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NOVANEWS Press Release Tuesday, 04 Januray 2010 Substantial evidence contradicts the army's version of the events surrounding the death of Jawaher Abu Rahmah The evidence surrounding the events leading to the death of Bil’in resident Jawaher Abu Rahmah disproves completely the army spokesperson’s version, to the point of putting the army in a ridiculous light. The army’s version is based on claims made anonymously, without any supporting evidence – unlike the version of the Abu Rahmah family and the Popular Coordinating Committee of Bil’in, which is detailed below. For additional information: Jonathan Pollak 00972- 0-54-632-7736 Since yesterday, the army has been promoting in the Israeli media a mendacious version regarding the events that led to the death of Jawaher Abu Rahmah of Bil’in o...

NOVANEWS   01/04/2011 Gaza Two Years Later: The roof of my house IDF pushes claim that ‘Palestinians lied’ about Jawaher Abu Rahma’s killing Gaza Two Years Later: From beneath Gaza Two Years Later: I waited 23 days to cry, and two years to write Israeli spoof of brainwashing — in kindergarten Habibi Chomsky Baby steps (State Department is ‘aware’ of killing involving tear gas at protest) Signposting the occupation Goldberg’s next war sure sounds a lot like his last one J Street asks: ‘What if Israel Ceases to be a Democracy?’ (Pssst…it never was) Gaza Two Years Later: The roof of my house Jan 04, 2011 Sarah Ali   I used to love the roof of my house. Well, not anymore. There is a bunch of kids in the middle, all gazing at some round glittering objects. Appo...

NOVANEWS January 3, 2011 by crescentandcross Jihad el-Khazen   I previously proposed in this column the idea that Muslim scholars should attempt to differentiate between the prophets mentioned in the Holy Quran and the prophets of the Jews who are mentioned in the Torah, since any history student in any major Western university (but not an Arab university) will learn that Jewish history is only an amalgamation of biblical myths about prophets, kings and kingdoms that never existed. In the simplest possible terms, the Israelis have been looking for their “traces” in Palestine for the last 62 years without finding anything so far, to the extent that Israeli archaeologists have stopped looking in Jerusalem. Moshe Dayan, an amateur archaeologist himself, looked for 13 years in the Sinai ...

NOVANEWS Dear All,   The 4 items below begin with what we learned yesterday: the Palestinian 20 year old  killed by IOF soldiers yesterday at a checkpoint was unarmed.  What I was not aware of is that not one but three soldiers participated in the act!  As if one was insufficient to kill!   The 2nd item reports that the unification law has been extended another 6 months, meaning that unlike Jews who may wed whomever they want and live with them, Palestinian citizens are not allowed to wed Palestinians of the West Bank or Gaza and live with them in Israel!  Democracy?  No indeed.   The 3rd item is a revelation from Wikileaks.  I usually refrain from passing on info from Wikileaks, but Israeli newspapers have a couple of weeks ago published the Israeli Chief of Staff’s (Gabi Ashkenazi’s) opi...

NOVANEWS America thrives on protectionism and screws the world Washington and Israel preparing to bomb Iran (to peace, of course) Zionism as rejectionism Colombo hearts Israel but dissent exists Judy Miller talks about integrity over Wikileaks but should look in the mirror Wikileaks shows how keen Israel is to launch wars in the Middle East   America thrives on protectionism and screws the world Posted: 03 Jan 2011 02:00 PM PST US diplomats must be busy. Spying on the UN and other countries. And pimping for Boeing. The glories of empire, indeed: The king of Saudi Arabia wanted the United States to outfit his personal jet with the same high-tech devices as Air Force One. The president of Turkey wanted the Obama administration to let a Turkish astronaut sit in on a NASA spa...

NOVANEWS Horrible start to a new year: Palestinian woman killed by tear gas at protest  Horrible start to a new year: Palestinian woman killed by tear gas at protest More Recent Articles Search The Only Democracy? from the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee   Jawaher Abu Rahmah, 36, was evacuated to the Ramallah hospital yesterday after inhaling massive amounts of tear-gas during the weekly protest in Bil’in, and died of poisoning this morning. Abu Rahmah was the sister of Bassem Abu-  Rahmah who was also killed during a peaceful protest in Bil’in on April 17th, 2010. Doctors at the Ramallah hospital fought for Jawaher Abu Rahmah’s life all night at the Ramallah Hospital, but were unable to save her life. Abu Rahmah suffered from severe asphyx...

NOVANEWS    Dec 30, 2010 #BDS: Erekat: Boycott Settlements, Not Israel by Farah Rowaysati Chief PLO negotiator addresses World Union of Ziopnist Sudents in Jerusalem, says' the history of the Jewish-Arab relations can change.' Chief PLO negotiator PA Buffoon Saeb Erekat on Thursday told a delegation of international Zionist students that the world should boycott products of the settlements, and not Israel. Speaking at the annual congress of the World Union of Zionist Students in Jerusalem, Erekat delivered a positive message of peace to an audience of Zionist student leaders from around the world. “I am not here to make propaganda, I do peace because I believe it is do-able,” said  Buffoon Erekat, explaining that the conflict between the Zionist and Palestinians is not a religious one. “M...

NOVANEWS 03/01/2011           Prominent Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar has urged Palestinian factions, including Fatah, to abandon the “futile peace process” with Israel and revert to the “way of resistance.”  “Sustained armed resistance is the only way to liberate Palestine,” said the veteran Islamic leader during a ceremony marking the 23rd anniversary of Hamas's founding.  Hamas was founded in 1987 in the Gaza Strip as a reaction to mounting Israeli terrorism and savagery aimed mostly at pushing Palestinians to emigrate and cede their ancestral homeland to Zionist Jews.  Zahar, who co-founded Hamas along with several other Islamist leaders, including the late Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and Abdul Aziz al-Rantisi, burned the Israeli flag as supporters chanted “death to the Israeli...

NOVANEWS Zio=Nazi MKs have signed a petition calling for a boycott of the Zionist companies that volunteered to participate in the building of the Palestinian city of Rawabi 3 Jan 2011   Around 48 Zio=Nazi MKs have signed a petition calling for a total boycott of Zionist companies that volunteered to participate in the building of the Palestinian Rawabi city north of Ramallah. The Zionist companies made a statement by announcing that they would not use illegal settlement-made products throughout the construction process. Zionist public radio announced in its Jewish service on Monday that a group named “Israel Land” took the initiative and were the first to sign the petition. The group included MKs from right-wing parties in addition to MKs from center right Kadima. “These companies imposed...

NOVANEWS      01/03/2011 Gaza Two Years Later: From beneath Lo, Uri Avnery said to carry ‘Murders in Uniform’ poster Is it anti-Semitic to warn women about the perils of meeting Israeli men? Let the world see….’A Child’s View from Gaza’ Groundbreaking report terms Israel’s isolation cells ‘dungeons’ Reider: ‘A non-violent movement of exactly the kind prayed for by liberals wishing for a Palestinian Gandhi’ ‘Why are you on the Palestinian side, working against your homeland?’ Outside Akko, I run into Christian Zionists from Arkansas Gaza youth breaks out with a ‘manifesto for change’ American-made teargas was also fired in occupied East Jerusalem     Gaza Two Years Later: From beneath Jan 03, 2011 Rawan Yaghi   I didn't even know if m...