Month: April 2010

NOVANEWS A visitor to Nahr Al-Barid sent me this (I cite with her permission) (pictures will follow): “The Lebanese army is resuming the role of the intelligence service (2ème bureau; maktab tani) as we used […]

NOVANEWS This is the second Angry Arab interview in the series. More will follow. Here are the answers by comrade Madawi Al-Rasheed: “Dear Madawi: I have been travelling. Here are the questions. you may answer […]

NOVANEWS But It’s a Music Event – Nothing to Do with Politics Well it’s been quite a day with lots of messages to my inbox and increasing coverage across the web, including for the report […]

NOVANEWS Jerusalem Quartet Concert at London’s Wigmore Hall is Disrupted & Radio 3’s Live Broadcast is Terminated I have a confession to make. I nearly didn’t make it. Yesterday I put my watch and car […]

NOVANEWS A blast from the past, proving that America’s leading Zionist lobby sometimes criticises the Jewish state (hardly for human rights reasons but the fear of Israel being seen working with despots). How times have […]

NOVANEWS I don’t want this blog to get obsessed with any one individual, and I fear that we’re moving in that direction with Tom Friedman, the main foreign-policy columnist at the New York Times and […]

NOVANEWS Zio=Nazi Police attacked on Thursday Wadi Hilwa Media Center, in Silwan’s Wadi Hilwa neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, and violently attacked employees and visitors, leading to several injuries, the Palestine News Network (PNN) reported. […]

NOVANEWS Jamal Zahalka, leader and MK of the Balad party, formerly led by Azmi Bishara, talks about Israeli society and history in this clip from the film Ashkenaz, by Rachel Leah Jones. When you watch, […]

NOVANEWS My following article, written with John Docker and Ned Curthoys, appears in New Matilda: It’s not just major western allies who are talking tough with Israel – evidence suggests ordinary Jews are also withdrawing […]

NOVANEWS AIPAC moves into gear and asks Israel lovers to deepen the relationship For anybody worrying about Israel’s decline into deeper repression and occupation (such as the former editor of Haaretz, David Landau), America’s leading […]