Middle East

NOVANEWS     December 17, 2010 Iran: "West is an enemy of democracy in ME" Spain denounces Iran terrorist attack 'Israel irked by Palestine recognition' UN urged to review terrorism in Iran S. African politicians 'beaten up by IDF' Book Exposes Israeli Occupation as Seen by Troops In Israel, No Tax Breaks for Arabs US House Passes Anti-Palestine Bill PLO 'Disappointed' Over US Resolution Opposing Unilateral Declaration of Palestinian State Iran Arrests 9 Suspects in Deadly Mosque Bombing Iran Accuses Pakistan of Links to Suicide Bombers US Readies New Iran Sanctions Ahead of Talks Gates: Public Opinion Can't Stop Afghan War Netanyahu meets with Tea Party ‘darling’ Mike Lee Security and Defense: ‘We will know how to smash them’ Report: Lebanon suspects citizens aided Israel in plan...

NOVANEWS Palestinians appeal to European countries: Recognize statehood even without peace deal: Palestinian negotiators on Thursday asked a number of individual European countries to recognize a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip - even without a peace deal with Israel. http://bit.ly/eLan3k   Israel condemns Norway's upgrade of Palestinian standing in Oslo to 'diplomatic delegation': Foreign Ministry official warns that Palestinians won't want to renew peace talks with Israel if they start attaining political goals without negotiations. http://bit.ly/dMplo8     US House against Palestinian state: The US House of Representatives has declared its opposition to the recognition of an independent Palestinian state, urging Palestinians to stop their efforts to push for such a...

NOVANEWS It is in no one's heart and out of every place. Totally transparent. A transparent place with transparent people. It happens almost every day in Qalandiya refugee camp: they come at night and capture someone. Several jeeps enter the camp. Stop by the house. Then take one or the other away. Very seldom do they just arrest someone and leave. Mostly they smash glass, overturn drawers, sometimes searching for something, at other times just for the hell of it, sometimes looting, sometimes beating up family members, shooting at cars, or at people, for everything is permissible, everything is possible.They took Suhayeb Saber Khalil Hamad, the almost seventeen-year old son of Abu Omar and Kifah, on the night between the 17th and 18th of July. It was nearly 2 a.m. They stopped by the h...

NOVANEWS Translation from Hebrew: Herzl Shviro Head of the Police Internal Investigation Department Ministry of Justice 20.11.2005 On the19th of November 2005, we heard from the children of the Shawamrah family who sell chewing gum at the French Hill crossroads, the following: It was this summer (no school), at the French Hill crossroads, something like thirty policemen dressed in civilian ("like Arabs," say the children) set up a kind of barrier. The children, who had learned to fear police officers (who regularly confiscate their chewing gum they are forced to sell, who hit them occasionally, take them in their van to faraway places and leave them there, to teach them a lesson, as it says in our prior letter) did not recognize them to be the police, and were caught, all seven of them. Fo...

NOVANEWS We don't take care of such things... Harassing the little beggars. It happened in 2005, again in 2006, and 2007, and 2008, and 2009 and 2010 and it is happening now, and again and again, in broad daylight, by law and norm: the various Occ- upation forces harass the children of the Shawamrah family – Mohammad, Ahmad, Rami, Hussam and Yunes – and all the other venders. This was not the first time that the police had harassed the Shawamrah children. Only one of many. 15-year old Moha- mmad, the eldest, called and said that a police car abducted Hussam, then eight-and-a-half years old, from the crossroads where he was selling chewing gum, and disappeared, and he asked for our help. This time he even remembered to note down the license plate number as we had instructed him whenever...

NOVANEWS Heroes incorporated Both sides of politics see asylum seekers as non-people Assange as a curious and important British house guest How many reporters are keeping secrets with secret meetings in Israel? Sydney police see their job as stopping pro-Wikileaks rally Hicks: Assange will never receive free trial in US Michael Moore on Wikileaks and real patriotism Guess which state wants to copy dictatorships? BDS hits the Sydney suburbs Heroes incorporated Posted: 15 Dec 2010 03:15 PM PST   Both sides of politics see asylum seekers as non-people Posted: 15 Dec 2010 06:14 AM PST Australia’s depravity over asylum seekers is revealed even by the US, a nation fond of demonising refugees: Secret United States embassy cables have sharply criticised th...

NOVANEWS Dec 15, 2010   December 15, 2010     In Memoriam of the victims of that infamous example of Zio=Nazi ritual murder, Operation Cast Lead that resulted in the death or maiming of thousands of innocent Palestinian men, women and children during Christas season of 2008-2009.  We are joined by author/essayist Perry Lombardi ofwww.connectfast.com and his most recent article The Dividing Line Made from Cast Lead.   Listen HERE

NOVANEWS A disaster aka Afghanistan Don’t let the show trial distract us from real Wikileaks juice The dirty footprints of Chalabi via Wikileaks We support Wikileaks Dud US view confirms Britain is equally blind Michael Moore knows who the heroes are Defending Wikileaks faces Oprah-obsessed police force Assange speaks from British jail Before you cry for the death of Richard Holbrooke Assange and Manning are loved by the public   A disaster aka Afghanistan Posted: 14 Dec 2010 03:59 PM PST The kind of letter that Western leaders need to read and appreciate. As the war in Afghanistan fails tragically, blood is on their hands for continuing to pursue imperial policies in a broken land: To the President of the United States: Mr. President, We have been engaged and working...

NOVANEWS Perhaps journalists should just take government money and stop the illusion Resist the Serco beast before it’s too late What should be the real focus of Wikileaks anger? Yes: “The watchdog press died; we have Wikileaks instead” Australians in London demand immediate release of WikiLeaks founder Wikileaks rallies in Australia hit a nerve So this is what the Afghan war is all about Major Aussie media figures stand up for Wikileaks Mastercard, Visa and PayPal rather like illegal Zionist colonies Israel’s policy of separation is backed by Western powers   Perhaps journalists should just take government money and stop the illusion Posted: 13 Dec 2010 04:02 PM PST I’ve written regularly about the mainstream media’s love of being close to power. Ooh, look over there...

NOVANEWS December 14, 2010      By Eric Margolis December 13, 2010 “Information Clearing House” — – In 1956, Britain, France and Israel colluded to invade Egypt to overthrow its hugely popular nationalist leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser.  Israel provoked border clashes and quickly captured the Sinai Peninsula. The British and French landed at Suez.   US President Dwight Eisenhower deemed the tripartite Suez aggression immoral and damaging to American interests in the Muslim world.   “Ike” angrily ordered the British, French and Israelis to get out of Egypt at once – or else. They got out.    Fast forward to 2010. President Barack Obama has been demanding Israel stop building illegal Jewish settlements around Jerusalem and on the West Bank.    Obama rightly concluded the ongoing agony of Palesti...