Archive for the ‘Published articles’ Category

Sailing into trouble: “To Gaza with Love” reviewed

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Originally published on Electronic Intifada. Asa Winstanley, The Electronic Intifada, 4 January 2010 A scene from To Gaza with Love. To Gaza with Love is a documentary by Aki Nawaz for Iran's English-language channel Press TV. It is an account of the first boats that successfully broke the siege of Gaza in August 2008. The ...

Book review: Palestinian views on suicide operations

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Originally published on Electronic Intifada. Asa Winstanley, The Electronic Intifada, 13 October 2009 In his new book The Making of a Human Bomb: An Ethnography of Palestinian Resistance, Nasser Abufarha examines the phenomena of Palestinian suicide operations. It is based on extensive fieldwork conducted in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, mostly in and ...

Boycott movement takes hold in British unions

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Originally published in Electronic Intifada. By Asa Winstanley, The Electronic Intifada, 14 August 2009 The international campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel has won several important victories in recent months. At this summer's trade union conferences in Britain, BDS activists have made significant progress. While the campaign ...

“Security threat”: An attempt to visit family in Ramallah

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Originally published in Electronic Intifada. Asa Winstanley writing from the United Kingdom, Live from Palestine, 12 June 2009 Taking the first bus of the day, my wife and I arrived on the Israeli side of the King Hussein bridge crossing into the West Bank from Jordan. We explained that we were ...

Ramallah posters article

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

UPDATE, August 14: Apparently, the August issue of NOX magazine finally published my article, so I'm publishing the full original text below, as well as changing the timestamp on this post to bump it up to the top. I have yet to see the finished version (with photos) since ...

More of my commentary on AH

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

Another media commentary from me on American Hummus, this time on an Israeli government broadcast in which the spokesperson refers to the absolutist Saudi monarchy as "moderate". American Hummus is quite a new project and we need your help. If you have a Palestine, Middle East or media related website, please ...

Archive videos from Israel’s February invasion of Nablus

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Another From The Archive post to American Hummus by me. Have a look at the videos of Israel's invasion of Nablus -- it shows the Israeli government's idea of the word "ceasefire".

Ammerican Hummus archive

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

I've begun to post on the excellent American Hummus blog. There are quite a few old videos in the backlog still worth posting and commenting on, so I begun today. Have a look at today's clip about Jimmy Carter.

Médecins Sans Frontières aims to “help Palestinians survive mentally”

Friday, April 6th, 2007

Originally published in Palestine Times, April 5, 2007 (Health and Environment page). by Asa Winstanley "Our objective is to provide psychological and medical support to the victims of violence. To help people to survive -- more psychologically than medically in Palestine -- but to be able to survive and continue to ...

I make the front page with Blair leak story

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

This article originally appeared as the lead headline on the front page of Palestine Times, March 21. Tony Blair: 'East Jerusalem is occupied territory' by Asa Winstanley RAMALLAH -- In a private letter to Morocco's King Muhammad VI, British Prime Minister Tony Blair says his government "considers East Jerusalem to be occupied territory," ...

Palestine Times Bil’in village feature

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

This news feature was published in Palestine Times on December 18, 2006. I now work for the paper as head copy editor. Since their website was not operational at the time, I'm publishing it here. Defiant villagers unified in face of violent occupation by Asa Winstanley BIL'IN, West Bank -- The demonstration is ...

Assassinated in Ramallah

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

At about 8.30pm tonight, the Israeli army carried out another incursion here in Ramallah, assassinating Ayman Khateb, a member of the Palestinian intelligence. Initial reports in the Israeli media are claiming that he was also a member of the al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigades, which is possible, but unconfirmed right now. He ...