NOVANEWS
28/11/2010
IDF officers get photo of dead child
Hanan Greenberg–“The phenomenon of classifying IDF officers as `war criminals` is unacceptable, and it`s even worse when their homes and relatives are targeted with this filth. We must do all we can to back this officers, while working to reduce this phenomenon,” says a senior military source. [While I oppose threats of any sort, this report shows that more and more in the world Israeli military personnel are being regarded as war criminals. Dorothy]
Police exonerate Israeli officer who shot canister that hit U.S. activist`s eye
Chaim Levinson–The Judea and Samaria district police found no criminal wrongdoing in the actions of the Border Police soldiers who left an American art student without an eye after getting hit in the face with a tear gas canister at a protest in Qalandiyah six months ago.
anti-Semitism and the Israel-Palestine conflict ¨C assessing the claim of double standards
[forwarded by abraham Weizfeld] Racheli Gai (introductory remarks) Stephen Shalom goes through various variations of the double standard/anti-Semitism claims, checking to see what merit they have, if any.
Israel can`t put occupation up for immoral referendum
Gideon Levy–Israeli democracy at its best: The entire people will decide on the next peace arrangement, but not on the question of settlements and annexation, and not on the question of wars. Israeli trickery at its best: Legislators pass laws relating to the day an arrangement is forged whose point is to defer that day`s arrival for as long as possible. And Israeli morality at its best: A manifestly immoral question is formulated for a referendum, and insult is added to injury because only we Israelis, members of the chosen people, will decide on the fate of another people which has for generations lived under occupation, and we dare to call all this tomfoolery democracy. In fact, this is Israeli chutzpah at its worst.
Israeli army uses Facebook to expose draft dodgers
Wyre Davies–The Israeli army has come up with a novel way of exposing women who lie about their religious background in order to avoid military service.
Memories and maps keep alive Palestinian hopes of returnRefugees remain the most intractable issue of the
Middle East conflict, as two new books show
Ian Black reviews 2 books–A Palestinian girl at a refugee camp in Jordan. 1948 is a key date in Palestinian collective memory. Photograph: Ali Jarekji/Reuters Memories and maps feature prominently in the experience of Palestinians – a people scarred by dispossession, dispersion, occupation and uncertainty about their future. So amid the latest wrangling over the stalled peace talks with Israel come two sharp reminders of the depth of the conflict and how difficult it will be to resolve it.
Dublin Food Co-Op passes Israeli boycott motion
[forwarded by Neta and by Ofer]– John D – IPSC–Last night at a Special General Meeting, members of the Dublin Food Co-Op voted overwhelmingly to boycott Israeli goods. This was the third attempt over the last 2 years to bring in a boycott of Israeli goods. Previous attempts failed to reach consensus or when put to a vote failed to reach the required 75%. Last night the mood was clearly in favour with a final tally of 50 for to about 6 against.
ISRAEL REFUSES TO ATTEND THIS YEAR TO VALLADOLID (SPAIN) TOURISM FAIR AFTER THE BOYCOTT ACTION MADE LAST EDITION
[forwarded by Ofer] plataformapalestinavalladolid.blogspot.com–Platform of Solidarity with Palestine-Valladolid Valladolid.- The State of Israel has refused this year to attend to the XIV Valladolid Tourism Fair INTUR, which started yesterday, 25th November, after the strong boycott action organized in the 2009 of edition by the Platform of Solidarity with Palestine of this Spanish city.
WEST BANK: Israel bulldozes Fayyad’s Freedom Road
BabylonBeyond–While Fayyad was on a trip to Japan this week, hoping to get more funding for his two-year “Palestine: Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State” program, of which building that road was one project, Israel on Wednesday destroyed the road, which is located in Area C of the West Bank.
| NOVANEWS 28/11/2010 |
|
| IDF officers get photo of dead child Hanan Greenberg–“The phenomenon of classifying IDF officers as `war criminals` is unacceptable, and it`s even worse when their homes and relatives are targeted with this filth. We must do all we can to back this officers, while working to reduce this phenomenon,” says a senior military source. [While I oppose threats of any sort, this report shows that more and more in the world Israeli military personnel are being regarded as war criminals. Dorothy] |
|
| Police exonerate Israeli officer who shot canister that hit U.S. activist`s eye Chaim Levinson–The Judea and Samaria district police found no criminal wrongdoing in the actions of the Border Police soldiers who left an American art student without an eye after getting hit in the face with a tear gas canister at a protest in Qalandiyah six months ago. |
|
| anti-Semitism and the Israel-Palestine conflict ¨C assessing the claim of double standards [forwarded by abraham Weizfeld] Racheli Gai (introductory remarks) Stephen Shalom goes through various variations of the double standard/anti-Semitism claims, checking to see what merit they have, if any. |
|
| Israel can`t put occupation up for immoral referendum Gideon Levy–Israeli democracy at its best: The entire people will decide on the next peace arrangement, but not on the question of settlements and annexation, and not on the question of wars. Israeli trickery at its best: Legislators pass laws relating to the day an arrangement is forged whose point is to defer that day`s arrival for as long as possible. And Israeli morality at its best: A manifestly immoral question is formulated for a referendum, and insult is added to injury because only we Israelis, members of the chosen people, will decide on the fate of another people which has for generations lived under occupation, and we dare to call all this tomfoolery democracy. In fact, this is Israeli chutzpah at its worst. |
|
| Israeli army uses Facebook to expose draft dodgers Wyre Davies–The Israeli army has come up with a novel way of exposing women who lie about their religious background in order to avoid military service. |
|
| Memories and maps keep alive Palestinian hopes of returnRefugees remain the most intractable issue of the Middle East conflict, as two new books show Ian Black reviews 2 books–A Palestinian girl at a refugee camp in Jordan. 1948 is a key date in Palestinian collective memory. Photograph: Ali Jarekji/Reuters Memories and maps feature prominently in the experience of Palestinians – a people scarred by dispossession, dispersion, occupation and uncertainty about their future. So amid the latest wrangling over the stalled peace talks with Israel come two sharp reminders of the depth of the conflict and how difficult it will be to resolve it. |
|
| Dublin Food Co-Op passes Israeli boycott motion [forwarded by Neta and by Ofer]– John D – IPSC–Last night at a Special General Meeting, members of the Dublin Food Co-Op voted overwhelmingly to boycott Israeli goods. This was the third attempt over the last 2 years to bring in a boycott of Israeli goods. Previous attempts failed to reach consensus or when put to a vote failed to reach the required 75%. Last night the mood was clearly in favour with a final tally of 50 for to about 6 against. |
|
| ISRAEL REFUSES TO ATTEND THIS YEAR TO VALLADOLID (SPAIN) TOURISM FAIR AFTER THE BOYCOTT ACTION MADE LAST EDITION [forwarded by Ofer] plataformapalestinavalladolid.blogspot.com–Platform of Solidarity with Palestine-Valladolid Valladolid.- The State of Israel has refused this year to attend to the XIV Valladolid Tourism Fair INTUR, which started yesterday, 25th November, after the strong boycott action organized in the 2009 of edition by the Platform of Solidarity with Palestine of this Spanish city. |
|
| WEST BANK: Israel bulldozes Fayyad’s Freedom Road BabylonBeyond–While Fayyad was on a trip to Japan this week, hoping to get more funding for his two-year “Palestine: Ending the Occupation, Establishing the State” program, of which building that road was one project, Israel on Wednesday destroyed the road, which is located in Area C of the West Bank. |
|
__._,_.___
