The Electronic Intifada
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Palestine’s weapon of mass instruction.
http://electronicintifada.net
Israel blocks US student protesters from entering West Bank
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Israel blocks US student protesters from entering West Bank
Officials at Allenby crossing hint they have access to American police records.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/israel-blocks-us-student-protesters-entering-west-bank/51333
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Bemoaning death penalty, EU bankrolls merchants of death
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Gaza is home to the largest number of child amputees worldwide as a result of Israel’s genocidal war.
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A genocide here, an amputation there
Gaza is home to the largest number of child amputees worldwide as a result of Israel’s genocidal war.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/genocide-here-amputation-there/51280
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Fake friction between Germany and Israel
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8 days ago
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Double standards in Dublin: A leading Irish university clamps down on protests against the Gaza genocide, while some of its professors enjoy freedom to lobby for the weapons industry.
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Dublin denies freedom to students protesting against genocide
Why has an Irish university entered new research partnerships with Israel?
https://electronicintifada.net/content/dublin-denies-freedom-students-protesting-against-genocide/51305
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I was not just crying for the dead; I was crying because I could finally feel again.
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Restoring our mosque revived my soul
For two years, I felt like a robot, devoid of feeling. But our collective effort to ensure we could pray together again during Ramadan has made me human again.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/restoring-our-mosque-revived-my-soul/51294
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Israel promotes genocide weapons in Germany
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“The tanks start shooting randomly at night and the quadcopters don’t leave the sky.”
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Third Ramadan under genocide has not squashed its spirit
No call to prayer. No children playing. Few late night gatherings and hardly any standing mosques. Gaza’s holy month has been a silent one.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/third-ramadan-under-genocide-has-not-squashed-its-spirit/51282
21 days ago
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EU "very keen" on Israel cooperation despite public fury, says internal paper
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22 days ago
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At an age when she should be reading fluently, Layan still struggles with words.
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“Everything feels blurry”
Children in Gaza struggle to learn after Israel’s genocide robs them of schools and homes.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/everything-feels-blurry/51272
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“I looked at the videos I received. They were horrifying: students fleeing from tear gas and live ammunition. I rushed to find transportation to the university, imagining the worst.”
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Military raids target West Bank education
Israel’s raid on Birzeit University in January the largest since October 2023.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/military-raids-target-west-bank-education/51271
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While residents struggle to reclaim what they have lost, plans for Gaza’s future are being drawn up far from the people who live there.
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Lost paperwork prompts fears for property rights
With Trump’s Board of Peace short on detail and filled with outsiders, people fear they may lose their homes and lands.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/lost-paperwork-prompts-fears-property-rights/51267
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Holocaust remorse rings hollow in Germany
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Holocaust remorse rings hollow in Germany
Wieland Hoban examines the war against Palestinians waged by the EU's most powerful country.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/holocaust-remorse-rings-hollow-germany/51259
about 1 month ago
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Illegal war on Iran wins applause from leading Brussels media outlet
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about 1 month ago
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Baker Abu Safia, the only surgeon in northern Gaza, recounts some of the horrors he endured while on duty during the Israeli genocide.
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Saving lives at a time of slaughter
For much of the ongoing genocide, Baker Abu Safia was the only surgeon in northern Gaza.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/saving-lives-time-slaughter/51174
about 1 month ago
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The European Union is accusing Irish journalist David Cronin of "disinformation" for writing factual articles on The Electronic Intifada about how senior official Katharina von Schnurbein works with Israel to weaponize anti-Semitism
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about 1 month ago
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Europe ramps up repression of Palestine's refugees
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Europe ramps up repression of Palestine's refugees
Lobbyists ran a hate campaign against a young man who left Gaza for Greece.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/europe-ramps-repression-palestines-refugees/51238
about 1 month ago
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After Israel had largely reduced the Islamic University of Gaza to rubble, the university rented a wedding venue to serve as a makeshift lecture hall.
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Rebuilding universities must be a priority in Gaza
University lectures in Gaza are being held at wedding venues, but attendance has dropped due to financial and other hardships.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/rebuilding-universities-must-be-priority-gaza/51237
about 1 month ago
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The absence of Israel-Mossad cross-referenced files for Epstein, the Maxwells, Barak and Wexner is laughably absurd.
