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NOVANEWS Haaretz     http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1160505.html  By Chaim Levinson   One of the fascinating ideological debates in a settlement is whether to employ Palestinian workers in building a settlement or an outpost, so the land can be claimed as fast as possible. Those supporting the hiring of Palestinians believe it is best to take hold of the land quickly, so it can be redeemed quickly. The opponents argue it is best to promote spiritual values, which will lead to redemption. However, steps taken by the Palestinian Authority in its war against the settlements may make the debate irrelevant. The PA has been burning goods produced in settlements, and now there is a proposal to ban Palestinians from working in settlements. The settlement economy is mostly based on Palestinian...

NOVANEWS Dear organisers, Today PSC and the TUC are proud to launch the Ban Settlement Goods Campaign, which aims to take Israeli settlement produce and goods off the shelves of Britain ’s shops.  We have produced an online campaign toolkit to help everyone who shares our aim to get involved. In the toolkit, you’ll find a comprehensive briefing on settlements, their impact on the Palestinians of the West Bank and information on Britain ’s connection with these illegal entities. You’ll also find ways of taking practical action, including model letters to send to your MP, MEP and local supermarket if you find it selling settlement goods. There are also suggestions of how to use modern methods of communication, such as Facebook and Twitter, to take your campaign further, a media strategy to g...

NOVANEWS        Violent clashes broke out on Saturday between riot police and right-wing protesters. Skip related content Violence at anti-mosque protest Enlarge photo Related content Violent clashes at anti-mosque demonstration Police hurt in clothing sale scrum Swann arrested on suspicion of drink-driving Related Hot Topic: Crime Have your say: Crime About 2,000 members of the English Defence League (EDL) descended on Dudley town centre in the West Midlands to demonstrate against plans for a new mosque. Some of the protesters broke out of a pen in a car park, breaking down metal fences and throwing the metal brackets at officers, who were armed with riot shields and batons. Members of the demonstration started fighting their own stewards who were trying to calm them ...

NOVANEWS Does the British government know the difference between Islam and Islamist? Another example of a Western government (this time the British) seemingly incapable of understanding the nuance and shade in the non-Anglo world. How comforting to know that writing about Islam and being critical of the “war on terror” makes one a potential target for government intrusion: The UK Home Office last week released a study naming the most influential “pro-Islamic” bloggers in an attempt to estimate the scale and influence of Islamic bloggers in the UK. Published by Contest,the country’s counter-terrorism strategy and its supportive arm - the Research, Information and Communications Unit (Ricu) – the study estimates and trackS the scale and influence of Islamic (and pro-leaning) bloggers who po...

NOVANEWS Pleasetake time to watch this video (about 1/2 an hour) about the  children of gaza. This video shauld be in school programs in uk, but surely this remains a dream. Our government is so Zionist that will never happend. The VIDEO is Aftermath of Israeli attacks on Gazan children. British documentary. http://pulsemedia.org/2010/03/28/children-of-gaza/

NOVANEWS April 1, 2010 by Gordon Duff KARZAI’S ATTEMPTS TO PLAY US, INDIA, PAKISTAN AND RUSSIA AGAINST EACH OTHER A CHILDISH ATTEMPT AT REVIVAL OF “COLD WAR THINKING” By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor When the Afghan Parliament threw out President Karzai’s request to replace UN election inspectors with those of “his choosing,” Karzai chose to blame “foreigners” for his problems.  The problem UN inspectors found in the election that renewed the Karzai presidency last August was massive fraud, with over 1/3rd of votes being throw out.  Ranting about America or the United Nations won’t cure the ills of the already seriously ill Karzai presidency. America can be blamed, not for interfering with elections but for supporting Karzai in the first place.  Bush clearly saw Karzai as a “...

  NOVANEWS   Doha Debates features Fatah and Hamas debating reconciliation and the future of the resistancehttp://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=4958&updaterx=2010-03-26+12%3A07%3A20

NOVANEWS The totally unique Israeli journalist Gideon Levy is interviewed by the Electronic Intifada and doesn’t hold back: The Israeli media, which is a free media, free of censorship, free of governmental pressure, has been dehumanizing the Palestinians, demonizing them. Without the cooperation of the Israeli media, the occupation would not have lasted so long. It is destructive in ways I cannot even describe. It’s not Romania, it’s not Soviet Russia. It’s a free democracy, the media could play any role but it has chosen to play this role. The main thing is about the flow of information. It is so one-sided, so much propaganda and lies and ignorance. The great man’s words in action (his latest column for Haaretz): The Palestinians do not want peace. Indeed, they do not even agree to speak...

NOVANEWS Jerusalem Quartet - Liars and Ambassadors on Behalf of the Israeli State Well the furore caused by our action against the Jerusalem Quartet continues to grow apace. Apart from this blog receiving record hits, we have had 2 major articles in yesterday’s Independent, a Feedback on Radio 4 and growing international coverage such as YNet. But throughout all this is the argument that we disrupted, horror of horrors, a classical music concert and thus spoilt the enjoyment of London’s concert-going chattering classes. So there are two obvious questions: It is Acceptable to Disrupt a Classical Music Concert Because of the Musicians' Complicity with Israeli Military Repression? and Was it Acceptable to Protest and Disrupt Concerts by Wilhelm Furtwangler and the Berlin Philharm...

NOVANEWS My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: "I am not a Palestinian Refugee in Lebanon."