Politics

NOVANEWS I keep on forgetting that it's happening because nothing ever happens. It is what's in the news though. The peace process has no chance whatsoever of creating a just peace in cis-Jordan. No one should have the slightest illusion about that. What we should be watching for in the peace process is not its failure but what its architects will cast as its potential "success." In those terms, the peace process is an acute danger to Palestinian nationalism, Nadia Hijab reminds us: Such a scenario could sound a death-knell for Palestinian human rights. The Palestinian people have shown a remarkable capacity to regenerate resistance and evolve new strategies after suffering harsh setbacks over the past century. But there may be no recovery this time around. A “peace agreement” would end t...

NOVANEWS The Guardian 12 October 2010 Can the OECD stand up to Israel? The upcoming OECD tourism summit in Jerusalem will test its member countries' commitment to international law http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/oct/12/israel-oecd-tourism-summit Sam Bahour and Charles Shamas. Israel lists tourist sites in occupied territory, such as the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, as Israeli. Photograph: Michele Falzone/JAI/Corbis What can be said for the state of international law when international organisations such as the OECD find themselves unable to prevent a member country from bringing its unlawful practice into the life of the organisation itself? In such situations, how can law-abiding member countries avoid being drawn into acquiescence? Later this month, these questions may f...

NOVANEWS October 10, 2010 by Debbie Menon By William Cook “Our goal is two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security,” (President Obama) such is the illusion that resurfaces to restart the peace negotiations that will stabilize the mid-east. For 63 years that “goal” has been the carrot held before the people of the United States and Britain as the ultimate resolution for the Israeli/Palestinian crisis. In reality there is nothing in the statement that is true. The Israeli government, from its inception in May of 1948 to now, has never had as its “goal” two peoples in two states living in peace and security. Indeed, the opposite has been true: “What should be obvious now, after the carefully researched and scholarly work of Dr. Pappe (The Ethnic Cleansing of...

NOVANEWS Israeli Cabinet passes loyalty bill October 11, 2010 by Michael Leon   - Loyalty oath to Jewish state part of ethnic cleansing campaign as Israel veers into fascism - By Aron Heller JERUSALEM — Israel’s Cabinet approved on Sunday a bill that would require new citizens to pledge a loyalty oath to a “Jewish and democratic” state, language that triggered charges of racism from Arab lawmakers who see it as undermining the rights of the country’s Arab minority. Few non-Jews apply for Israeli citizenship so if the bill passes into law, the legislation would not directly affect Arab citizens of Israel, who make up 20 percent of the population. Nevertheless, it has infuriated the Arab minority and stoked tensions with Palestinians at a time when fledgling peace talks are deadlocked over ...

NOVANEWS Undercover Zio=Nazi members of Gestapo Violently Arrest Eight Unarmed Demonstrators in Beit Ummar Undercover Zio=Nazi Gestapo Arresting Demonstrators in Beit Ummar 8 October 2010 Weekly unarmed demonstration in Beit Ummar attacked by undercover Zio=Nazi Gestapo disguised as Palestinian demonstrators. Nazi Gestapo's arrested a total of eight non-violent demonstrators under a blanket of tear gas and percussion grenades. Undercover Zio=Nazi Gestap Arresting Demonstrators in Beit Ummar 8 October 2010  Four Palestinians, three internationals and one Israeli solidarity activist were arrested by Zio=Nazi Forces during a Palestinian demonstration against Karmei Tsur, an illegal Zionist settlement built on Beit Umar land. The arrested Israeli solidarity activist was injured after the A...

NOVANEWS October 10, 2010  Gilad Atzmon Following Zio=Nazi Avigdor Lieberman’s address at the UN last week, Aluf Benn wrote (1)  in Haaretz: “During the past few weeks, Zio=Nazi Netanyahu invested a great deal of effort in trying to convince the leaders of the world that he is serious about peace with the Palestinians. He asked them to ignore the resumption of settlement construction, and convinced Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Ab-A$$ not to quit the negotiations. Now comes Lieberman, Zionist most senior diplomat, and tells all those leaders that… Netanyahu is faking. Even worse: the foreign minister is implying that Netanyahu’s demand that the Palestinians recognize the racist  Zio=Nazi regime of 'Israel' as a Jewish state is merely cover for the expulsion of Arab ci...

NOVANEWS In This Issue... “We will not be ctizens of a fascist state purporting to be Israel” say hundreds of Israeli academics and public figures. Abdallah Abu Rahmah gets one year in prison despite international outcry More Recent Articles Search The Only Democracy? “We will not be citizens of a fascist state purporting to be Israel” say hundreds of Israeli academics and public figures.   From Gush Shalom October 10, 2010 A protest rally against the government’s “Loyalty Oath Bill” was held outside the Tel Aviv house where Ben-Gurion read the 1948 the Declaration of Independence. There, today, the “Declaration of Independence from Fascism” was signed. “We are citizens of the Israel which was depicted in the Declaration of Independence, a peace-seeking country based on th...

NOVANEWS New NSA Replacing Jones Supports Harder Line Against Iran Obama has named Tom Donilon, pro-Zionist warmonger, as National Security Adviser, replacing James Jones.    The attached article by Helena Cobban is a flashback to April 27, 2010 describing Donilon’s confrontational position against Iran. Donlin was the favorite of Zionist Rahm Emanuel.  According to Veterans Today, ” Jones chose Donilon as his deputy at the insistence of Emanuel, despite having no personal connection to him, and later came to regret the choice.”  Jones was an outsider to Obama’s circle of Zionist extremist advisers, including Axelrod, Gibbs, Lippert, and Emauel, described as “water bugs” for having denied him access to the President, and for dealing with Donlin instead of Jones. Like many who have dominate...

NOVANEWS October 9, 2010  Gilad Atzmon Israeli Defense minister Ehud Barak is expected to back amendment to Citizenship Act. Here is the amended version: "I hereby declare my loyalty to the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state in the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and I pledge to honor state laws." Barak  said today that "such a declaration will not harm the Arab minority, and declarations of a similar nature are customary in civilized countries around the world" He is right, such a contradictory declaration cannot harm anyone, for it is logically flawed. The Israeli cabinet better decide whether they want  their state to be Jewish or democratic, for the two, clearly  contradict each other.

NOVANEWS Dear Friends and Allies, Palestinian students in Gaza navigate frustrating, demoralizing, and illegal barriers every single day as they strive to attain a basic human right – receiving a quality education. And since they can’t study abroad at a school in your town or even go on a trip to learn about the historical wonders of the world – we need to take our messages to them. Please visit our Send a Message to Gaza page and send a message of encouragement, solidarity and support. Your message will be sent to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and from there, directly into the hands of students like Abd-AlRahman, a Telecommunications Engineering student at Al-Azhar University, or Ilham, a student at Palestine Nursing College; their stories are among those featured on Fakho...