The Electronic Intifada

Funding for PEN Pinter Prize is irredeemably tainted Blavatnik foundation is deeply enmeshed with Israel’s academic-military architecture of occupation.

PEN’s acceptance of funding from the foundation is not just controversial; it amounts to institutional complicity.

How far we live. How close we feel A short phone call with my family in Gaza.

“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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Trapped between two different worlds When my father evacuated to Italy I was hopeful my family would be next; my hope is now fading.

“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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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.

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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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.

Ali, 12, “spent the whole night digging sand berms” to keep out the water. #eiGazaDispatches

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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.

“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.”

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.

This is an elderly man with a heart condition. There is no conceivable reason for Israel to continue to hold him. #eiGazaDispatches

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.

Israel hinders efforts to determine fate of Gaza’s disappeared | @khpalestined.bsky.social reports

Going back to Gaza's broken universities The author narrates her journey accompanying her sister to register at university.

“Gaza needs engineers.”

Swiss court rules Ali Abunimah detention was illegal Zurich authorities violated the Swiss constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights.

Court in Zurich rules EI editor's detention was illegal, violated Swiss constitution and European Convention on Human Rights.

BBC's pro-Israel training is nothing new I took the BBC's Palestine training course in 2006.

The BBC will give answers alright, just not always the truthful ones.

Bearing witness to the gruesome end of Western liberalism Corporate journalism skewered in Omar El Akkad's award-winning book on Gaza genocide.

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.

Israel wreaked havoc on Gaza landmarks Churches, mosques and markets have all been targeted during the genocide.

People in Gaza were deprived of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, but nothing hurt more than seeing al-Omari Mosque fall. #eiGazaDispatches

We say "fuck Israel" at all our shows -- Kneecap rapper Móglaí Bap believes that small acts of solidarity can have a huge impact.

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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.

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.

Is Committee to Protect Journalists scared of its pro-Israel donors? Annual awards ceremony brings in big money from Murdoch-owned media.

"Despite damning evidence of war crimes committed by Israel, Jodie Ginsberg's clever capping of what CPJ can do or say on Gaza is effectively dissipating our evidentiary power which could easily be admissible evidence before the ICC."

Gaza’s fishers tempt fate to feed the hungry Gaza’s fishing sector, once a crucial source of livelihoods, is operating at just 7.3 percent of its pre-genocide capacity.

Fishers have little choice but to “continue risking their lives just to put food on the table.” #eiGazaDispatches

Israel blends ethnic cleansing and human trafficking South Africa has taken the wrong decision by withdrawing visa exemptions from Palestinians.

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Refaat Alareer and the online culture war Western media institutions excused the intellectual's murder by deeming him "controversial."

Refaat showed me how brave Gaza City was, as well as how funny its people were, despite decades of war, isolation and imprisonment.

West Bank journalists persevere to be the “voice of our people” Israel has aggressively moved to further fragment the occupied West Bank. Caught between the military, settlers and a hostile PA, reporters feel the brunt.

“We realize that, as Palestinian journalists, we are directly targeted because we convey a message that challenges the stereotypes perpetuated by the Israeli media.”

Two brothers tell tales from detention My brothers were detained from a checkpoint and subjected to months of torture and ill-treatment without ever being classified as prisoners.

Since my brothers were released, they always ask us to pray for the thousands of prisoners still suffering in Israeli detention. #eiGazaDispatches

A tribute to Captain Bahjat Bahjat Tantish was a pillar of Palestine’s sports community, an inspiring karate coach, a policeman and a farmer.

“Bahjat took the shell instead of me. He stood between me and death. He saved me, but at the cost of his life.” #eiGazaDispatches

Israel stands to benefit from EU weapons funding electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-...

What to expect when needing surgery during genocide My operation was routine, but the crowds, the constant danger and the lack of medicine and food made every day a test.

“We can’t find a bed to put a patient on. We can’t move people out because they have no homes to go to.” #eiGazaDispatches

The US bulldozed the prospect of Uniting for Peace in Palestine UN endorsement of Trump plan a “colonial outrage” that will ultimately implode.

“UN Resolution 2803 puts Gaza in the hands of a puppet administration, with the US as the new manager of an open-air prison, further crushing Palestine's right to self-determination and any path to peace.”

Judge in Palestine Action case has ties to Israel lobby Victoria Sharp worked for Robert Maxwell and her twin brother sits on charity board with Trevor Chinn.

Judge in Palestine Action case worked for pro-Israel law firm

Pregnant women in Gaza face catastrophic scenarios Israel’s 200,000 tonnes of explosives will continue to harm Gaza’s next generation.

“The wife of my husband's brother gave birth five times before and never had a miscarriage,” Elmrany, a midwife, said. “In this war, she miscarried.” #eiGazaDispatches