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NOVANEWS Dear All, In a militaristic society, it does not occur to people to ask, ‘How does my country serve me?”  or “How can my country serve me?” Rather, it is taken for granted that the country owes nothing to its citizens, who owe it everything.  And this is especially true of military service.  The article below is not about military service, though the title would seem to suggest differently.  But it nevertheless is about ‘serving one’s country.’ There is nothing wrong with ’integrating young people with disabilities into society,’ but why put this in terms of ‘serving one’s country’?  We should all want to help one another.  That is humane, and as human beings we should desire to practice what is humane.  But that is entirely different from ‘serving one’s country’—which indeed smac...

NOVANEWS Argentina begins an historical reckoning Colombo finds a charming friend in Beijing Life under occupation in the holy city of Bethlehem Australians are beginning to wake to BDS necessity Tehran’s mullahs need to learn to enjoy skin and hair Unprecedented hostility towards Israel, says New York Times Argentina begins an historical reckoning 10 Jul 2010 A powerful piece of investigative journalism by Sydney-based journalist and academic Antonio Castillo on Argentina’s attempts to hold those to account who led the Dirty War in the 1970s and beyond. A previous “war on terror”, backed by Washington. It’s curious to consider; many nations around the globe are slowly but surely trying to examine their past, the complicity, the torture and the pain. And yet many Western na...

NOVANEWS Why do I speak about the destruction of Jewish intelligence and free thought? This story is from the community I grew up in, summering in Woods Hole, MA. (Yes I come from a privileged background). They're all scientists, many are Jewish. And because of Israel/Palestine movies, this highly-intelligent community is committing an IQ suicide for all to see, it has essentially shut down a political film program in the old firehouse (the one I used to go to dances in, first put the make on a girl in (arm around the shoulder during a showing of Jules and Jim method), played Job in a bad production of Job in). Oh and yes, I have injected the Jewish angle in the news that follows; because this is a reflection of the orthodoxy within the Jewish community. Believe me, it's not the oldline ge...

NOVANEWS Should a man be held in the West for years without charge? White House rolls out the silver cutlery for Netanyahu Israeli discovers his country has some friends What Israeli soldiers are told about fighting Arabs How much aren’t we seeing about the catastrophe in the Gulf? When killing “enemies” is the default media position Speak to Hamas right now, says Haaretz 08 Jul 2010 Babar Ahmad, 35, is the longest-serving prisoner held without charge or trial in the UK. Six years and counting in the farcical “war on terror”.  08 Jul 2010 In case you were wondering what Benjamin Netanyahu ate with the entire Obama administration team a few days ago in Washington (fine journalism, indeed): The kosher lunch menu included chopped White House garden salad with honey-appl...

NOVANEWS ibrahemsammi@yahoo.co.uk Chomsky barred from entering Israeli occupied West Bank (because of his views) Posted: 16 May 2010 Zionist democracy in action: Noam Chomsky, a renowned Jewish-American scholar and political activist, has been barred from entering the West Bank. Chomsky was denied entry by Israeli immigration officials as he attempted to cross the Allenby Bridge from Jordan on Sunday. The lingusitics professor, who frequently speaks out against Israeli policy in the occupied Palestinian territories, had been scheduled to give a lecture at Birzeit University in the West Bank. “I entered with my daughter and two friends who we met in Amman the day before,” he told Al Jazeera. “After several hours of waiting and multiple interrogations our two friends were permitted e...

NOVANEWS ibrahemsammi@yahoo.co.uk The greatest lecture Chomsky never gave is boost to BDS movement Chomsky reportedly denied entry into Israel ‘Haaretz’ covered Berkeley BDS struggle while ‘NYT’ turned a deaf ear Englander short story in ‘New Yorker’ says Holocaust legacy gives Israel a pass to do anything Saddling Petraeus Barghouthi: Until Congress listens to Palestinian-Americans, forget about two state solution Gaza and BP Angry in Ames The greatest lecture Chomsky never gave is boost to BDS movement Posted: 16 May 2010 For me it's less about what that apartheid regime does and more about the fools in this country who stand behind Israel's actions and attack the BDS movement. In a normal society someone from the NY Times would now call Margaret Atwood and say, "...

NOVANEWS ibrahemsammi@yahoo.co.uk Kattan: Truman administration threatened sanctions against ‘brutal’ Israeli stance on refugees ‘NY Review of Books’ goes after the Israel lobby, Jewishly ‘Washington Post’ says boycott of West Bank products hurts Palestinians Chomsky and Zionism I prefer the word ’shared Jerusalem’ War is Peace. ‘Settlements’ are ‘Jewish housing.’ Chomsky says Israelis were upset that he was only lecturing at a Palestinian school A thought from Jean Amery Kattan: Truman administration threatened sanctions against ‘brutal’ Israeli stance on refugees Posted: 17 May 2010 I am reading From Coexistence to Conquest, by Victor Kattan, an English journalist-scholar (or "hackademic," as Ilan Pappe once put it), an amazing work of archival archaeology, uncove...

NOVANEWS ibrahemsammi@yahoo.co.uk The Stalinist state known as Israel: Chomsky Who helps us torturing “terror suspects?” Hint: Egypt and Israel How slamming Goldstone does nothing for Palestinian rights How Colombo killed innocent Tamils for simply being Tamil Religion: what is it really good for? We deserve to know the full story of Australian complicity in East Timor The Stalinist state known as Israel: Chomsky Posted: 17 May 2010 07:51 AM PDT More on Noam Chomsky’s barring from entering the West Bank by “democratic” Israel (a move supported by an Israeli politician of the supposedly centrist Kadima party but opposed by a leading columnist): In a telephone conversation last night from Amman, Chomsky told Haaretz that he concluded from the questions of the Israeli off...

NOVANEWS ibrahemsammi@yahoo.co.uk 600 people readying to sail to Gaza on 8 ships, including ‘MV Rachel Corrie’ NYT should read the Goldstone Report Marco Rubio Pandero Say DeNiro and Bil’in in the same breath, and you’ve won the game Shadow elite… transparent cabal… lobby… I don’t like Israeli repression wave continues – Palestinian leader in Haifa detained; case placed under gag order Tristan Anderson deserves justice Iowa is listening Israel grabs more Palestinian land to build Greater Jerusalem 600 people readying to sail to Gaza on 8 ships, including ‘MV Rachel Corrie’ Posted: 07 May 2010 09:45 AM PDT This is how the grassroots works. A year ago when Gaza freedom boats tried to sail into Gaza and were rebuffed by the Israelis, there were movement people on t...

NOVANEWS ibrahemsammi@yahoo.co.uk Pot calls kettle apartheid Maker of ‘Budrus’ set his sights on– Now, Goldstone is trying to delegitimize US sovereignty (and maybe impose Sharia law too) Frum’s rejectionism Dual loyalty is truly a problem UN’s Ging calls on west to break the Gaza siege In Jewish family, diaspora gets to be the enabler when will this occupation be televised? Goldstone after bar mitzvah: I reached out to Netanyahu Pot calls kettle apartheid Posted: 05 May 2010 09:58 AM PDT I understand the latest attacks on Richard Goldstone will involve his service as a judge in apartheid days. The Jerusalem Post has picked up an investigation by Yedioth, an assertion that Goldstone condemned blacks to their deaths in Apartheid South Africa. They're desperate. Hasb...