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Epstein document dump is a cover-up
Massive US file release withholds the telling facts leaving investigative journalists, historians and bloggers to speculate on the larger picture from the crumbs on offer.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/epstein-document-dump-cover/51232
about 1 month ago
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Firm selling Israel's spy tech woos Europe's cops
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about 1 month ago
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Laughter, satire and storytelling can not be stolen or killed.
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Laughing in the face of oppression
Despite Israeli crackdown, Palestinian stand-ups use comedy as a tool of resistance and decolonial practice.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/laughing-face-oppression/51216
about 2 months ago
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Israel killed my sister Islam – the owner of the most important cassette in my life.
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The owner of the black cassette
A film in Jeddah stirs a bitter flashback for the author, leaving him sobbing quietly in the cinema.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/owner-black-cassette/51192
about 2 months ago
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High Court overturns Palestine Action ban
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High Court overturns Palestine Action ban
Founder hails "monumental victory," while "terrorist" status remains in effect for now.
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-winstanley/high-court-overturns-palestine-action-ban
about 2 months ago
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She cries constantly. Out of pain, boredom and confusion.
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Noor’s short life of unimaginable suffering
Born during the genocide, writer’s daughter lost her sight and ability to move in an Israeli bombing.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/noors-short-life-unimaginable-suffering/51220
about 2 months ago
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You may have heard that Omar Shakir resigned from Human RIghts Watch after it suppressed a report critical of Israel. Now whistleblowers tell EI that something similar happened at CPJ.
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CPJ scrapped "Impunity Index" to shield Israel, whistleblowers say
Email shows CEO proposed "lighter lift" statement in place of annual ranking, after surge in Palestinian journalist killings.
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/cpj-scrapped-impunity-index-shield-israel-whistleblowers-say
about 2 months ago
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Rania Elias’ teenage son is being dragged through the system of a racist, colonial state and a judge is due to hand down Shadi Khoury’s fate on 15 February.
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Why Israel persecutes children like my son Shadi
Boys and girls are arrested to strike the future before the present.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/why-israel-persecutes-children-my-son-shadi/51221
about 2 months ago
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"I am haunted by Hind Rajab’s final phone call. The gunfire audible through the line as the little girl begs for rescue tears my heart. Audio from the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites sounded like hell: screaming, bullets and panic."
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Why I quit Dell over Gaza
I could no longer sell my labor to a company enabling genocide.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/why-i-quit-dell-over-gaza/51219
about 2 months ago
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“Justice is the end of Zionism.”
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German media ignores allegations that Israel raped German journalist
International activists with the Freedom Flotilla say they were abused, assaulted and humiliated in Israeli detention.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/german-media-ignores-allegations-israel-raped-german-journalist/51210
about 2 months ago
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“For residents, this is about the possible erasure of the political status they have maintained for close to eight decades.”
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Jenin and Tulkarm refugees fear permanent displacement – again
Forcibly removed from their camps in the northern West Bank, twice-over refugees fear for their internationally mandated rights.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/jenin-and-tulkarm-refugees-fear-permanent-displacement-again/51207
about 2 months ago
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Who paid for German lawmaker's AIPAC trip?
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Who paid for German lawmaker's AIPAC trip?
Leading pro-Israel advocate in European Parliament depicts vetting of aid workers as reasonable.
https://davidcronin.substack.com/p/who-paid-for-german-lawmakers-aipac
about 2 months ago
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“What is happening to us is like a school – a school of life, of struggle, of steadfastness, of how you can live and resist.”
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The soil is everything
Tulkarm farming family face losing their land, as the Israeli military orders their farm demolished.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/soil-everything/51195
about 2 months ago
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“Gaza is a glimpse into the future. I am very much afraid.”
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Old school imperialism is alive and well
From Palestine to Venezuela, Western colonialism has dropped its mask.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/old-school-imperialism-alive-and-well/51201
about 2 months ago
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Germany grovels to Trump
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PEN’s acceptance of funding from the foundation is not just controversial; it amounts to institutional complicity.
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Funding for PEN Pinter Prize is irredeemably tainted
Blavatnik foundation is deeply enmeshed with Israel’s academic-military architecture of occupation.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/funding-pen-pinter-prize-irredeemably-tainted/51189
2 months ago
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“Do you have electricity? Do you have water? Do you have a washing machine? A TV? An oven? Do you have a cozy home? These are blessings.”
