Middle East

NOVANEWS 11/15/2010: Israeli settlers have started building 1,649 homes in the last two months Protest the Hebron Fund this Tuesday as they head out to sea Talk to Rep. Brian Baird before he leaves office in conference call sponsored by Ta’anit Tzedek – Jewish Fast For Gaza Supporting the Other Israel Film Festival is not ‘good news’ The Goldbergian principle: People who hate Jews are anti-Semites, anti-Zionists are anti-Semites, thus anti-Semites who like Israel are just fine. Foxman on Fox Cantor pledges Republicans will stand with Israel against Obama (btw, Cantor is Jewish, does that matter?) In Israel, ‘likeminded’ people just like to live in the same neighborhood, and town too Israeli settlers have started building 1,649 homes in the last two months N...

NOVANEWS     Lieberman says Israel’s borders “imperialist” and “arbitrary” Didi Remez | November 15, 2010 at 06:12 | Categories: Diplomacy | URL: http://wp.me/pHlQV-Kf   Lieberman "Anti-Zionism" can be found in surprising places.Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman was up in the Golan Heights on Thursday. The settlement of Katzrin awarded him "honorary citizenship of the city." The Israeli media provided superficial reporting of Lieberman's acceptance speech, with only generalities regarding his hard-line positions diplomatic issues coming through. The IBA Radio's diplomatic correspondent, Shmulik Tal, a diligent government stenographer, was more thorough, relaying other elements of the acceptance speech. Without Tal's discipline, this little scrap of insight might have b...

NOVANEWS A video and commentary (5 min) that show how Israel uses its soldiers to steal land from Palestinians. Dorothy November 13, 2010 Soldiers Shoot Tear Gas at Farmers in Saffa CLICH TO VIEW: http://www.youtube.com/PalestineSolidaritySoldiers shot tear gas at farmers in Saffa today as they attempt to work their land near the Bat Ayn settlement. A group of about 30 Palestinian, international and Israeli activists accompanied Sheik Mohammad Aady to his land on the hillside opposite Bat Ayn, which has been marked for annexation by the settlement. The group marched to the land waving Palestinian flags and carrying signs. They worked for an hour, tilling the land and setting small fires to clear the brush. Soldiers gathered at the top of the hill above the activists, and two jeeps parked o...

NOVANEWS Dear All, Just 4 items tonight.  The first is an analysis of what is happening among Palestinians who have Israeli citizenship, and believes that the next chapter in the Israel-Palestine conflict will focus on the internal Palestinian population vs Israel. In item 2 Gisha asks (and answers) ‘Who controls the Palestinian Population Registry”  You of course can guess who: Israel.  This is a throw-back to the Oslo Accords.  Arafat for some reason that is unintelligible to me left Palestinian residency rights in the hands of Israel.  It was a crucial error, and Palestinians have been paying for it ever since. Items 3 and 4 are about immigration, 3 about the Falashmura, 4 about returnees from abroad receiving rights similar to those given to immigrants.  Something tells me that Israel ...

NOVANEWS German gov’t, Jews disagree over funds Orthodox Jewish community accuses federal government of discrimination for not funding Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin while providing money to more liberal seminary Germany’s Orthodox Jewish community is accusing the government of discrimination for not funding the Orthodox Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin while providing money to the country’s only other seminary, which is more liberal. For almost a year, Orthodox Jewish leaders have repeatedly asked the federal government to support their seminary with the same amount of annual funding that it gives the liberal Abraham Geiger Kolleg – about €300,000 ($410,000) through the German Interior Ministry – Rabbi Josh Spinner of the Orthodox Rabbinical Seminary told The Associated Press on Thursday. ‘A...

NOVANEWS 11/14/2010 In 2011, Israel plans to build 3,000 new Jewish homes in Jerusalem, and hopes to build 50,000 in the next decade Can a mythic figure called ‘Doctor Delegitimizer’ save Israel’s image in the eyes of young American Jews? The vaunted Jewish intellectual tradition, not– Federations General Assembly featured no criticism of Israeli policy ‘NYT’ says Netanyahu is trespassing in our politics Good news: Leading NY Jewish org sponsors ‘The Other Israel’ film festival A kid throws a stone in East Jerusalem, and a village is locked down They can’t contain themselves Lincoln overcame a belief in ethnic cleansing to imagine an interracial future (Notes on my racism, part 4)   In 2011, Israel plans to build 3,000 new Jewish homes in Jerusalem, and hopes to build 50,...

NOVANEWS 11/13/2010 Today in Bil’in Blogger Sheizaf would rather write about cinema, but he has been called to witness a great crime Israeli military invades Palestinian village after settlers attack family Brooklyn church crowd goes with the idealists on BDS A perspective on the Jewish Federation General Assembly from its only Palestinian attendee Two-year-old girl dies from leukemia while waiting to leave Gaza for treatment In Haaretz: Young Jews tell Bibi, “Israel is delegitimizing itself”   Today in Bil’in Nov 12, 2010 Hamde Abu Rahme  Today's demonstration in Bil'in was joined by a large number of Palestinians, Israelis and internationals. Members of the Fatah party were also present. The protesters walked together towards the Apartheid Wall, carrying posters of Yasse...

NOVANEWS Dear Friends, The 5 items begin tonight with 3 pieces of positive news.  The first of these is from Matthew Taylor, an activist with Jewish Voice for Peace, and one of the 5 who disrupted Bibi Netanyahu’s speech in New Orleans.  Matthew argues that not those who censure Israel for its policies and acts are “misguided,” but those who support them. Items 2 and 3 are about petitions—2 from “leftists” urging Israel to reposses the homes in East Jerusalem that were occupied by Jews, who kicked out their Muslim tenents, claiming (with the support of the court) that they originally belonged to Jews.  I doubt that the State will listen or act on this, but am glad to see that someone is thinking ahead, although it probably will produce no change, at least not for the present. Item 3 is a p...

NOVANEWS Eric Cantor’s Pledge of Allegiance November 13, 2010     Most Popular Content Speaking In Tongues–The Deadly Dialect of the Zionist Language Pastor Terry Jones--All Bark and No Bite When It Comes To Speaking The Truth About Islam and Judaism On This Veterans Day, Remember the USS LIBERTY By Glenn Greenwald (Salon.com) Soon-to-be GOP House Majority Leader Eric Cantor met on Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — the same day when the actual U.S. Secretary of State met with Netanyahu — and vowed that he and his GOP colleagues would protect and defend Israeli interests against his own Government.  According to a statement proudly issued by Cantor’s own office: Regarding the midterms, Cantor may have given Netanyahu some reason to stand firm against t...

NOVANEWS Safed, a war story A campaign of racism and anti-Arab incitement is turning one of Israel’s holy cities into a ticking bomb by Gideon Levy The telephone rings. “Hello, this is Mustafa, I’m calling about the apartment.” The response comes quickly and emphatically: “No, it’s already been rented.” Or, “I only rent to women,” or “I only rent to families.” Or, in an angry tone: “Heaven forbid, do you want to stop me from reading the Torah on Shabbat,” or “I’m afraid of the rabbis.” Abu Salah. Sometimes he introduces himself as “Tomer”. Photo by: Miki Kratsman For an entire hour, student Mustafa Shahin, a resident of Sakhnin who studies sociology and human resources at Safed College, made telephone inquiries – in vain. Because he is an Arab, the rental listings on the c...