Middle East

NOVANEWS Muslims and Jews get close in New York What erasing Iraq means on the ground A massive payout coming the way of Assange? This web thing will go nowhere Sri Lanka must be condemned, without ifs or buts Only fools accept anything coming out Netanyahu’s mouth Muslims and Jews get close in New York Posted: 14 Sep 2010 This warms the heart. Jews and Muslims praying next to each other in the Bronx. It’s possible: What erasing Iraq means on the ground Posted: 14 Sep 2010 Iraqis still remain almost invisible when the war is being discussed. Far easier for the corporate press to interview a US general who blathers about something. But Iraqi refugee schoolchildren are struggling in Syria and literally millions of Iraqis are displaced, abused and lost. All these issues ar...

NOVANEWS 09/14/2010 Crossing into Israel: ‘two highly-charged narratives’ Hillel prepares from another year of BDS on campus Peretz issues 50 percent apology for latest anti-Muslim racism Remembering Gaza Notes on international law and the right of return Israel razes the Bedouin village Al-Araqib for the fifth time Crossing into Israel: ‘two highly-charged narratives’ Sep 13, 2010 Philip Weiss  Yesterday my wife and I left Jordan and entered Israel at the southern border crossing, Aqaba-Eilat. We were in the Israeli baggage inspection hall when my wife said, “Who’s that handsome guy?” On the wall was a very large black-and-white photograph from the 1940s of a young Israeli with a strong chin and light hair, alongside a darkhaired laughing woman. To the left of that photo was an o...

NOVANEWS NUREDDIN SABIR: Disbanding the Palestinian Authority would scupper Israeli strategy September 14, 2010  by Debbie Menon Often at seminal historical junctures the need to venture “outside the box” and think the unthinkable becomes critical. By Nureddin Sabir via My Catbird Seat Such a moment is now upon the Palestinians. At stake is whether they will survive as a people or dissolve into the oblivion of the banished: ethnically cleansed from their homeland, the world’s new gypsies, a second-class diaspora, third-class inhabitants of isolated reservations. The challenge facing the Palestinians now is to step back from the abyss and seize the moment by turning threats and dangers into game-changing opportunities and a new strategic vision. It is 17 years since that momentous event...

NOVANEWS Dear All, Just 3 items tonight—the first two can be classified as ‘this is Israel’—a country which on the one hand brags about its culture, and on the other hand acts like a tribal society in which the present Minister of Interior decides to close down a government internet website on Saturdays because—well, because it’s Shabbat.  To hell with you if you are secular and want to pay your bills on Saturday.  You live in a Jewish state!  Behave like a Jew!  Better think twice before you decide to immigrate to Israel, unless, of course, you are ultra orthodox.  The second one speaks about how Israel treats ‘its Arabs,’ that is to say, those people to whom it is so condescending if it can exploit them, but nasty if not.  About the village that Yitzhak Lior speaks in item 2, it has the ...

NOVANEWS Wikileaks needs an army to stop it? The moral role of an artist in the modern world MSM regulation is above the pay scale of MPs? Mandela knows about ethics and Blair has no idea Wanting to kill Gideon Levy via the Zionist mainstream What the MSM wants to forget about Iraq Decolonialism, socialism and radicalism from a right-wing President? Wikileaks needs an army to stop it? Posted: 13 Sep 2010 This would be funny if it weren’t so serious. One website, Wikileaks, now requires so much American power to try and stop/manage/control it. If only the same effort was spent on actually stopping the wars in the first place: In a nondescript suite of government offices not far from the Pentagon, nearly 120 intelligence analysts, FBI agents, and others are at work—24 hours a...

NOVANEWS The Sabra-Shatila Massacre: 28 years later does anyone remember? Does anyone really care? By crescentandcross (Originally posted on Counterpunch and also on the news-fix list on September 14, 2007) A Letter to Janet Franklin Lamb Martyrs Square Sabra-Shatilla Palestinian Refugee Camp Beirut September 12, 2007 Dearest Janet, It’s a very beautiful fall day here in Beirut today. Twenty-five years ago this week since the September 15-18, 1982 Massacre at the Palestinian refugee camps at Sabra-Shatila. Bright blue sky and a fall breeze. It actually rained last night. Enough to clean out some of the humidity and dust. Fortunately not enough to make the usual rain created swamp of sewage and filth on Rue Sabra, or flood the grassless burial ground of the mass grave (the camp residents n...

NOVANEWS Zionist Maariv summarizes a news item from the Lebanese A-Safir. It's unclear, however, whether the report on the Mitchell visit is also from that source.The byline is unusual. Bardenstein is the junior diplomatic affairs correspondent and probably does not speak Arabic. Items based on direct monitoring of the Arab press are usually bylined by the Arab or Palestinian affairs correspondent. Bardenstein's sources are almost exclusively in the Zio=Nazi Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Prime Minister's Office. Effort to resume negotiations with Syria Eli Bardenstein, Maariv, September 13 2010 [page 5; Hebrew original here and at bottom of post] Along with the direct talks between Zionist and Ab-A$$, France and the US are acting to put in motion the political negotiations betwe...

NOVANEWS 09/13/2010 A Jordanian complains about his king and the Zionists 91 year old, and his grandson, among three farm workers killed by Israeli shells in Gaza On 9/11 anniversary, Park 51 Islamic center sparks rallies, for and against After Birthright: ‘We’re not stereotypes’ Injustice is Injustice A Jordanian complains about his king and the Zionists Sep 13, 2010  Philip Weiss   The other night in Jordan my wife and I ate at a fancy place and when the bill came, I had to walk off to the cash machine to get more money.  When I got back my wife was sitting with the restaurateur and two of his friends drinking tea and having a political conversation. The men were complaining about King Abdullah of Jordan. The night before the king's brother had had a wedding in the desert. 15 mil...

NOVANEWS Protecting “honour” in the Islamic Republic News of the World needs to learn what ethics are all about The corrupting influence of Jewish money Now why would China want to work with the US on net censorship? Blair the mendacious Controlling the Murdoch empire is both necessary and just Zionist settlers are just like you and me, except for illegally occupying another people’s land Our selective amnesia when outrages occur Protecting “honour” in the Islamic Republic Posted: 12 Sep 2010 Following the recent extensive essays by Robert Fisk on honour killings around the world, here’s another shocking case: Tehran, Iran. Farsnews reported that on April 25th, 2010 police found a 24 year old woman dead in her apartment, on Shariati St. After an initial investigation it be...

NOVANEWS 09/12/2010 Netanyahu said Iran was 3-5 years away from nuclear capability– back in ‘95! In the Wake of 9/11, Israel Put Iran into the ‘Axis of Evil’ On night before 9/11, New Yorkers voice strong support for Muslim community center Netanyahu said Iran was 3-5 years away from nuclear capability– back in ‘95! Sep 11, 2010 Philip Weiss  Back in 1995, Benjamin Netanyahu published a scary book called Fighting Terrorism: How Democracies Can Defeat the International Terrorist Network that says that radical Islam is trying to conquer the west and extend Muslim rule. I carried a copy out with me to Jordan. From page 121: "The best estimates at this time place Iran between three and fve years away from possessing the prerequisites required for the independent production of nucle...