Relations
Islamic Association For Palestine (Palos Hills, IL)
Islamic Foundation (Villa Park, IL)
Islamic Institute (Washington, D.C.)
MPAC--Muslim Public Affairs Council (Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.)
United Association for Studies and Research
8. Jewish
Abraham Fund (New York and Jerusalem)
Americans for Peace Now (Washington, D.C.)
Brit Tzedek V'Shalom (Austin, Texas)
Coalition of Jews for Justice in Israel and Palestine (San Francisco)
----- (2nd e-mail group)
Jewish Friends of Palestine
Jewish Peace Fellowship (Nyack, NY)
The Jewish Peace Lobby (Silver Spring, MD)
Jewish Peace Thread (Brown University)
Jewish Unity for a Just Peace (Evanston, IL)
Jewish Voices Against the Occupation (Berkeley, CA)
Jewish Voice For Peace (San Francisco)
Jewish Women for Justice in Israel and Palestine (Boston)
Jews Against the Occupation (New York)
Jews for Equal Justice
Jews for Peace in Palestine and Israel (Washington, D.C.)
JFREJ--Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (New York)
New Israel Fund (Washington, D.C.)
Not In My Name (Evanston, IL)
Pursue the Peace (Seattle)
Tikkun
Visions of Peace with Justice in Israel/Palestine (Boston)
9. -----Anti-Zionist
Jewsnotzionists.org
Neturei Karta - Jews United Against Zionism
10. Jewish-Palestinian Dialog
Alliance for Israeli and Palestinian Reconciliation" (San Francisco)
Encounter Project (Washington & Jerusalem?)
Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue Group (San Mateo, California)
MidEast Citizen Diplomacy
11. Mainstream
AMIDEAST--America-Mideast Educational and Training Services (Washington, D.C.)
National Council on US-Arab Relations (Washington, D.C.)
USAID West Bank and Gaza (Washington, D.C.)
12. Religious
American Friends Service Committee
Christian Peacemaker Teams
Churches for Middle East Peace (Washington, D.C.)
Fellowship of Reconciliation--Interfaith Peacebuilders Program (Nyack, NY)
Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (Silver Spring, MD)
B. Organizations based in the Middle East
1. Joint Israeli-Palestinian
Action Committee for One Democratic Secular Republic (not updated since 2001)
The Alternative Information Center
Bereaved Families' Forum
bitterlemons.org
Encounter Project (Washington & Jerusalem?)
Encounter-EMEM
Friends of the Earth--Middle East (East Jerusalem and Aman, Jordan)
Hand in Hand: The Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel (Jerusalem)
Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information
Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families for Peace (Ramat-Efal, Israel)
Israeli Palestinian Coalition For Peace
MidEast Web
ODA--Organization for Democratic Action
Open House (Ramle)
2. Israeli
a. Peace; Activist; Human Rights
Collections:
List of peace organizations by Ariga
Individual groups:
ActLeft
Abraham Fund (New York and Jerusalem)
Adva Center
Ariga
Association for Civil Rights in Israel
Bat Shalom
B'Tselem, The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Coalition of Women for Peace
Dor Shalom
Givat Haviva (Menashe)
Gush Shalom - Israeli Peace Bloc
HaMoked: Center for the Defense of the Individual (in Hebrew)
IFLAC (International Forum for Peace and Culture)
IndyMedia Israel (Tel Aviv)
Israel Religious Action Center
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (Jerusalem)
The Israeli Council for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
MidEast Web for Middle East Peace Education and Dialogue
New Profile: Movement for the Civil-ization of Israeli Society
Oz Veshalom-Netivot Shalom
Peace Now
PEACE - A Mid-East Dialogue Group
Peacechild Israel
The Peres Center for Peace (Tel Aviv)
Physicians for Human Rights
The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel
Rabbis For Human Rights
Ta'ayush
b. Arab Civil Rights
Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
The Arab Association for Human Rights (Nazareth)
The Association of Forty (Ein Hod; Arab villages in Israel not recognized by the Israeli government)
Center for Bedouin Studies and Development
The Galilee Society: The Arab National Society for Health Research & Services
Ittijah - Union of Arab Community Based Associations (Haifa; not updated since 5/2001)
c. Refuseniks (soldiers who refuse to serve in the Occupied Territories)
Courage to Refuse
Yesh Gvul
3. Palestinian
See also member organizations listed at Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (Ramallah).
