Middle East

NOVANEWS RELEASE: Israeli soldiers detained three Palestinian boys in At-Tuwani Village in the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank. The boys, aged 13 and 14, were gathering herbs above al-Khelli Valley, 300 meters from the Israeli settlement of Ma'on, on land owned by the eldest child's family. At 10:30 am, members of Operation Dove* were accompanying the children and saw soldiers drive a jeep onto the hillside. Three soldiers ran toward the children, grabbed the shears they were using on the plants, pushed them up to the jeep and forced them onto their knees for ten minutes. The security guard of Zionist illegal Ma'on Settlement arrived, and the soldiers forced two of the children into the jeep. When the third boy attempted to run away, a soldier chased him across his family's land. The s...

On Monday 12 October, Prime Minister Netanyahu opened the Knesset’s winter session by blasting the Goldstone Report that accuses Israel of committing war crimes and vowing that he would never allow Israelis be tried for them. But that was not his main message. It was an appeal, delivered I thought with a measure of desperation, to the “Palestinian leadership”, presumably the leadership of “President” Abbas and his Fatah cronies, leaders who are regarded by very many if not most Palestinians as American-and-Israeli stooges at best and traitors at worst. Netanyahu again called on this leadership to agree to recognise Israel as a Jewish state, saying this was, and remains, the key to peace. And he went on and on and on about it. “For 62 years the Palestinians have been saying ‘No’ to the Jewi...

Purim II: Promotion of Genocide In this video Proves How Purim is Promotion of Genocide An amazing video that must be seen to be believed. offers even more compelling evidence of how Purim and other Zionist celebrations promote human rights violations of Palestinians and others. This video even quotes Zionist leaders saying that the lesson of Purim is to completely wipe out your enemies,  including all the descendants of your enemies and even their animals! Sounds hard to believe, but the evidence  of promotion of genocide is easily proven. This video is one of the best anti-hate videos ever made. It is amazing that this kind of hateful material can be taught and yet those who expose it are the ones accused of hatred instead of these evil promoters of hate, violence and even genocide. Th...

Get ready for months of meaningless talking while Israel simply continues expanding settlements: The prospects for the first negotiations involving Israel and the moderate Palestinian leadership for over a year have increased after the nations of the Arab League gave qualified support to a US proposal for indirect talks between both sides. The decision by Arab League foreign ministers meeting in Cairo yesterday gives the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas political cover to enter “proximity” talks – in which the US would shuttle between the two sides – despite Palestinian and wider Arab scepticism over Israel’s willingness to advance a genuine peace process. The move was welcomed yesterday by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who told the Knesset: “It seems that the conditions ar...

NOVANEWS Resistance is continuing in Egypt: Activists and opposition groups are stepping up pressure on the Mu-Barak regime to stop constructing a barrier along the border with the Gaza Strip. Officials say the barrier will prevent cross-border 'smuggling', but critics say it will seal the fate of the people on the Gaza Strip. “The Egyptian border was the only opening left to the Gazans — their only means of staying alive,” Gamal Fahmi, political analyst and managing editor of opposition weekly al-Arabi al-Nassiri, told IPS.

  Tel Aviv presents: Municipal program to prevent Arab boys from dating Jewish girls Tel Aviv presents: Municipal program to prevent Arab boys from dating Jewish girls February 24, 2010 Dimi Reider is a journalist and photographer, working  from Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.  His articles have been published in the Guardian, Jerusalem Post, Index on Censorship, Counterpunch and Peace Reporter.  Dimi co-edits Kav-Hutz – an attempt to provide  fresh and engaging commentary and analysis on the world outside Israel.  He currently works for Haaretz newspaper. He blogs at Dimi’s Notes Scroll down for update on this post. Maariv reported on February 23 that the  Tel Aviv municipality launched  a “counselling program” to “help”  Jewish girls who date and/or ...

By STEVEN GUTKIN (AP) JERUSALEM — Jerusalem's mayor unveiled a plan Tuesday to demolish dozens of Palestinian homes to make room for a tourist center in one of the disputed city's most volatile neighborhoods, drawing criticism from Palestinians and the United Nations. Mayor Nir Barkat agreed to a last-minute request from Israel's prime minister to consult Palestinian residents before breaking ground. That could delay the plan for an unknown period of time, but the move threatened to raise tensions in the holy city just as the Obama administration makes a push to renew Mideast peace talks. "There is no way the Palestinians can accept the demolishing of houses in Jerusalem and the continuation of building settlements for the Jewish settlers, while the United States is trying to bring the par...

NOVANEWS "so the United Nations Mission to Iraq, UNAMI, which is based in Jordan, has a serving Jordanian army captain train new UN staff in cultural sensitivity and cultural awareness on Iraq. It was UNDSS, the security people in the UN, who ask the guy to come. So the Jordanian army captain lecturing the UN people was explaining the differences between Sunnis and Shiites. He referred to Sunnis as Muslims, not as Sunnis, but he refered to Shiites as Shiites (and not as Muslims). He said that Shiites are very religious and they look to Iran for leadership. He said Sunnis are secular and put the community first. He also said Sunnis don’t care what name you have but Shiites do care and hate Sunni names. more to come"

العالم.. زوجان مصريان يحققان حلمهما في الإنجاب بإسرائيل     التنازل عن المنصب القنصل المصري تعليمات الطبيب صداقة وطيدة   العيروسي وآية وابنتيهما في صورة تذكارية مع الطبيب   القاهرة- محمد نعيم ضرب الصيرفي المصري أحمد العروسي عرض الحائط بردود الأفعال، التي قد تنتقده إذا سافر من القاهرة إلى إسرائيل بصحبة زوجته "آية"، في محاولة لإجراء فحوصات طبية يمكن من خلالها إعادة الأمل في إنجاب طفل من زوجته، فرغم مرور ما يربو عن خمسة عشر عاماً على زواجهما، ترددا خلالها على عدد ليس بالقليل من كبرى المستشفيات العالمية، إلا أنهما لم ييئسا من عدم تحقيق حلمهما، واستجابا في نهاية المطاف لمن نصحهما بالبحث عن ضالتهما في إسرائيل. وبدأت قصة المحاسب المصري احمد العروسي وزوجته آية مع السفر للعلاج في إسرائيل بدأت منذ ما يزيد عن 3 سنوات، ورغم صعوبة القرار وما قد ينطوي عليه من...

NOVANEWS "The Foreign Ministry's Deputy Director of European Affairs Naor Gilon protested via telephone to Spanish Ambassador to the Zio-Nazi regime Alvaro Iranzo the delivery of letters written by Spanish school children to Zionist's Ambassador in Madrid, Rafael Shotz. Zionist's Embassy in Madrid has recently been receiving children's letters expressing protest of Zio-Nazi's conduct towards the Palestinians. The Foreign Ministry is concerned that the students who wrote the letters were being 'instigated' by their teachers. One letter directed at the ambassador noted, "How many Palestinians have you murdered today?""