Politics

GARETH PORTER: UN Fact-Finding Mission Says Israelis “Executed” US Citizen Furkan Dogan September 29, 2010  by Debbie Menon   Asked by this writer whether the DOJ had received the autopsy report on Dogan, DOJ spokesperson Laura Sweeney refused to comment By Gareth Porter via t r u t h o u t Furkan Dogan, a 19-year-old US citizen of Turkish descent, was aboard the Mavi Marmara when he was killed by Israeli commandos. (Photo: freegazaorg; Edited: Jared Rodriguez / t r u t h o u t) The report of the fact-finding mission of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the Israeli attack on the Gaza flotilla released last week shows conclusively, for the first time, that US citizen Furkan Dogan and five Turkish citizens were murdered execution-style by Israeli...

NOVANEWS New Act of Israeli Piracy SOP, Memory of Murdered American Dims September 28, 2010 by Michael Leon     Furkan Dogan, shot five times from close range. Planned to become a doctor; son of Dr. Ahmed Dogan (Assistant Professor at the University of Irkiis). - Israeli Piracy Continues, Terror State Issues No Apologies - As news broke that the Israeli navy engaged in yet another act of piracy of nine Jewish activists off the coast of Gaza halting humanitarian aid on the ship, Irene, memories have dimmed of last May’s deadly assault, the infamous Massacre on the Mediterranean. By Dave Lindorff and Linn Washington in This Can’t Be Happening Murder is murder, and terror is terror, you might think. But when terror is committed against an American citizen by the state of Israel the response f...

NOVANEWS Contact the Foreign & Commonwealth Office I have just seen this urgent request to contact the FCO re the crew of the Irene: http://jewishboattogaza.org/?p=350 There is a link to the FCO’s website, from where you can email a message. There is a letter on the website which can be cut and pasted onto the box on the website. I think it is important to stress that the interception of the boat and her crew is completely illegal and that the UK should be extremely concerned about the unlawful imprisonment of its citizens by a foreign state. This is the text of a message from Simon Natas, a solicitor to the FCO: Dear Sirs I understand that the Jewish Boat to Gaza , the Irene, has been intercepted by the Israeli Navy and diverted to Ashdod . The crew of the boat, two of whom are Britis...

NOVANEWS Haaretz , September 28, 2010 Irish Nobel Peace Prize laureate resists deportation from Israel Mairead Maguire has been barred from entering Israel as a result of her participation in the Rachel Corrie Gaza-bound aid ship in June. http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/irish-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-resists-deportation-from-israel-1.316211 By Jack Khoury Irish Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Maguire refused to board a U.K.-bound flight on Tuesday after being barred by security from entering Israel. Maguire's entry was barred due to her participation in an attempt to violate Israel's naval blockade on the Gaza Strip aboard the aid ship Rachel Corrie in June. The vessel was intercepted and boarded by the Israeli Navy and led to Ashdod harbor, with Maguire being deported f...

NOVANEWS Haaretz , September 28, 2010 Dozens of Arab families may be evicted from East Jerusalem neighborhood under court ruling Judges reject appeal by Palestinians claiming to own a large plot in the western portion of Sheikh Jarrah, enabling settlers to move ahead with plans to build in the area. http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/dozens-of-arab-families-may-be-evicted-from-east-jerusalem-neighborhood-under-court-ruling-1.316055?localLinksEnabled=false By Nir Hasson A Supreme Court ruling Sunday may allow settler groups to move into dozens more homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Justices Yoram Danziger, Esther Hayut and Miriam Naor unanimously rejected an appeal by Palestinians claiming to own a large plot in the western portion of the neighborhood. The co...

NOVANEWS September 28, 2010 by Debbie Menon  Get in there first – that’s the secret – If it wasn’t for the “war on terror” America and Israel wouldn’t be enjoying such military fun and games and reaping such fat rewards. Whole new industries are flourishing thanks to the considerable effort they’ve devoted to sowing the seeds of terror. The Institute of Terrorism Research and Response (ITRR), for example, is an American-Israeli corporation “created to help organizations succeed and prosper in a world threatened by terrorism.” Institute of Terrorism Research and Response in Israel (http://www.terrorresponse.org/) Its partners include The Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute – “your gateway to business in Israel”. Their global intelligence division even maintains a presen...

Monday, 27 September 2010 UN Fact Finding Mission’ Devastating Report on Israel’s Attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Israel Guilty of Murder and Torture The Report of the UN Fact Finding Mission, established on 2nd June by the UN Human Rights Council into the attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, is a devastating critique of Israel’s attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and its aftermath, in particular regarding the Mavi Marmara. That Israel has dismissed its findings as 'biased' etc. is no surprise. Any independent fact finding report, such as the Goldstone Report which they have since quietly admitted is true, is always rubbished by Israel. At 56 pages, the Report is at once both devastating in its factual conclusions and in its concise legal summary of the implications of those facts....

NOVANEWS September 27, 2010  President Obama seems to be confused.  Help him out by signing our petition stating that negotiations must be based on human rights, international law, and UN resolutions.  Click here to sign. Yesterday at midnight, Israel's self-declared ten-month "moratorium" on settlement building expired. Not that the "moratorium" was meaningful in the first place. The supposed freeze on new housing starts in the occupied Palestinian West Bank literally had thousands of exceptions.  Projects already underway continued to be built, and building in occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem didn't miss a beat.  As of now, the fate of recently launched Israeli-Palestinian negotiations remains unclear.  Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas had threatened to walk away ...

NOVANEWS Friends have told us about a spot close to the Israeli town of Modi'in where detainees are brought after being released and left there, usually in the evening or at night, when they have no way of getting home. We saw a road blocked by several concrete slabs, and next to them were taxi drivers and an army jeep. And we stopped. When the soldiers saw us filming them they left, and shortly afterward we learned they had gone to shoot inside the village. We also learned that just before we got there the soldiers had beaten the taxi drivers under one pretext or another as they are wont to do as a matter of routine. This was around 5 p.m. and the taxi drivers were waiting for workers coming back from work in Israel. We learned from them that this is indeed the place where the...

NOVANEWS "Failure of the Zionist regime against the resolve and resistance of the regional nations is for sure and there is no doubt about it," Rahimi said in a meeting with visiting Lebanese Health Minister Muhammad Jawad Khalifa on Sunday. He said the world has experienced a great change and the nations have gained more awareness on the current international conditions, and added, "The Zionist regime will not last long under the current conditions and will move towards annihilation." Elsewhere, Rahimi pointed to the friendly relations between Iran and Lebanon, and underlined that the Islamic Republic government has always supported Lebanon in all arenas. "Lebanon has always been specially important to Iran and Iran assumes support for Lebanon's security as its duty," he added. Te...