The Electronic Intifada — independent Palestine news site
An independent online publication founded in 2001 by Ali Abunimah and fellow activists, The Electronic Intifada publishes news, analysis, and first-person reporting on Palestine, its people, politics, culture, and place in the world.
The Electronic Intifada (EI) is an independent online news publication founded in 2001 by Ali Abunimah, who remains its executive director, together with fellow activists, during the second Palestinian intifada. It was created to counter mainstream media coverage of the uprising by publishing news, commentary, and analysis from a Palestinian perspective, and it has run continuously since.
EI’s writers and reporters include Palestinians and others living inside Palestine and everywhere else that news about Palestine is made. Its coverage spans daily news and analysis, first-person dispatches from Gaza and the West Bank, media criticism that scrutinizes mainstream reporting on Palestine, and cultural coverage of Palestinian film, literature, and art, alongside video and podcast productions.
Why it matters
- One of the longest-running independent English-language sources of Palestine-focused news, predating the social-media era of on-the-ground reporting.
- Publishes Palestinian journalists and writers reporting directly from Gaza, the West Bank, and the diaspora.
- Its media-criticism work documents how mainstream outlets frame Palestine, making it a resource for researchers studying press coverage.
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Cited work
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