NOVANEWS As the regime in Bahrain puts medical staff in the dock, they’ve managed to do what only the worst dictatorships, mad monarchs and authoritarians do, lock up a poet. “MANAMA — A Bahraini court sentenced […]
NOVANEWS Dear Fiends, This evening’s message contains 6 items, all from our domestic press. I haven’t had a chance yet to check out the international media. But even if I’ve missed something, the 6 below cover grounds […]
NOVANEWS Muammar Gadhafi’s decision to pursue gold standard and reject dollars for oil payments may have sealed his fate By Brian E. Muhammad The war raging in Libya since February is getting progressively worse as […]
NOVANEWS Netanya rabbi tells minor she’s fated to be ‘messiah’s mother,’ must have sex with him to atone for sins A Netanya rabbi was charged on Monday with raping a 12-year-old girl. David Hafuta, […]
NOVANEWS Grapel immigrated to Israel from the United States and joined the IDF in March 2005. He served as a lone soldier in the Paratroopers’ 101st Battalion and was injured during the Second Lebanon War. […]
NOVANEWS According to the Egyptian authorities, the man they arrested is Ilan Grapel. A person of the same name and personal history gave an interview Haaretz The Jewish American citizen arrested in Egypt for suspected […]
NOVANEWS Rep. Rohrabacher Has ‘No Regrets’ After His Delegation Is Asked to Leave antiwar.com A Congressional delegation led by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R – CA) has earned the ignominious distinction of being such a nuisance that […]
NOVANEWS by Gareth Porter During his intensive initial round of media interviews as commander in Afghanistan in August 2010, Gen. David Petraeus released figures to the news media that claimed spectacular success for raids […]
NOVANEWS Real author of the blog ‘A Gay Girl in Damascus’, Tom MacMaster who is based in Turkey, posts apology but insists his fictitious account was truly reflective of the situation on the ground in […]
NOVANEWS by Gilad Atzmon It occurred to me recently that the Palestinian solidarity discourse is spiritually, ideologically and intellectually driven by some very misleading terminology: crucial notions such as Zionism, colonialism and apartheid (heard in every […]