Middle East

NOVANEWS Opposition says new measure on mobile text messages will curtail their ability to mobilise voters for November poll. 13 Oct 2010 Under the new rules, the Muslim Brotherhood will not be able to use text messages to rally voters [EPA]  Zionist puppet Mu-Barak telecommunications regulator has imposed new restrictions on mobile text messages ahead of legislative elections. Mahmoud el-Gweini, adviser to Egypt's telecommunications minister, said on Tuesday that companies sending out text messages en masse – known as SMS aggregators – must now obtain licenses. Opposition activists say the new regulation stifles their ability to mobilise voters. Reform groups in Egypt have come to rely increasingly on the internet and mobile phones to organise and mobilise thei...

NOVANEW In This Issue... Works in progress: the partitions of Iraq and Palestine More Recent Articles Search The Only Democracy?   Works in progress: the partitions of Iraq and Palestine By Rela Mazali Works in Progress: - The partition of Palestine (most recently into Gaza Strip; East Jerusalem; West Bank) - The partition of Iraq In Iraq, the occupation is attempting “ethnic” partition. See: Statement issued this week (October 10, 2010) by the BRussels Tribunal, stating among other things, that, From the first day of the US-UK occupation of Iraq, the occupatioN began to undertake a series of measures, directly or through its local allies, to destroy Iraq as a state and a nation and to partition it along ethnic and sectarian lines. Today, the pu...

NOVANEWS     5:39 PM Israeli Time הכפר עראקיב נהרס הבוקר בפעם השישית. מאות שוטרים הגיעו לכפר הבדווי כדי להרוס שוב את המבנים הארעיים שנבנו מאז ההריסה הקודמת. הגב' חיה נוח יושבת ראש הפורום לדו קיום בנגב ששהתה במקום יחד עם פעילים נוספים הוכתה על ידי שוטרים לאחר שביקשה מקצין המשטרה להציג בפני התושבים צו הריסה. The unrecognized Bedouin village Al Arakib was demolished this morning by hundreds of police officers for the six time. Mrs. Haya Noah leader of the Forum for co-existence in the Negev , who stayed in the village together with other activists was severely hit by police officers following her request to see a court warrant. ================== At 7:15 PM Haya Noah was still being held, refusing to sign a statement that she would not return to the area.  The police are evidently tryi...

NOVANEWS Dear All, Five items below—but a smattering of the many that would also have interested you. But I promised not to overdo, and am trying not to.  In case you did not know it, Israel is an extremely racist state.  This is not surprising.  A country that grounds itself on a single ethnicity, or religion, or race is bound to be racist sooner or later.  Israel wants to be seen as a Western country.  But apart from the Vatican (which is hardly typical), what other Western country grounds itself on ethnicity, race, or religion?  To the contrary, Western countries today are a mixture of races, religions, ethnicities.  And while not always do they meld, they eventually will, and also contribute to the whole the customs, foods, etc that they brought from their origins.  So much richer ther...

NOVANEWS 10/13/2010          *   And Tom Friedman says the Arab world is rife with conspiracy theory… Partners in occupation The settlements are illegal regardless of whether Israel is recognized as a ‘Jewish state’ Israeli Jews don’t have to recognize Israel as Jewish state ‘Hey BU you’ve been had, Dershowitz is WICKED bad!’: Boston University students protest CAMERA Israel-centric Ethan Bronner cites Israeli law on East J’lem and Golan, ignoring crystal clear int’l standards Question: How has activism changed your vision of the conflict? Several children, including 8 year old, arrested in Silwan Why I protested the Jewish National Fund NYC film screening with Zizek, Badiou and Aloni to support the Jenin Freedom Theatre And Tom Friedman says the Arab world is ...

NOVANEWS   Israel: New Peak in Razing of Palestinian Homes Discriminatory Israeli Policies Result in Demolished Village Israeli authorities razed 141 Palestinian homes and other buildings in July, the largest number in any month since at least 2005. Yet Israel continues to support and subsidize nearby Jewish settlements. By supporting settlements on occupied territory and by erasing longstanding  Palestinian communities next door, Israel has flouted international law. In one example, Israeli military authorities demolished the West Ban  farming community of Al Farisiye, displacing more than 100 people, nearly half of them children. After officials forcibly removed Palestinian  residents from their homes, the bulldozers destroyed 26 residential  structures, 24 animal p...

RAJA MUTABA: AN OPEN LETTER TO KINGS, PRESIDENTS AND PRIME MINISTERS OF ISLAMIC COUNTRIES October 13, 2010 by Raja Mujtaba WRITTEN AND SUPPRESSED IN 2003, READ IT NOW! By Raja Ghulam Mujtaba Editor “Guide us to the straight path, The path of those upon whom You bestowed favours, Not those who have invited Your wrath, nor those who have gone astray. “Al-Fatih” Dear Brothers and Sisters in faith and fraternity, Asslamolikum Muslim Unity As you all are aware that presently the entire Muslim world is under going a tremendous pressure seldom witnessed in history. Like most, I am sure you all must also be worried over the situation. We all jointly but you the leaders in particular have a great responsibility to discharge. The anti Islamic forces over the ages have been very active and aggress...

NOVANEWS What Indians may think of Australia and it’s not entirely positive Media power does not bring democratic norms Nobody said US Jews didn’t also want to exclude Palestinian rights The Left challenge Moving forward? Australia’s relationship with Israel is dire The Greens are evil says yet another Murdoch man How many Gandhis do you need in Palestine? What Indians may think of Australia and it’s not entirely positive 13 Oct 2010 A new Indian film, Crook – It’s Good to be Bad, that examines the racial violence against Indian students in Australia. If many in Australia remain in denial about the problem, don’t be surprised that many in India will react accordingly:   Media power does not bring democratic norms 13 Oct 2010 The overwhelming influence of any one media o...

NOVANEWS Yes, Australia imprisons children Because Ahmadinejad fits a necessary hole in the enemy gallery Speak in hushed tones around the Great Leader The right of return can never be given up What next, Rajapaksa wins Nobel Peace Prize? Yes, Australia imprisons children 12 Oct 2010 This is how Australia treats refugees, including children, when they come seeking asylum; under lock and key for months and longer:   Because Ahmadinejad fits a necessary hole in the enemy gallery 12 Oct 2010 Roger Cohen writes in the New York Times that the world (and Israel especially) needs to not frame Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the devil incarnate but that’s exactly what the Zionists must do; the new “Hitler” has arrived: Ahmadinejad is a one-trick pony. His thing is double sta...

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