Campaigns

NOVANEWS Protest Against the Drone Attacks Against the Peoples of Pakhtoonkhwa In Pakistan   Protest at the Pakistan Consulate 2.30pm Fri 8th October 2010 @ 2/26 Constitution Hill Birmingham B19 3HL   Over 2000 people have been killed in drone (remotely piloted aircraft) attacks since 2004.   The attacks are planned in secrecy and remotely controlled from USA. The drones fly from secret locations in Pakistan.   Publicly Pakistan opposes, but refuses to take any action against the drone attacks.   Please Support this Protest

NOVANEWS TIM KING: The Ugly Details of Israel’s Gaza Siege & Attack Against the Mavi Marmara (VIDEO) October 6, 2010by Debbie Menon   Ken O’Keefe’s International NW Tour leads to interviews with a second Gaza Flotilla attack survivor. Tim King interviews Ken O' Keefe (SALEM, Ore.) – The last thirteen days of my life will leave an indelible impression from here on out; to say any less would be a vast understatement. I have been accompanying Ken O’Keefe on an international speaking tour of the NW Americas. This man who fought Israeli commandos last May aboard the passenger ship Mavi Marmara isn’t afraid to admit that it takes strength to bring about real change. I like his program and I certainly admire Ken’s spirit.  From the midst of a movement to free Palestine from Israeli occupatio...

NOVANEWS  September 19, 2010 by jHate They’re at it again.  Press TV, an official Iranian news agency – fully-funded by the Iranian government — has repeated its allegation that Zio=Nazi kidnap non-Jews and harvest their organs for use as “spare parts.” In a story about Zionist purchase kidneys on the black market in South Africa, Press TV adds that “another report” describes an Zionist plot to “kidnap children and harvest their organs.” Press TV continues: “According to the report, some 25,000 Ukrainian children had been brought into Israel over the past two years to be used by Zionist medical centers for their ‘spare parts.’  The Zionist military is also accused of stealing the organs of Palestinian prisoners.” Press TV has made this heinous allegation at least three other times. Dece...

NOVANEWS Please find a statement from Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) endorsing a major campaign calling upon the US non-profit pension fund TIAA-CREF to divest from companies that profit from Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories and violations of Palestinian rights attached and pasted below. Please circulate and post to websites and blogs Thanks Michael. BNC Europe Coordinator http://bdsmovement.net/?q=node/775 TIAA-CREF: Divest from Injustice October 4th 2010 Occupied Palestine, October 4th 2010 - The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), on behalf of its constituent organizations and unions representing the majority of Palestinian civil society, calls upon the US non-profit pension fund TIAA-CREF to live ...

NOVANEWS   http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/sep/29/south-africa-boycott-israel Ronnie Kasrils: South Africa's Israel boycott September 29, 2010 An international boycott helped end apartheid – now South Africans are leading world opposition to racism in Israel When Chief Albert Luthuli made a call for the international community to support a boycott of apartheid South Africa in 1958, the response was a widespread and dedicated movement that played a significant role in ending apartheid. Amid the sporting boycotts, the pledges of playwrights and artists, the actions by workers to stop South African goods from entering local markets and the constant pressure on states to withdraw their support for the apartheid regime, the role of academics also came to the fore. One signi...

NOVANEWS 28 September 2010 Jewish Boat to Gaza boarded by Israeli Pirates News has just come in of the boarding of the Jewish boat, the Irene (named after Irene Bruegel one of the founders of Jews for Justice for Palestinians). Not content with a UN Human Rights Committee Report that branded the attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla as illegal, having used brutality, torture as well as deliberately executing 6 passengers, Israel has now compounded this with the boarding of the latest ship. We hope that there are no casualties and that none of the passengers were subject to the normal ritual violence from the thugs that wear Israeli military uniforms. All those who took part, including Captain Glyn Secker of JfJP, should feel proud of themselves for standing up as Jews to defy this cruel and...

NOVANEWS   http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/jewish-gaza-bound-activists-idf-used-excessive-force-in-naval-raid-1.316247 Jewish Gaza-bound activists: IDF used excessive force in naval raid Activists aboard Gaza-bound ship 'Irene' counter IDF version that the vessel was taken over in a peaceful manner. By Yanir Yagna Israel Defense Forces soldiers used excessive force while taking over a Gaza-bound aid ship organized by Jewish and Israeli activists, the boat's passengers said Tuesday, countering the military's official version claiming that the takeover had been uneventful. A boat with 9 Jewish activists aboard sets sail from Famagusta harbor in the Turkish-occupied north of ethnically divided Cyprus in a bid to breach Israel's blockade of Gaza, Sept. 26, 2010 Earlier Tue...

NOVANEWS Gush Shalom press release 28.09.2010   Peace Activists Demonstrating at Ashdod Port to Protest Capture of Ship Dozens of peace activists gathered on the beach near Ashdod port, to which the Jewish Peace Ship is being towed by the Israeli Navy, to protest the capture of the ship and the continued blockade of Gaza, which has turned it into a huge prison with no entry or exit. The activists held signs with the captions: "Medicines – A Security Risk?", "Let Gaza Live," The blockade and the construction on settlements destroy us all," "Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies." Later the demonstrators moved to the gates of Ashdod Port where they currently remain The government does not miss any opportunity to present to the world the ugly, aggressive and brutal face of Israel. Israel's secu...

NOVANEWS By now you have heard (did this make it to the print edition?): The passenger list includes: Reuven Moskovitz, from Israel, is a founding member of the Jewish-Arab village Neve Shalom (Oasis of Peace) and a holocaust survivor. Speaks German, Hebrew and English. Rami Elhanan, from Israel, who lost his daughter Smadar to a suicide bombing in 1997 and is a founding member of the Bereaved Families Circle of Israelis and Palestinians who lost their loved ones to the conflict. Speaks Hebrew and English. Lilian Rosengarten, from the US, is a peace activist and psychotherapist. She was a refugee from Nazi Germany. Speaks English and German. Yonatan Shapira, from Israel, is an ex-IDF pilot and now an activist for Combatants for Peace. Speaks Hebrew and English. Carole Angier, from the UK,...

NOVANEWS   AFP – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas meets with local Jewish leaders in Paris. Abbas held talks Sunday … Play Video Mideast Video:Abbas: No halt to peace talks, yet Reuters Play Video Mideast Video:No peace talk decision for a week CBC.ca Play Video Mideast Video:No official Palestinian response on settlements before Oct 4 AFP – Sun Sep 26, 2010 PARIS (AFP) – Palestinian collaborator Mahmud Ab-A$$ held talks Sunday with influential members of the French-Zionist community in Paris about the Zionist-Palestine 'peace negotiations', during his visit to France. At Meurice hotel, Ab-A$$ met with 20 well-known figures including philosopher Alain Finkielkraut, journalists Jean-Pierre Elkabbach and Ruth Elkrief, Zionist student union leader Arielle Schwab and pre...