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How far we live. How close we feel
A short phone call with my family in Gaza.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/how-far-we-live-how-close-we-feel/51188
2 months ago
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Handwringing over Jerusalem, EU aids colonizers
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2 months ago
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“This moment doesn’t feel real,” my friend Hassan said. “Your father is escaping a fire we still have to live in.”
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Trapped between two different worlds
When my father evacuated to Italy I was hopeful my family would be next; my hope is now fading.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/trapped-between-two-different-worlds/51178
2 months ago
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Without the familiar streets, the fireworks, and the gatherings with family, it was hard to feel the same hope for the year ahead; the rituals that once let us imagine a future seemed lost along with our homes and our neighborhoods.
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New Year’s rituals in Gaza transformed
A writer returns to Gaza City to ring in 2026 only to find that the city is not what it used to be.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/new-years-rituals-gaza-transformed/51165
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Ali, 12, “spent the whole night digging sand berms” to keep out the water.
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Winter strikes with a vengeance
Nearly 2 million people have been forcibly displaced in Gaza and 1.3 million are without adequate shelter as the cold bites.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/winter-strikes-vengeance/51162
3 months ago
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Palestine expert joins think tank funded by Britain's war industry
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3 months ago
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“The goal is clear. It is about taking over Palestinian resources and cutting off residents from their lands, in order to seize and annex these areas for the benefit of illegal settlers.”
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New wall threatens thousands of Palestinian families
The Israeli military has begun the first stretch of a $1.7 billion project to build a wall running from the occupied Golan Heights to Eilat, slicing through the occupied West Bank.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/new-wall-threatens-thousands-palestinian-families/51164
3 months ago
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This is an elderly man with a heart condition. There is no conceivable reason for Israel to continue to hold him.
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Detained but disappeared
No information offered about Awad Nofal, a father of seven with a heart condition who was captured by Israeli forces in January 2024.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/detained-disappeared/51160
3 months ago
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Israel hinders efforts to determine fate of Gaza’s disappeared |
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Fate of Gaza’s disappeared remains unknown
Israel refuses to disclose the number of people it has abducted, bodies it still holds or has bundled into mass graves.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/fate-gazas-disappeared-remains-unknown/51157
3 months ago
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“Gaza needs engineers.”
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Going back to Gaza's broken universities
The author narrates her journey accompanying her sister to register at university.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/going-back-gazas-broken-universities/51150
3 months ago
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Court in Zurich rules EI editor's detention was illegal, violated Swiss constitution and European Convention on Human Rights.
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Swiss court rules Ali Abunimah detention was illegal
Zurich authorities violated the Swiss constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights.
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/swiss-court-rules-ali-abunimah-detention-was-illegal
3 months ago
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The BBC will give answers alright, just not always the truthful ones.
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BBC's pro-Israel training is nothing new
I took the BBC's Palestine training course in 2006.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/bbcs-pro-israel-training-nothing-new/51148
3 months ago
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Book review: An exposé on how corporate media distorted, lied and incited a genocide, even as it was being livestreamed for all to bear witness.
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Bearing witness to the gruesome end of Western liberalism
Corporate journalism skewered in Omar El Akkad's award-winning book on Gaza genocide.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/bearing-witness-gruesome-end-western-liberalism/51136
3 months ago
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People in Gaza were deprived of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, but nothing hurt more than seeing al-Omari Mosque fall.
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Israel wreaked havoc on Gaza landmarks
Churches, mosques and markets have all been targeted during the genocide.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/israel-wreaked-havoc-gaza-landmarks/51138
3 months ago
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We say "fuck Israel" at all our shows -- Kneecap rapper
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We say "fuck Israel" at all our shows -- Kneecap rapper
Móglaí Bap believes that small acts of solidarity can have a huge impact.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/we-say-fuck-israel-all-our-shows-kneecap-rapper/51134
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Israel dictates the pace of Gaza’s decay. This is not a failure of the ceasefire-that-is-not-a-ceasefire. It is its essence.
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Two months on, ceasefire feels like siege
For most families, “returning home” means pitching tents beside the ruins of their houses.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/two-months-ceasefire-feels-siege/51123
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