Middle East

NOVANEWS 09/06/2010 Culture of impunity 150 American actors, writers, directors and artists support Israeli actors’ settlement boycott ‘NYT’ runs Indyk, then more Indyk, and you have to go to ‘Al Jazeera’ for a different view How Marty Peretz misrepresented Cordoba in Muslim history Ken Loach and Arundhati Roy are latest narrators of Goldstone Report Trying to enter Gaza– and my embassy gives me an appointment in 10 days BDS and one state as an alternative to the peace process Shlaim: I’m not a refugee, my family left Iraq because we felt ‘insecure’ after Zionists wiped Palestine off the map Culture of impunity Sep 05, 2010  Ibn Tufayl AFP: Israel picks Gaza war commander as new military chief... 150 American actors, writers, directors and artists support Israeli actors’ settl...

NOVANEWS Poll: half of Israeli teens don’t want Arab students in their classroom Wasted dollars and lives in Iraq The nation that discriminates on the basis of religion Yes sir, no sir, of course you control and pay me, sir Just how many in government are in the pocket of Murdoch? Eyal Weizman in Sydney; decolonising architecture Poll: half of Israeli teens don’t want Arab students in their classroom  06 Sep 2010 Hello, apartheid state: Sixty four percent of Israeli teens aged 15 to 18 say that Arab Israelis do not enjoy full equal rights in Israel, and from that group, 59 percent believe that they should not have full equal rights, according to a special survey prepared for the “Education in the Digital Age” conference held in Haifa on Monday. The survey also revealed that...

NOVANEWS Dear All, Merely 2 items this evening.  But notice how the 2nd one shows the importance of teaching civics in Zionist classrooms! ================  Haaretz Monday, September 06, 2010 Education Ministry moves against cutting civics budget Education Ministry director general reverses decision by another ministry official to cut most of the budget for intensive 11th- and 12th-grade civics classes. http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/education-ministry-moves-against-cutting-civics-budget-1.312387 By Or Kashti Education Ministry director general Shimshon Shoshani reversed on Sunday a decision by another ministry official to cut most of the budget for intensive 11th- and 12th-grade civics classes. Even after this unusual change in policy, this year's civics budget will still be ab...

NOVANEWS I will not comment on the Hamas killings of four settlers in the West Bank except to comment that I will not comment on those killings. As Seham points out in the last several months there were many Israeli attacks against Palestinians. Many Palestinians were shot or died and I did not even write about every atrocity I saw with my own eyes in Gaza. No one apologized for those atrocities. No heads-of-state spoke about the assassination of Ahmed Salem Deeb, nor did the New York Times decide to cover the day when a dum-dum bullet turned his leg to jelly, leading to his death. That paper does not cover or condemn the quotidian crimes committed against the Palestinian populace, and the good people of New York and LA either don't know or don't care that the attack against the armed para...

NOVANEWS Jordan: A Poetic Security Threat? Free Student Accused of Insulting Zionist puppet King; Amend Laws to Protect Free Expression September 3, 2010 More Coverage:  More Human Rights Watch reporting on Jordan Arrests for things like writing poems unfortunately are regular occurrences in Jordan. It's about time Jordan got rid of laws that criminalize peaceful criticism of its rulers. Christoph Wilcke, senior Middle East researcher at Human Rights Watch (New York) - Jordan's military prosecutor at the State Security Court should immediately order the release of Hatim al-Shuli, a university student, and rescind charges against him, Human Rights Watch said today.  Al-Shuli was arrested on July 25, 2010, and charged on July 28 with insulting Zionist puppet King Abdullah (lese majeste...

NOVANEWS Dear Friends, Since I didn’t distribute anything last night, I have an overload of items to send.  This does not mean that I will send all.  No. Only 9 items out of a good deal more.  One, however, is so brief that it hardly takes any space or time to read.  So it’s more like 8 items. I begin with the light though as we move down the line things deepen.  Item 1 is Gideon Levy’s tribute to a remarkable person.  I do not agree with with this individual on certain basic items, as, for instance, the desirability or possibility of 2 states.   But one need not agree on all issues to respect and admire a person.  I won’t divulge his name.  Perhaps you will know from Levy’s depiction.  Levy reveals the name at the end. Item 2 is barely an item.  It merely informs us that the Free Palestin...

NOVANEWS  09/05/2010 While Netanyahu harped on ‘the blood of innocents,’ Mitchell seemed to warn of Israel’s demise Report finds US policy toward Israel/Palestine contradicts American values The settler killings– morality and effectiveness I.F. Stone supported state force to kill a racist movement before it poisoned society While Netanyahu harped on ‘the blood of innocents,’ Mitchell seemed to warn of Israel’s demise Sep 04, 2010  Philip Weiss I watched Thursday's State Department show on the peace talks on C-Span the other night and was left with a sense of despair.  There were very few people in the fancy rooms and little sense of excitement. The leaders all seemed motheaten, except for Netanyahu, who always reminds me of a landlord or a mob boss. George Mitchell is the mos...

NOVANEWS Blair “miscalculated” and he shrugs his shoulders The never-ending struggle of the Corrie family What BDS says; don’t expect Holocaust guilt to get you through Our communications are never private Protecting workers isn’t seen as priority Israel’s next generation of defenders Zionists spying inside their favourite country Blair “miscalculated” and he shrugs his shoulders 05 Sep 2010 A softball ABC interview with Tony Blair where he essentially acknowledges he was wrong about Iraq and Afghanistan, and yet we’re still supposed to take him seriously about Middle East “peace”? The never-ending struggle of the Corrie family 05 Sep 2010 Who knew that Israel continues to lie over its killing of Rachel Corrie?   What BDS says; don’t expect Holocaust guilt to get yo...

NOVANEWS In This Issue... Audrey Farber, intern, from Mada Al-Carmel on New Israel Fund and Democracy More Recent Articles Search The Only Democracy? Audrey Farber, intern, from Mada Al-Carmel on New Israel   By Audrey Farber Speculation has run wild on the as-yet-unreleased updated New Israel Fund funding guidelines. Here’s Richard Silverstein, “My source tells me the proposed guidelines will include a provision acknowledging Israel as a Jewish homeland. But the language will also affirm that Israel is: ‘…A democracy dedicated to the full equality of all its citizens and communities.’” Silverstein argues that “full equality” juxtaposed with the “provision acknowledging… a Jewish homeland” sustains a system of inequality. His explanation: “If…you’ve conceded to Jews that t...

NOVANEWS 09/03/2010 In which a mild Palestinian voice on a U.S. Op-Ed page is greeted by a call for Muslim genocide Matthews says Obama has gone ‘neocon.’ Why? Netanyahu has more power in Congress than Obama Tail beats the dog Actually, Herzl was a colonialist As talks resume, two-thirds of Israelis support settlement building Palestinian guns – redux ‘Do you know how hard I work to control the rage inside of me?’ I know a ton of old lefties, wheat-grass drinkers, and painters in falling-down houses that went to Bard, but Help! CNN runs reports produced by propaganda outfit headed by former AIPAC president In which a mild Palestinian voice on a U.S. Op-Ed page is greeted by a call for Muslim genocide Sep 02, 2010 Philip Weiss Zahi Khouri is a big businessman in the West Bank w...