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NOVANEWS The New York Times had this caption under this picture: "Hajji Abdul Zahir, far left, the district governor of Marja, oversees payments by the Marines to Afghans in the region." See:www.theangryarab.blogspot.com

NOVANEWS "Five Palestinians sustained bruising on Sunday morning after Zio-Nazi Gestapo ' special forces'  stormed a butcher shop in the Old City of Jerusalem, detaining five employees." See:www.theangeryarab.blogspot.com

NOVANEWS "Japanese-born Megumi was part of our southern community for about a decade, on and off, and was even received as a kibbutz member. The thing is, Megumi is not Jewish, and after breaking up with her partner (who is among the most veteran figures at Zionist kibbutz,) she also lost her status as a temporary resident in the Zionist state of 'Israel'. And so what if she chose to live here with us, and so what if her Hebrew is amazing: Within a few days, Megumi was stripped off that invisible gown of personal safety and social belonging and was forced to urgently leave the country. All the efforts to offer help and convince officials to change the decision were to no avail." See:www.the angryarab.blogspot.com

NOVANEWS More Samir Amin Samir Amin was on Aljazeera for a full hour. So rare to watch and listen and read someone whose every sentence is meaningful and original. I enjoyed every moment of it, and some one should find us the show to post here. He largely spoke about the various Western reports about "failed states" and rejected those (and other) Western standards of political and economic developments out of hand. He stuck to his global analysis of the capitalist economy, and addressed the crisis of modern Arab states. He disagrees with Arab nationalists about their reading of Arab history, but considered Arab unity a (necessary and rational) future for the region. He considers Israel a failed state by the same Western standards and said that Israel would not have been able, say economi...

NOVANEWS Being a high profile Obama supporter, as Melissa Lacewell-Harris is, creates some problems of cognitive dissonance, as well as an impairment of one's ability to interpret historical events: I often begin my political science courses with a brief introduction to the idea of "the state." The state is the entity that has a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence, force and coercion. If an individual travels to another country and kills its citizens, we call it terrorism. If the state does it, we call it war. If a man kills his neighbor it is murder; if the state does it is the death penalty. If an individual takes his neighbor's money, it is theft; if the state does it, it is taxation. To the extent that a state is challenged as the sole, legitimate owner of the tools of violence,...

NOVANEWS Quote of the Week: Michael Ben-Yair   "We enthusiastically chose to become a colonial society, ignoring international treaties, expropriating lands, transferring settlers from Israel to the occupied territories, engaging in theft and finding justification for all these activities. Passionately desiring to keep the occupied territories, we developed two judicial systems: one -- progressive, liberal -- in Israel; and the other - cruel, injurious - in the occupied territories. In effect, we established an apartheid regime in the occupied territories immediately following their capture. That oppressive regime exists to this day".  The war's seventh day by Michael Ben-Yair (Israel's Attorney General, 1993 - 1996). Photo: The Hebron-Halhoul road, 19 Sept 2003. The road on the left is ...

NOVANEWS  The attack took place after nearly 200 residents and peace activists held a protest on Friday evening demanding an end to the provocative attacks and violations carried out by the settlers against the residents of East Jerusalem. Zio=Nazi  settlers attacked Nadia causing several injuries; she was moved to the Al Maqassed Hospital in East Jerusalem, and was sent home after receiving the needed medical treatment. Settlers also attacked Rifqa causing several injuries. The Zio=Nazi police did not attempt to stop the settlers and asked the family of Nadia to file a complaint.  The attack against Rifqa and her daughter was caught on film, but Nazi police did not arrest any of the assailants. Residents of Sheikh Jarrah said that the police is conspiring with the settlers especially sinc...

NOVANEWS Coalbrookdale - A Beauty is Born BIN - Boycott Israel Network Takes Off Because of the campaign around the Jerusalem Quartet, I have only now had time enough to devote to a report on the Boycott Israel Network. At an inaugural get together at Wooller Youth Hostel in Northumbria six months ago, a decision was taken to set up BIN – Boycott Israel Network. The reasons for this have become blindingly obvious. The major Palestine solidarity group, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, has been ‘taken over’ by 2 small political factions – Socialist Action & Communist League – whose main priority is retaining control of the organisation. PSC has increasingly become an organisation where a leadership devoid of activists lays down a line which the membership are supposed to implement. U...

NOVANEWS Police crackdown on protesters posted by lenin Newsnight on the case of Jake Smith and the Gaza protests: Labels: gaza, islamophobia, Israel, metropolitian police, muslims, police brutality, protest, zionism

NOVANEWS The Guardian of Slumber The story of the Israeli Gestapo arresting a journalist, Anat Kam, charging her with treason for the alleged crime that she was a whistle blower during her army service, when she allegedly made available to Haaretz a paper trail of secret documents that revealed high up generals participating in a conspiracy to commit murder, and then putting a gag order on the whole affair, is finally getting some airing in the press, although the major US papers are naturally considering it not fit to print. Don't ask New York Times Ethan Bronner about it. He wouldn't want you to pay attention to the criminality of the institution in which his son proudly serves. Here it is in The Guardian. The Guardian, as Richard Silverstein complains, didn't credit his blog for scoopi...