See also Palestinian resistance organizations.
a. Activist; Peace; Human Rights
Collections:
List of peace organizations by Ariga
Individual groups:
Addameer: Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association (Jerusalem and Ramallah)
Al-Haq: Law in the Service of Man
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights (Jabalia Refugee Camp)
Arab Association for Human Rights (Nazareth)
BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights (Bethlehem)
Campaign to Free Marwan Barghouti
Defence For Children International: Palestine Section
Democracy & Workers' Rights Centre (Ramallah and Gaza) (not updated since 9/2001)
Grassroots International Protection For The Palestinian People (Ramallah)
Human Rights Action Project, Birzeit University (not updated since 11/99)
International Solidarity Movement
Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights
Jerusalem Watch (not updated since 4/2001)
LAW-The Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment (Jerusalem)
MIFTAH: The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialog and Democracy (Jerusalem)
Palestinian Center for Rapprochement between People (Beit Sahour)
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (Gaza)
Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group
Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights (Ramallah)
Palestinian Prisoners' Society
Shaml: Palestinian Diaspora and Refugee Centre
b. Colleges and Universities
Al-Azhar University (Gaza)
Al-Quds University (Jerusalem)
An-Najah National University (Nablus)
Arab-American University--Jenin
Bethlehem Bible College
Bethlehem University
Birzeit University (Birzeit)
-----Across Borders Project (Birzeit University Center for Continuing Education)
-----Center for Research & Documentation of Palestinian Society
-----Development Studies Programme Conducts Palestinian opinion polls.
Hebron University
Ibrahimieh College (Jerusalem)
Islamic University - Gaza
Palestine Polytechnic Institute (Hebron)
Other educational organizations:
Arab Educational Institute (Bethlehem; not updated recently)
Hope Flowers School (Bethlehem)
Tamer Institute for Community Education (Ramallah)
c. Cultural
Al-Kasaba (Ramallah)
Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre (Ramallah)
The National Conservatory of Music--Palestine
Palestine Popular Art Centre (Al - Bireh)
d. Government
Palestine Liberation Organization
----Negotiations Affairs Department
----The Palestinian Charter
Palestine Media Center
Palestine Monetary Authority
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Palestinian Economic Council For Development and Reconstruction [PECDAR]
Palestinian Legislative Council
Palestinian National Authority
Palestinian National Authority Ministry of Higher Education
Palestinian National Authority Ministry Of Information
Palestinian National Authority Ministry Of Labour
Palestinian National Authority Ministry of Health
-----another URL?
Palestinian National Authority Office of the President
Palestinian National Authority State Information Service
-----Palestinian National Information Centre
-----International Press Centre
e. Health and Medical
Arabcare (Jerusalem)
Augusta Victoria Hospital (Jerusalem)
Gaza Community Mental Health Program
Palestine Red Crescent Society (Al-Bireh)
Palestinian Counseling Center (Jerusalem)
Spafford Children's Center (Jerusalem)
The Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees (Jerusalem)
f. Media
Independent Media Center--Palestine (Bethlehem)
Jerusalem Media & Communication Centre
Palestine Media Center
Palestine Monitor (Ramallah)
g. Religious
Come And See (Nazareth)
Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center (Jerusalem)
h. Research
Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem
Center for Research & Documentation of Palestinian Society (Birzeit)
Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute (Ramallah)
Institute of Jerusalem Studies (Jerusalem)
Jerusalem Media & Communication Centre Conducts Palestinian public opinion polls.
Land Research Center
Muwatin, the Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy (Ramallah)
PASSIA - Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs
Palestinian Center for Policy and Su