Category: Nova Newsletter

NOVANEWS Dear Friends, 8 items below tonight, most on events here and in the OPT the past 2-3 days, mostly on Palestinian political prisoners in Israel. Item 1 is on a slightly different note—a UN […]

NOVANEWS ’5 Broken Cameras’ loses out to ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ for best doc Oscar Autopsy reveals Arafat Jaradat died of extreme torture in Israeli custody Wait, why would a liberal Democrat line up with […]

 NOVANEWS Bloomberg backs Brooklyn College over BDS event as another official withdraws funding threat CalPERS requests UN roundtable on ‘responsible investing in the Middle East’ as it begins to engage Veolia and Elbit over ties […]

NOVANEWS Dear Friends, 7 items this evening in addition to the message that I sent separately earlier from Professor Nurit Peled-Elhanan, and which I hope that you will (or have) read. Item 1 is on […]

Dear Friends, Only 5 items this evening, but of course if you read through item 5, Today in Palestine for February 5, 2013, you will have more.  So many demolitions in this issue.  So many […]

NOVANEWS               Official who threatened Brooklyn College funding calls BDS speakers ‘anti-  Semitic fools’ An unpleasant conversation with a staffer to Brooklyn congresswoman Yvette Clarke about her BDS letter Brooklyn […]

NOVANEWS NLG to Brooklyn College: Criticism of BDS event mischaracterizes advocacy for equal rights for Palestinians as anti-Semitism Lawsuit filed against NYPD wants restrictions on surveillance targeting Muslims ‘NYT’ connects the dots on the Israel […]

NOVANEWS Dear Friends, 9 items below. Two subjects came up more than others in my reading today: the controversy about academic freedom at Brooklyn College, and the study of Israeli and Palestinian textbooks.  The first […]

NOVANEWS SodaStream’s Superbowl ad brings spotlight on Palestine and the Occupation Report: Hillary pushed for Middle East peace deal, Obama wasn’t interested Is Ed Koch’s passing another sign of lobby’s generational fade? Emad Burnat in […]

NOVANEWS Dear Friends, Just 6 items today—partly because we were again without electricity for several hours, and after we had it back, it went out again for another hour—all thanks to the work that the […]