Middle East

NOVANEWS Whatever you do, don’t look “Muslim” Obama The slow curse of disaster capitalism covers the world Just another day of racism in Israel If the Taliban can be engaged, why not the other “terrorists”? How to push for gay rights in the US So many innocent drone victims Mike Leigh, a Jew of integrity, says no to Israeli racism Whatever you do, don’t look “Muslim” Obama 19 Oct 2010 The sad but predictable tale of Barack Obama giving in to Islamophobia, again (via Ali Abunimah): US President Barack Obama has ruled out a visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar, sacred to Sikhs, because Obama does not want to wear the head-covering that is required as a sign of respect in case it makes him look like a Muslim.   The slow curse of disaster capitalism covers the world 19 Oct...

NOVANEWS Dear Friends, I know that those of you who tried to watch the video about Breaking the Silence after 8:00 AM this morning found a note advising that it had been removed from the site.  I have advised Breaking the Silence and hope that it can send another link that will allow us to watch the video.  These are trying times, not only here, I know.  But this being where I live, it is what I feel and focus on most, which is not to say that many things today are not isolated or localized.   Israel is what it is because the world lets it get by with, literally, murder.  But whose hands are clean?  Certainly not the hands of the United States.  Ok to business.  If you have already seen Bradley Burston’s ‘A special place in hell,’ I apologize.  I hadn’t, but feel that it is an important pi...

NOVANEWS 10/19/2010 Junior Israel-lobbyists are diggin one-state idea Students for Justice in Palestine responds to the ADL ‘60 Minutes’ marks the end of the two-state solution Accommodating Israeli abuse: the Palestinian Authority’s perspective Congressional chairman to Palestinians who live in the capital of the Jewish people: Drop dead Leave no stone unclaimed Morocco gives Israel the cold shoulder and so does food co-op in Rachel Corrie’s home town inevitable About that sticker Harvest of excrement: colonists in Occupied Territories pump sewage on to Palestinian farm land Junior Israel-lobbyists are diggin one-state idea Oct 19, 2010 Philip Weis  Or at least that's what this flyer for "Israel Fest" at Michigan State University suggests. Thanks to Ali Aq...

NOVANEWS CLICK PHOTO TO VIEW Video – Sex and Lies in Israel! It deals with the  recent statements in Israel of Jewish “religious” leaders authorizing Jewish women to sexually seduce Gentiles, and points out that this fact has been totally suppressed by the mainstream media. In the video I ask “What if the Pope issued an edict saying that Catholic girls are obligated under Christian law to seduce enemies of the Church? The press, of course,  would be outraged all over America and the world. It would be one of the top stories in the media. But Jews and Israel routinely get away with this kind of thing! I also discuss the ongoing efforts of Jewish extremists to censor my videos, and I show that it is the fact that I expose things like this that makes them desperate to block my videos. The vid...

  NOVANEWS   The nastiest game of CLUEDO 18 Oct 2010 The Special International Tribunal for Lebanon, now infamous for its procedural flaws and inability to maintain any useful public legitimacy, has focused the minds of the Lebanese on the assassination of former Prime Minister Hariri in 2005 and the ones that followed since that date. We tend to forget that political assassinations of major figures had become a cultural characteristic soon after independence (the assassination of PM Riad El-Solh). The Golden Age was to come in the civil war of 1975-1990. Many would be familiar with the boardgame CLUEDO where players are invited to solve a crime riddle by a deductive process and identify the perpetrator, the weapon and the location. Needless to say that our real life Leba...

NOVANEWS Colombo needs a legal slap-down It’s not hard to be accused of hatred by Zionist haters This is what our asylum seeker policy looks like Hungry for a kinder regime The second victims of the Holocaust Colombo needs a legal slap-down 18 Oct 2010 From today’s Australian newspaper: Governments around the world are studying the “Sri Lanka method” for dealing with internal conflicts, but the prospect should fill us with alarm. Respected independent observers including the US State Department and the International Crisis Group have drawn attention to credible allegations of war crimes against both the Tamil Tiger rebels and the government, leading to thousands of civilian deaths. If Colombo can get away with it — by beguiling western media, for example, into focusing elsew...

NOVANEWS 10/18/2010 Palestinian child abuse Palestine, I hear you British director Mike Leigh cancels trip to Israel on account of loyalty oath Trainwreck in Boston: Dershowitz calls a Palestinian novelist a bigot and a Holocaust-denier Why didn’t Dershowitz give up his American citizenship? Gosh, another American writing for a liberal magazine says lowering ‘Arab’ birthrate inside Israel is hunky-dory ‘NY Jewish Week’ says progressive Zionists are feeling ‘battered by boycott’ I don’t think Zionism will be redeemed by David Grossman The lobby to Israeli dissenters: you be democratic, we are authoritarian Palestinian child abuse Oct 17, 2010 Seham  For me, the most spectacular thing about Zionist hasbara has been how they've managed to convince most Ame...

NOVANEWS Fathers Imprison Adult Daughters, Prevent Marriage, Obtain Grandchildren's Custody October 18, 2010 Saudi women in Riyadh. © 2009 Reuters Related Materials:  Perpetual MinorsSaudi Arabia: Women’s Rights Promises Broken Saudi judges have elevated a father's authority to a pillar of law. The result of unquestioned fatherly authority far too often has been family strife and unwarranted suffering for the adult children. Christoph Wilcke, senior Middle East researcher at Human Rights Watch (New York) - Saudi judges have repeatedly granted fathers the right to interfere arbitrarily in their adult children's private lives, in serious violation of their right to privacy and to establish families freely, Human Rights Watch said today. Fathers have imprisoned their adult daugh...

NOVANEWS MUSHARRAF AND THE ZIONIST, SITTING IN A LONDON TREE 17 Oct 2010 Oh my. A former, US-backed dictator looking to make a comeback and some Israeli hacks wanting to get in on the action: Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is stated to have shared a lunch with a couple of members of Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, at a Chinese restaurant in Kensington area of central London a few days ago. The Israeli parliamentarians included Silvan Sahalom and Brigadier General (retired) Ephraim Sneh, also the chairman of the subcommittee on Defence Human Resources, The nation reported. Some colleagues of Musharraf also attended the lunch, which comprised of fish, some duck dishes and expensive wine, the paper said. The lunch lasted more than 90 minutes, it said, adding that the follow...

NOVANEWS 10/17/2010 Al-Hamdulilah– ‘Judaic Studies’ at Univ at Albany to host the great Amira Hass next month Memo to Obama: Settlers torch cars, torch olive trees, and release wild boar that breaks 57-year-old Palestinian farmer’s legs Neocon says that Khalidi aims to establish Haram-al-Sharif at Columbia U Brzezinski: Obama ‘pathetic’ in dealing with Israel (Right; why?) Neocon threatens withdrawal of ‘Dem Donor$’ if Obama pressures Netanyahu ‘NYT’/Bronner push the legality of settlements Annie’s awakenings Kafka on Jewish insecurity We live in dark times Chas Freeman on Muslim death toll and its emotional/political consequences Al-Hamdulilah– ‘Judaic Studies’ at Univ at Albany to host the great Amira Hass next month Oct 16, 2010 Philip Weiss  Memo to Obama:...