ELECTRONIC INTIFADA

'The Electronic Intifada (ei)' is a not-for-profit, independent online publication about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from a Palestinian perspective, offering an alternative analysis to Mainstream media. Founders of ''EI'' are Ali Abunimah, Arjan El Fassed [1], Laurie King and Nigel Parry [2].

Contents

Bassaleh News Network (BNN)

Readership

See also

References

External link

Bassaleh News Network (BNN)

The Bassaleh News Network [3] is an online magazine by EI publishing satirical material about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Middle East in general.

Readership

EI sees over one quarter of a million visits a month, with surges during crisis periods. Following Israel's Operation Summer Rains in Gaza on June 27th, 2006 and it's war on Lebanon launched on July 12th, 2006, EI saw one million visits in one month. During Operation Defensive Shield in March/April 2002, EI saw over three-quarters of a million visitors in one month.
Alexander Cockburn stated "There are a number of excellent news outlets for those who want unjaundiced reporting.... The Electronic Intifada...is trusted."^[1] A writer for the Jerusalem Post described ''EI'' as a "...very professional, user-friendly and well written...the Palestinian CNN."."^[2] McGill Daily had a special piece on how ''EI'' "gives a voice to the Palestinian cause".^[3]

See also

★ Palestine News Network

★ International Middle East Media Center

References

1. Alexander Cockburn, "Torture Them", ''The Nation'', December 11 2000
2. Hannah Brown, "Surfing the Net: Virtual war", ''The Jerusalem Post'', September 27 2002
3. Jesse Rosenfeld,"Press For The Rest: Reshaping a loaded term for the media", ''McGill Daily'', February 3 2006

External link

★ Electronic Intifada ''Official Website''