Middle East

NOVANEWS Why there cannot be a Zionist loyalty oath Will the meaningful American Left please stand up and act now? No transparency in Serco dealings with contractors Why there cannot be a Zionist loyalty oath Posted: 02 Nov 2010 The following statement was released on 31 October by the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network: On October 10, 2010, the Israeli government proposed a bill obligating non-Jewish naturalized citizens to swear loyalty to a “Jewish and democratic state.” The International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) deplores this attempt to demand recognition of Israel as a Jewish state – a state whose existence is premised on the removal of the indigenous people of Palestine. In response to this bill, members of the Zionist “Left” in Israel issued a “declarati...

NOVANEWS 11/02/2010 Israeli construction boom across the West Bank, while settlers rampage in Nablus and Salfit How many Israeli soldiers does it take to keep an elderly Palestinian woman from harvesting her olives? Haneen Zoabi: Palestinians citizens of Israel are ’struggling for a normal state . . . which is a state for all of its citizens, which the Palestinians and the Israeli Jews can have full equality.’ Israeli construction boom across the West Bank, while settlers rampage in Nablus and Salfit Nov 01, 2010 Seham  And more news from Today in Palestine: Settlers/ Land, Property, Resource Theft & Destruction/Ethnic Cleansing 28 Oct. '10: 35 tree vandalism cases in 6 weeks Four Israeli human rights groups – The Association of Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), B'Tselem, Ra...

NOVANEWS October 31, 2010 by crescentandcross   Most Popular Content All   Speaking In Tongues–The Deadly Dialect of the Zionist Language Stuxnet Computer Worm–Israel’s Attempt To Silence Iran on 9/11 or Veiled Threat to the Entire World? Pastor Terry Jones--All Bark and No Bite When It Comes To Speaking The Truth About Islam and Judaism   Witness to Zio=Nazi War Crimes           

NOVANEWS October 30, 2010 by crescentandcros  Jerusalem – PNN – Extremist settlers burned a church on Prophets Street in Jerusalem on Friday.  Zachariah al-Mashriqi , one of the leaders of the church, condemned the crime and said it was intended to destabilize relations between the religious groups. He said the attack should be seen in the context of others by extremist settlers as a way of baiting Palestinians. The church was built in 1897 and housed the Palestinian Bible College until 1948, when most parishioners fled the old city during the Nakba. Al-Mashriqi explained that the information he received indicated that extremist settlers broke several back windows and threw Molotov cocktails into the first floor of the church. He appealed to the political sector and the public to act qu...

NOVANEWS Serco and G4S can’t believe their luck in a brave new world Has the Left not explained why capitalism isn’t working well? Rupert funds things that should raise an eyebrow Aussie Jews are desperate to become the best Zionists in the world Paper trail of Serco’s detention centre millions raises accountability questions Serco and G4S can’t believe their luck in a brave new world 01 Nov 2010 Britain’s future is a privatised world of guards managing and monitoring “undesirables”. Australia and much of the world is following suit. Company G4S may have lost a contract to remove asylum seekers from Britain but its employees will inevitably be working elsewhere soon, possibly doing this to people: A Zimbabwean asylum seeker whose deportation from Britain was halted after...

NOVANEWS Dear All, I was computer-less for 2 days—a blessing and a curse.  The curse part is that when I opened my inbox today, an additional 300 emails flowed in, bringing the total to over 1000.  I will hurriedly run through as many as I can tonight, and then delete the rest.  I won’t possibly be able to read anywhere near 1000—however important or interesting each might be.  If, by chance, you have addressed something to me and do not receive a reply, please resend and in the subject line write ATTENTION DOROTHY.  That will catch my eye. The blessing was that I finally had time to read several chapters of one of the umpteenth books that I want to read—no novels, just political or tied into the situation here, but nevertheless books that I want to read. Have not had a chance to go throug...

NOVANEWS by Debbie Menon The decision to deliver a death sentence to Tariq Aziz has caused a stir in the international community.  By Mark Seddon The decision passed down by Iraq's high tribunal to sentence Tariq Aziz, former foreign minister to death, has caused a stir in the international community. However, it is unlikely many, if any, will speak out against the decision So what really lies behind the decision by Iraq’s high tribunal to pass a death sentence on Tariq Aziz, long serving Iraqi foreign minister and number two to Saddam Hussein? The decision has caused shock waves around the World, largely because the sentence has the feel of vengeance to it. The Iraqi High Tribunal took what must be a highly unusual step in effectively rescinding the earlier judgments against him. For Tar...

NOVANEWS by Michael Leon -  Militaristic, Bigoted and Obnoxious, Daily Kos Bangs Drums for War; Arab Writers Strike the War-loving,  Liberal Site - From FireDogLake: By fairleft As a deleted former regular at Daily Kos myself (didn’t buy St. Obamaism, took a balanced approach to the pain on both sides of I/P), I am always in solidarity with a P writers strike there. Shergald (another of the dkos disappeared) writes today that diarist simone daud has called for a contributors strike (till the morning of October 30) to protest Meteor Blades’ decision last week to ban Daily Kos Israel/Palestine diarist Tom J. MB offered no reason for the banning. Writes simone: “I’m now calling a strike of Arab participants on dailykos, until Meteor Blades (administrator) explains the banning of Tom J and ...

NOVANEWS 11/01/2010 Joy to the world, David Broder says Obama can rejuvenate the economy by going to war with Iran Israel arrests Palestinian children at 3 in the morning ‘Haaretz’s desperate cry for help– ‘South Africa is here’ ‘NPR’ gives Avigdor Lieberman a pass, as always ‘I shared my father’s belief that Arabic is the loveliest language in the world’ Oslo mayor joins protest against illegal Israeli wall My sabbath is the weekend Joy to the world, David Broder says Obama can rejuvenate the economy by going to war with Iran Oct 31, 2010 Philip Weiss  "The war recovery?" by David Broder in the Washington Post. Is this a Zionist trojan horse? Here is where Obama is likely to prevail. With strong Republican support in Congress for challenging Iran's ambition t...

NOVANEWS        *    when Israelis call their country “apartheid”, we’re in trouble MSM commentator prays for Iran attack Talking sense in the Sri Lankan media barely happens these days Al Jazeera’s Listening Post on Wikileaks Iraq documents Is the Times too worried about upsetting its mates in Washington? Prosecuting a child at Gitmo and calling it justice Pulling the troops out of Afghanistan How Stewart/Colbert mock Fox News America When Israelis call their country “apartheid”, we’re in trouble 31 Oct 2010 Zvi Bar’el in Haaretz: Israel is quickly defining the borders of the Arab autonomy and through apartheid legislation it is granting the Arab minority a legal standing of enclaves with lesser rights; of a cultural-ethnic region which, because it is being expell...