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NOVANEWS by Khalil Nouri By Khalil Nouri STAFF WRITER / EDITOR Afghanistan is to convene a grand tribal convention for a consensus with the Taliban leaders to relinquish the status-quo and accept the terms and conditions set by regional countries including US, UK and Saudi Arabia to end the War in Afghanistan. This could be a milestone and turning point for all parties to lay down some genuine benchmarks for Afghanistan’s future. However, as learned from some news media sources that there are rough roads ahead and some believe it is a replay of Soviet Union’s last minute attempt that failed prior to its withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989, and some believe it is the lack of regional players’ true intention that makes this a futile effort to thrive. The story in this article begins wit...

NOVANEWS Foreign Policy Briefing 4/20/2010  by Bob Higgins This summary briefing comes to us through the courtesy of Just Foreign Policy. Support the work of Just Foreign Policy: Please donate what you can to support our work. http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/donate.html Urge Congress to End the War in Afghanistan Urge your representatives to support the Feingold-McGovern-Jones bill for a timetable for military withdrawal. If we can get 100 co-sponsors in the House in the next few weeks, we may able to get a vote on a withdrawal timetable when the House considers the war supplemental. http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/feingold-mcgovern Current co-sponsors in the House: Capuano; Conyers; DeFazio; Delahunt; Duncan; Farr; Harman; Hirono; Johnson, Timothy; Jones, Walter; Kucinich; Lee, Ba...

NOVANEWS Israel is debated at California Democratic convention, Harman walks out in huff Toronto threatens Pride march funding over apartheid comparison Are there non-Jews in West Jerusalem? Not a good time to be Martin Kramer, or a good time to be Harvard’s Weatherhead Center Neocon identity project: they will always hate us, because we’re Jews Have you heard of this outfit? Will the absurdity of Mamilla open people’s eyes? The new nationalism In ‘Greenberg,’ it’s the dick who plants trees in Israel Netanyahu’s shtadlanim press Obama with same tired arguments Israel is debated at California Democratic convention, Harman walks out in huffPosted: 19 Apr 2010 09:48 AM PDT We often note the news that Democratic rank-and-file support for Israel is fading. Well, the Cal...

NOVANEWS Rabbinic Letter to Goldstone: ‘your report is a clarion call to Israel and the Jewish people to awaken from the slumber of denial and return to the path of peace.’ Is this how it works? Yes, I think this is how it works Haber: does BDS leadership seek ideological purity or a coalition? Rabbi Hillel: ‘If not now, when?’ Rahm Emanuel: ‘Not now’ Margalit says Jerusalem must be internationalized (who is listening?) Palestinians favor two-state, but one-state is surging Gaza is coming home Jacqueline Rose to speak tonight on Dreyfus case Let the American media and politicians and Jewish leadership blind themselves to this, too Times’ Filkins declares Ahmadinejad our ‘archenemy’ * Dear Judge Goldstone, As rabbis from diverse traditions and locations, we want to e...

NOVANEWS The not-so special relationship What does it take to get liberal Zionists on board with BDS, and is it worth it? Divestment makes Jews uncomfortable because it confronts them with facts that have been suppressed On Israeli Independence Day, some Jews break the law of return The internet is great for journalism, but it’s also destroying our lives Homogeneity in Israel causes culture shock to diversity after just 18 months Realist Ian Lustick pulls out of Phila teach-in with ‘apartheid’ in title Assessing Iran’s nuclear intentions Some British MPs want to get rid of the phrase ”special relationship" in reference to Anglo-American ties, because they say it has lost its meaning, and because it suggests that Britain is the subservient poodle of superpower America...

NOVANEWS Spending billions on a cause that remains unclear Why Zionists want to be told what to think about Israel Murdoch cares for nothing more than being close to the big boys Anonymity is (usually) the enemy of good journalism Our oil addiction is funding this Insecure Zionism, an ongoing series We are truly sorry, say US troops from Iraq Israel is a sick child with no real interest in recovery, writes Haaretz What does a Taliban fighter think? Spending billions on a cause that remains unclear The price of an endless “war on terror”: Over the past five years, the U.S. government has spent a combined $80 billion on contractors to support its operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. And that has U.S. military leaders concerned: On Friday, the top U.S. general in Afgh...

NOVANEWS How much do we know about Frank Lowy and his beloved Israel? Now why would the Times want the world to know that America has no idea about Iran? Rudd government treats refugees as political footballs Jews who don’t adore Israel are still good Jews (pass it on) Sri Lanka may not be the best judge of Israeli criminality Hands up the Tamils who still want independence? Chomsky fears the rise of fascism in the US Standing up for Palestine at Berkeley How much do we know about Frank Lowy and his beloved Israel? In my book My Israel Question I discuss the role of Australian Jewish billionaire Frank Lowy and his closeness to Israel. This story, in Haaretz yesterday, reveals both his unhealthy relationship with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and largely...

NOVANEWS This is how Israel marks its 62nd birthday Australia once again uses refugees as punching bag The Israeli airline that likes to give Arabs a hard time Jewish Americans for Sarah Palin Blackwater don’t believe they should ever face justice Israel’s Right wants to kill Haaretz once and for all Muslims don’t like being bombed to liberation (tell the neo-cons) So AIPAC isn’t reporting to a foreign entity? How unpopular globally is Israel? Cover your legs, ladies, an earthquake is coming This is how Israel marks its 62nd birthday Ari Shavit writes in Haaretz a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It’s a fascinating document, fearful, paranoid and alive to Zionism’s likely fate in the 21st century. And where is Diaspora Jewry in all this? Asleep...

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NOVANEWS Israeli Activist On Trial For Supporting Bedouin In This Issue... Israeli Activist On Trial For Supporting Bedouin More Recent Articles Search The Only Democracy? Israeli Activist On Trial For Supporting Bedouin A thank you from Yeela Raanan of the RCUV (Regional Council of Unrecognized Villages.) I was taken to court yesterday for sitting in a home in an unrecognized Bedouin village, as the bulldozer was at the wall – ready to demolish the house. The police carried me out of the home and arrested me, and a couple of years later – I was put on trial for “disrupting a policeman”. We gathered – about 40 of us, half an hour before the trial time. We sat outside the courthouse: we were Jews and Arabs – this battle was not a battle of Jews against Arab...