Politics

NOVANEWS November 11, 2010   by Alan Hart   There is a debate in Israel about whether the Zionist state is on the slippery slope to fascism or is already fascist. As far as I am aware the mainstream Western media has not drawn any attention to this. It was Albert Einstein, the father of modern physics, who, along with 27 other most influential Jews, first warned of the danger of the rise of fascism in Israel. In a letter to the Editor of The New York Times published on 4 December 1948, when Menachem Begin was soliciting support in America, they said this: “Among the most disturbing political phenomena of our times is the emergence in the newly created state of Israel of the “Freedom Party” (Tnuat Haherut), a political party closely akin in its organization, methods, political philosop...

NOVANEWS     Nov 12, 2010 Man arrested over blog list of pro-war MPs A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of encouraging an act of terrorism in connection with a website that listed MPs who voted for the Iraq War, police said today. The man was taken into custody at 9.30am in connection with the internet blog which influenced a student who tried to kill MP Stephen Timms. Officers from the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit conducted a search of the man's home address in the Dunstall area of Wolverhampton and arrested him under section one of the Terrorism Act 2006, West Midlands Police said. A police spokeswoman added: "The website is the same one that was in the press last week in connection with stabbing of MP Stephen Timms." Detective Chief Inspector...

NOVANEWS November 12, 2010 By Murray Dobbin November 11, 2010 “Rabble” — Watching and listening to Stephen Harper’s bizarre and unnerving speech about anti-Semitism and Israel raises the question as to whether or not the man is mentally fit to be prime minister. In effect, Harper has taken the position of being Israel’s defender no matter what — in other words, this commitment comes before his duty as prime minister, before his duty to represent Canada’s interests abroad, before his role of elected representative. Harper is a defender of Israel no matter the consequences for Canada. He stated: “[As] long as I am Prime Minister, whether it is at the United Nations, the Francophonie, or anywhere else, Canada will take that stand whatever the cost. I say this, not just because it is the rig...

NOVANEWS November 11, 2010 As I thumb through the various “news” outlets–papers, radio, TV, internet, etc, I note how out of place that 3-letter word is, since there is nothing “new” when it comes to Israel. As far as her and her demands go, it is SOP, BAU and SOS, since whatever she wants she gets. Take for example the “news” coming out of the mouth of Bibi himself, that “East Jerusalem never has been an occupied territory, has always belonged to the State of Israel and will continue to be so forever.” That is “news” however (very sad news I am sure) to the Palestinians who have lived there for thousands of years until it was stolen from them by a bunch of Europeans engaging in identity fraud by pretending to be the descendants of various biblical characters and who have used the Holoca...

NOVANEWS My friend Haidar Eid, professor at Gaza's al-Aqsa University, has some questions for the Hamas government, in a context in which Hamas has cracked down on what fractions of their movement consider to be "inappropriate" or "un-Islamic" behavior on the part of women. As Haidar asks, "Of course, these practices claim to 'protect our customs and traditions,' but is there a traditional text that bars women from smoking, for instance?" The initial emergence of  Hamas was intertwined with organic participation in the 1st Intifada. Its current ascendancy is a reflection of the worsening conditions for social struggle in Gaza and Palestine more broadly in the wake of the petering-out of the 1st Intifada and the capitulation at Oslo, and the way that capitulation finally crystallized in the...

NOVANEWS Lieberman: ‘There won’t be another building moratorium’ During visit to Golan Heights foreign minister adamant that Israel will not be pressured, says pressure must be put on Palestinians. Jpost.com–Israel will not accept another moratorium on building in the West Bank, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Thursday in a speech in the Golan town of Katzrin. He reportedly added that Israel will not be pressured, but that pressure should rather be put on the Palestinians. “No one can accept a situation in which we cannot build in Gilo or Har Homa. We will not accept any additional freeze – not for three months, not for a month, and not for a day. Whoever wants to pressure us should pressure the other side. As far as we are concerned, a long-term interim agreement should be discuss...

NOVANEWS Is any war moral?  Why does America need an enemy?  Why does Israel need an enemy?  Yes.  Let us indeed stand up for those who 'stand up against war.' But let us not see soldiers as 'serving' their country.  Many are the ways of serving one's fellow kind.  War is not one of them. Please watch this very brief but meaningful video. Thanks, Dorothy November 10, 2010 Subject: Honor Those Who Stand Up Against Immoral War     Honor Those Who Stand Up Against Immoral War Watch the Video | Send To A Friend Dear Dorothy,  Tomorrow is Veterans Day, the 10th Veterans Day since the Afghanistan War began. The burden of this brutal, futile war falls heaviest on a very small slice of the population: military members and their families. Many of them thin...

NOVANEWS November 10, 2010 JOHN KAMINSKI You’ve heard the word, and it makes you turn away. You know with each mention of it, trouble, condemnation and, most ominously, consequences, are sure to follow. Rick Sanchez, the ousted CNN anchor, knows. Helen Thomas, former “dean of the White House press corps,” knows. The late Joe Sobran, eloquent commentator and fully functioning human being, knew. They all lost their livelihoods for saying something perfectly obvious to everyone, yet using the magic word. The manipulative message cuts into the public mind like a needle to the brain – one may not speak anything negative about Jews without attracting life-shattering repercussions, if they let you live at all. So it was in ancient Rome. So it is today. What is this dark power that rules us, th...

NOVANEWS November 10, 2010   ‘Zionism has forged its case. It has used deceit, broken promises, backroom diplomacy, violence, blackmail and terrorism to achieve its ends. It has slept with the Devil while posing as an angel. ‘( The Fraud Of Zionism By Wilbur Sensor)    ‘We are Judeo Nazis and why not? If your nice civilised parents, rather than writing books about their love for humanity had instead come to Israel and killed 6 million Arabs, what would have happened?  Sure, two or three nasty pages would have been written in the history books, and we would have been called all sorts of names, but we would be here today as a  people of 25 million!!. What you don’t seem to understand is that the dirty work of Zionism is not finished yet, far from it!!” Ariel Sharon, 1982′   We appear to live...

NOVANEWS Biden: US Support for Israel Must Continue ‘Forever’ Address to Jewish Group Claims Policy Disagreements Can Never Break Ties by Jason Ditz, November 09, 2010 Speaking today at the Jewish Federations of North America meeting, US Vice President Joe Biden vowed eternal support for the Israeli government, insisting US support for the nation would continue no matter what Israel does “forever.” “The ties between our two countries are literally unbreakable” insisted Biden, adding that policy disagreements with the far-right government will never be “fundamental” and will never have any affect on ties. Biden insists President Obama “feels exactly the same way.” The comments were largely in keeping with a number of top US officials over the past few decades who have pledged eternal fealty...