Middle East

NOVANEWS Settlers / Land, property and resources theft and destruction / Ethnic cleansing 88 Palestinian homes to be demolished in Silwan 19 Nov - Israel has ordered demolition of around 88 Palestinian homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, Palestinian officials warned. Israeli Attorney Yehuda Weinstein handed demolition orders in al-Bustan area claiming that the Arab houses were illegally built. Ahmed al-Rowaidhi, chief of Jerusalem Unit at the Palestinian presidency, said Israel's move will result in 1,500 Palestinians being evicted from al-Bustan for the construction of a tourist center. http://www.imemc.org/article/59955 The story behind the tourist site Once upon a time, where you’re standing right now, there was a small valley called Wadi Hilwah, part of the large Silwan...

NOVANEWS November 19, 2010     Most Popular Content All   Speaking In Tongues–The Deadly Dialect of the Zionist Language On This Veterans Day, Remember the USS LIBERTY Pastor Terry Jones--All Bark and No Bite When It Comes To Speaking The Truth About Islam and Judaism Franklin Lamb– Mideast Report, BEIRUT (Al-ManarTV :: News)       US Ambassador to Lebanon, Maura Conelley “I’ve got these [expletive deleted] just where we want them Maura!   Watch the 1000 slow cuts as we shred Hezbollah–who do they think they are? And we’ll do it by using 1757 and this time we’re going all the way. I told Israel to stay out of Lebanon because the IDF can’t defeat Hezbollah plus the whole region would burn. I will handle this and it will be my Christmas present to Lebanon.” So said Jeffrey Feltman ...

NOVANEWS Dear Friends, The 6 items below begin with “The JNF again foresting the Negev”—the Jewish National Fund, in other words, attempting to Judaize the Negev by planting trees and thereby dispossessing the Bedouins, who have lived there prior to the establishment of the State of Israel, many of whom proved their ‘loyalty’ by voluntarily enlisting in the Israeli military, but who have been treated as 5th class citizens.  The village mentioned in the item, El-Araqib has been demolished 6 times within the period of a month or two, but each time its residents have immediately rebuilt.  And so it continues. Disgusting!   The second item shows one reason that possibly American Jews are thinking twice about immigrating to Israel: the religious nature of Israel, which would appear to be growin...

NOVANEWS In This Issue... What “looks and acts like a banana republic? “ More Recent Articles Search The Only Democracy?     By Rela Mazali Two recently published items present what I see as telling, if limited and even evasive, probes into the extent and depth of Israel’s militarization, each revealing a different manifestation of it. The first (truncated in the English version which omitted the passages of personal testimony from soldiers and police, included in the Hebrew original) looks at the confusing, contradictory maze of authorities in charge of the checkpoints that monitor the passage of West Bank Palestinians into Israel. Chaim Levinson erroneously calls these Green Line checkpoints, despite the placement of some of them inside the West Bank, as part of Israel’s ...

  NOVANEWS Dear All, Just 3 items this evening.  The first is Gisha’s commentary and facts about Gaza—specifically in this report it’s about why Gazans do not and will not have enough flour to bake enough bread to feed all.  The Hebrew report follows the English one. The 2nd is Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh’s report on the catastrophe happening to the Bedouins.  One might add to what he says that Israel is in fact urbanizing the West Bank just as it did Israel.  Consider what happens to farmers and husbandmen when large portions of the WB that were devoted to agriculture or ranching are stolen from Palestinians and turned into urban areas.  What happens to the farmers?  There is little work for them, but there are large families for them to feed.  Imagine what it must be like to be a Palestinian farm...

NOVANEWS 11/18/2010 Will Miral be this generation’s Exodus? Q: Does Chomsky feel Jewish responsibility for Israel’s crimes? Tel Aviv dance club, November 2010 Some animals are more equal than others Website publishes list/faces of Israeli officers as ‘retribution’ for Gaza onslaught If anti-semitism justifies ethnic cleansing, then what does anti-Palestinianism justify? Settler convicted of kidnapping and abusing Palestinian teen J Street is shunned by Reform synagogue in Newton (amid talk of ‘donors’) Breaking w/ Israel has helped Turkey in competition for Asian markets Perry: Obama’s obeisance to Netanyahu is ‘dangerous’ and of a piece with Dogan’s unprotested killing and Kagan emulating an Israeli justice Will Miral be this generation’s Exodus? ...

NOVANEWS November 17, 2010 by Debbie Menon Dear American Jews, if you love Israel – criticize it Gideo Levy, the most disliked man in Israel! Today, your representatives will open your great annual convention, the General Assembly. Between New Orleans’ Marriott and Sheraton hotels, you will be sated with lectures and lecturers, panels and discussion groups. Some will be about you, and some will be about us Israelis. Once again, you will hear all the cliches – and Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu and Tzipi Livni, too. But this year, you will be meeting in the shadow of last week’s midterm elections – many of you are surely rejoicing over the president’s defeat – and on the eve of fateful decisions. I read that your menu includes an Israeli breakfast, and also several discussions about the g...

11/17/2010 Siegman and Walt both doubtful After FBI came to his door in ‘04, AIPAC staffer promptly called Israeli embassy Slater says Jewish state is warranted by likelihood of recurrence of anti-Semitism More Shabbos goy Three Silwan youths are sentenced to house arrest– in neighboring towns ‘Palestine, and the livin aint easy’–Israeli boycotters strike Tel Aviv opera But what if the Palestinians are the victims? The handshake on the White House lawn In tribute to the ‘Young, Jewish, and Proud’ $17m Islamophobic push during 2008 campaign is tied to shadowy figure in Israel lobby   Siegman and Walt both doubtful Nov 16, 2010 Philip Weiss Henry Siegman is cynical (at the National Interest) about Obama's concessions to Netanyahu. Note Siegman's blistering tone. Note t...

NOVANEWS   Another Settler Arson of Salem’s Olive Trees   Uri Pinkerfeld, Villages Group coordinator for Salem and Deir El Hattab, reports: On Sunday November 14 2010, around 12 noon, smoke was seen rising from the olive orchards on the slopes of Jabal Kabeer above Salem. Several farmers went to locate the fire’s location, north of the settler bypass road, not far from the cistern. Two local teenagers who were shepherding nearby hurried to the location as well, and tried to put out the fire. They reported having seen two settlers run off towards the “Skali Farm” settler outpost. The farmers immediaterly called firefighters from Nablus and the officers of the District Coordination Office. The military allowed the fire truck to get to the orchards, but the road was too steep. Farmers ...

NOVANEWS Non-Accountability and Un-Democracy The two items below present what I see as telling, if limited and even evasive, probes into the extent and depth of Israel's militarization, each revealing a different manifestation of it. The first item (truncated in the English version which omitted the passages of personal testimony from soldiers and police, included in the Hebrew original) looks at the confusing, contradictory maze of authorities in charge of the checkpoints that monitor the passage of West Bank Palestinians into Israel . Chaim Levinson erroneously calls these Green Line checkpoints, despite the placement of some of them inside the West Bank, as part of Israel 's ongoing drive to re-draw the Green Line to its convenience. These highly sensitive, loaded meeting points between...