Politics

NOVANEWS Israel demolishes entire village for fifth time, immediately after holiday From the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality, all photos by Oren Ziv of www.activestills.org  The Bedouin unrecognized village of Al Arakib was demolished this morning for the 5th time,immediately after Eid Al-Fitr (one of the most important Muslim holidays marking the end of Ramadan). The village is located 7 kilometers north of the city of Be’er Sheva, in the Israeli Negev Desert. Dozens of policemen came to the village before dawn to secure the bulldozers which started to destroy the tents and the all other structures in the village.     Since 27th of July, when the first demolition of the village occurred, the state of Israel has destroyed the village another four times: August 4th. Augus...

NOVANEWS Yediot to Abe Foxman: Are we anti-Semitic too? September 14, 2010 Not exactly, but close. For those of you who have missed the latest chapter of what Matt Duss calls "the continuing attempt to redefine 'blood libel' as 'saying things about Israel I don't particularly like'", here's a brief: This week's TIME Magazine cover story was a feature by Karl Vick, entitled "Why Israel doesn't care about peace" was not very useful from the current Hasbara perspective. Unfortunately, attacking it on its merits proved to be somewhat difficult. But Abe Foxman is always ready to play the anti-Semitism card. Haaretz: A Time magazine cover story claiming Israelis are more interested in their booming economy than reaching an historical peace agreement with the Palestinians is another...

NOVANEWS      Click to make your  New Year's gift to JVP.                        Dear, The last two weeks have been, well, crazy. Like most of my co-workers, I've had a lot of very late nights lately, just trying to keep up with the pace. And you know what? I wouldn't have it any other way. This is the work we are on this planet to do - and, we can't do it without you.  Over the past few weeks, we connected with over 150 remarkable stage and screen professionals, all ready to proudly support their bold Israeli colleagues who refused to perform in illegal settlements. The Israeli artists helped catalyze a national conversation about settlements in Israel. We want to do the same here.   Truly, this is a bittersweet Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year). So much is happening--...

NOVANEWS If  you know any Israelis please forward this to them.  I presume that anyone could sign, though.  On 29 July, Kairos Palestine, the Alternative Tourism Group and the Ecumenical Coalition on Tourism issued an open letter urging the OECD not to hold its annual tourism conference in Jerusalem in October. The text of the letter may be read here: http://alternativenews.org/english/index.php/topics/jerusalem/2772-call-to-oecd-dont-hold-tourism-conference-in-jerusalem-  The OECD replied, and the three groups are now issuing a public response (please see below). The groups particularly invite Israelis to sign the public response below. As the Coordinator of Kairos Palestine noted, “the more Israelis the better!” If you are interested in signing this response, please send your name (or na...

NOVANEWS by Flora Nicoletta   September 13, 2010This is the narrative of a 22-year old Palestinian who returned recently to Gaza. Among his misfortunes he was apprehended and arbitrarly detained by the mukhabarat (General Intelligence) in Jordan.  "I was born in Sinai Rafah, as is called the part of Rafah City situated in Egyptian territory. In this section of the town 99 percent of the inhabitants were 1948 refugees and most of them were originally from the Palestinian port city of Isdud [today Ashdoud in Israel]. "In 1993 the Egyptian authorities expelled all of us to the Gaza Strip. If you want to see these refugees today they all are in Tall Es-Sultan, on the Palestinian side of the border with Egypt. All the Palestinians were expelled from Sinai Rafah. The Egyptian government gave...

NOVANEWS   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ofra-yeshualyth/national-jewish-state-not_b_714040.html       Ofra Yeshua-Lyth: National Jewish State: Not a Good Idea, for Palestinian and Jews Alike September 13, 2010So many bags are going to be packed and unpacked all over again in the present round of Israeli Palestinian Peace talks. According to the special American envoy George Mitchell, the rivaling leaders have agreed to meet every two weeks over the coming months, with U.S. representatives attending at least some of those meetings. One may look enviously on the lavish gatherings, the next one due this Monday at the enchanted Egyptian-Bedouin Sharm El Sheikh resort. At the same time respect is due for the perfect candor sizzling out of the off-record briefings: no, nobody expects rea...

NOVANEWS Time for disengagement After the (limited ) success of the disengagement from Gaza, the time has come for another disengagement - that which will release Israel from the chains of the corrupting influence of wealthy Jewish men. By Gideon Levy After the (limited ) success of the disengagement from Gaza, the time has come for another disengagement - that which will release Israel from the chains of the corrupting influence of wealthy Jewish men. One of the conclusions that arises from the impressive and extensive investigative report by Gidi Weitz on Austrian billionaire Martin Schlaff and his activities in Israel, published in Haaretz on the eve of the Rosh Hashanah holiday, is that the wealthiest members of the world Jewish community who stir the pot in Israel frequently do more ...

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NOVANEWS Open Letter to People of Israel from Lauren Booth, Journalist on the First Free Gaza Voyage September 12, 2010 by Michael Leon   - Israel, in an lie absurd by its own propaganda standard, congratulates itself as having the most moral military in the world - Journalist Lauren Booth was on the first Free Gaza voyage and stayed to work in Gaza after the boats left. Her heartfelt letter to the people of Israel should be read and seen by everyone who hopes for peace in the Middle East. This stunning video tribute to her words was designed and produced by the Free Gaza movement.

NOVANEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 September 2010 Gaza City , GAZA STRIP The Zio=Nazi Gestapo carried out air strikes on three regions of the Gaza Strip late last night, as inhabitants were preparing to celebrate Eid ul-Fitr, the Mulim holiday marking the end the holy month of Ramadan that starts today. It constitute the second missile attack by Zio=Nazi's on Gaza since negotiations resumed on 2 September 2010. Just before 11PM (midnight Palestine time) last night (9 Sept. 2010) Zio=Nazi dropped two missiles on Gaza City, three on Rafah, one on Beit Hanoun and a further missile on Deir Al Balah, a second central Gaza location. Following the Gaza City bombing, which witnesses on the scene said landed inches from the spot of a previous missile attack near Arafat’s Compound one month ago, on...