To many reporters the notion that Israel is under siege is simply absurd. Palestinian children are shot by well-equipped Israeli soldiers; Palestinian leaders are systematically assassinated; Palestinian houses, orchards and fields are bulldozed by Israelis; and Palestinian cities are surrounded by Israeli military checkpoints that block even food and medical supplies. There is simply no comparison between the daily brutality Palestinians endure and the near-normal daily life experience of Israelis.

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The Electronic Intifada

"Even the relatively better-informed mainstream accounts fail to convey the brutality of [Israel's apartheid policies]. There are a number of excellent news outlets for those who want unjaundiced reporting.... The Electronic Intifada... is trusted."

-- Alexander Cockburn, The Nation, 11 December 2000 --

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A visit to Yatta

13 July 2001 -- 13 July, Yatta, Palestine--Ahmad is seven years old. At night he sleeps with his family in Yatta, a sizeable rural community south of Hebron. During the day, Ahmad, his parents, and other relatives are staying in tents erected over the site where they used to live before Israeli bulldozers destroyed their makeshift homes, uprooted trees and grape vines and destroyed water wells, leaving five hundred Palestinians homeless.

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