War in the mideast

We are on the verge of a war in the middle east between Israel and Palestine, if it isn't underway already. Here are a selection of links related to the conflict - UPDATED...

14 Oct 2000

We are on the verge of a war in the middle east between Israel and Palestine, if it isn't underway already. Here are a selection of links related to the conflict...

my.Yahoo is worth customizing as a news source, and cnn.com provides a good solid imperialist view of things

Born in Battle is the Israeli Defence Force's history, and with it's companion Israeli airforce history makes interesting reading.

Intifasa has poetry and critical accounts from a Palestinian point of view as opposed to the US/Israelite domination of media point of view.

Virtual Jerusalem's Israelwire and Intafada is a news source from the other side...

Indymedia's excelent Lies, Hatred And The Language Of Force and Media Spin Remains In Sync With Israeli Occupation articles.

An introduction on how to read arabic and hebrew

Indymedia Center
http://www.indymedia.org.il/imc/israel/webcast/index.php3?language=en
more balanced, Pro:Palestine

The Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/
Pro:Jewish/US, sadly unconcerned

Israeli Newswire
http://www.virtualjerusalem.com/israelwire/
staunchly jewish.

Palestine News
http://www.palestine-net.com/
updated daily: tells you what the last two deny

Palestine History overview
http://www.arab.net/palestine/palestine_contents.html
some background

Committee to Protect Journalists
http://www.cpj.org/news/2000/Israel05oct00na.html
journalist casaulties

Palestine Internet News Center
http://www.cpj.org/news/2000/Israel05oct00na.html

Arab Internet Media
http://www.amin.org/jourmag/
indispensible internet links to all news agencies

For an Israeli/US point of view - simply look at the 'balanced' news media
http://www.cnn.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/