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NOVANEWS A Review by Karen St. John July 20, 2010  by Karen St. John YouTube - Veterans Today -Flag of My Father - Trailer Cast & Credits: John Schneider (The Dukes of Hazzard, Smallville, Nip/Tuck, 90210) as Daniel William Devane (Knot’s Landing, the West Wing, Space Cowboys, 24) as Jake Gigi Erneta as Judith Andrew Sensenig as Ben Director:  Rodney Ray R-Squared Productions presents Flag of My Father, a Rodney Ray story written by Monica Grimm, Leslie Lamb and Rodney Ray.  Director of Photography:  Neal Bryant.  The film features music composed by Daryl Wolgemuth and songs performed by Mason Granade. The army vehicles move quietly on the desert road.   As day moves into evening, the tiny band of soldiers and nurse traveling with a wounded comrade chat about home, their f...

NOVANEWS The Importance of Language on Israel/Palestine The Important Of Correct Language It is, dear reader, important that when discussing the Middle East and the Israel/Palestine Conflict, that you always use the right language. For example, as you may be aware, Israelis are never terrorists Palestinians by contrast are, as Melanie Phillips explained, a terrorist population. In the interests of fairness and according to the rules of POLITICAL CORRECTNESS the following guidelines have been drawn up. Please make sure you use them. Tony Greenstein Rule # 1: In the Middle East, it is always the Arabs that attack first, and it's always Israel who defends itself. This is called "Retaliation" . Rule # 2: The Arabs, whether Palestinians or Lebanese, are not allowed to kill Israelis. This is...

NOVANEWS The international community risks bringing Sudan not to the doors of Eden but to the gates of Hell. Another problem is that the ICC treaty does not allow for the dismissal of charges or for plea bargains, which means that the only incentive potentially on offer to Bashir is weak and conditional: his indictment would have to be delayed repeatedly, and the Sudanese have reason to worry that they might get arrested even after signing some sort of peace agreement.  It is also unclear how a Western diplomat or politician who offered to suspend the arrest warrant as a means of negotiating a settlement could withstand the withering attacks he would most certainly suffer from advocacy groups and journalists calling for justice. Instead of trying to bring Sudan to the gates of some just an...

NOVANEWS Another unintended side effect of the ICC indictment, and perhaps the most disturbing, is that it has united many Arab and African governments behind Bashir, including some that both despise his regime (and have told me so privately) and have signed the ICC's founding treaty. Two years ago, Bashir and his party were being increasingly isolated; now he has a legion of supporters who have come to dislike the ICC more than they dislike him. The Arab League and the African Union have condemned the warrant order against Bashir and announced they would not carry it out; half of the AU's members have even threatened to withdraw from the ICC over the issue. Pragmatic leaders who want a negotiated peace in Sudan see the ICC's moves as Western neocolonialist impositions. In their zeal to bu...

NOVANEWS Why the Arrest Warrant Against Sudan's President Will Serve Neither Peace nor Justice Andrew Natsios Summary: The ICC's latest move against the Sudanese president will harden Khartoum's stance, push Darfuri rebels to make unreasonable demands, and raise expectations in Sudan -- complicating efforts to secure peace and justice. ANDREW NATSIOS is Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and was U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan. next Beyond Darfur Andrew Natsios While the crisis in Darfur simmers, the larger problem of Sudan's survival as a state is becoming increasingly urgent. Old tensions between the Arabs of the Nile River valley, who have held power for a century, and marginalized groups on ...

NOVANEWS My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: "Amos Oz: Arab Liberal Love for Israel."

NOVANEWS Emmanuel Sivan You should read Emmanuel Sivan's Radical Islam to know that he has nothing to offer. This Israeli Orientalist reads Arabic but has nothing to offer explain summaries of what he reads. That is exactly what he did with that aforementioned book. There is not one original insight in that book. And he has an article in Haaretz: and he tells you about his ignorance about the Middle East right at the outset: "Due to the lack of reliable public opinion polls, authoritarian rule and media outlets that are trained what to say, it's not surprising that the assessments of the man on the street are so incomprehensible and based merely on impressions and gut feelings." See this section? This is classic Israeli Orientalists (Bernard Lewis does this in the beginning of every spee...

NOVANEWS Pedro Varella sentenced to almost 3 years for selling politically incorrect books!  Europe’s Newest Free Speech Martyr: Barcelona Librarian Pedro Varela By Anchorage Activist As one European free speech martyr, Ernst Zundel, is released from prison, another one takes his place in the EU gulag. A Spanish court has sentenced Barcelona bookshop owner Pedro Varela to two years and nine months in prison for “spreading racist propaganda.” The court ruled that Varela spread ideas “favorable to genocide.” In fact none of the books Varela sold were favorable in any way to genocide. Varela has always condemned all human rights violations against peoples. He was charged with “racism” for simply selling a book in his bookstore by a leading British scientist on racial differences. A book whi...

NOVANEWS Tens of thousands of Palestinian books destroyed after the  establishment of the Zioinst state of 'israel', Ben-Gurion University researcher says Both candidates in the U.S. Senate election made statements during the campaign that “Israel was an example for the whole world.” In addition to horrendous terror and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, indiscriminate bombing and murder, and hundreds of thousands of Palestinian victims tortured in Zionist dungeons, now we find one more example of how Zionist is an example for the world. As this Jewish doctoral student shows, the Zionist state Judaized the country and cutting off its Arab neighbors from their nation and culture. Sounds to me a lot like what is going on in the United States. from the Israel News, Ynet Published: 01.28.10, ...

NOVANEWS by Ira Glunts on March 7, 2010 · “Ajami” is the Israeli nominee for “Best Foreign Film” at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony.  However, what promised to be a public relations coup for the Israelis threatens to become a political embarrassment that exposes the wide rift between the country’s Jewish and Arab citizens. The film (the third consecutive Oscar nomination for Israel) has been applauded for its realistic view of life in an Arab slum neighborhood in Jaffa and also for the oft-mentioned multicultural feel-good component; the film was co-directed by two young filmmakers, Yaron Shani and Scandar Copti — one Jewish and one Palestinian-Israeli. Jewish Israelis take pride in their successful artists, viewing them as a reflection of the nation’s creativity, sensitivity and somet...