NOVANEWS I spent last week at the United Nations, meeting with ambassadors of countries in the Middle East and presenting my final report to the Third Committee of the General Assembly as my term as Special Rapporteur […]
NOVANEWS There is a temptation to suggest that political life in Turkey and Egypt are both being victimized by a similar deepening of polarization between Islamic and secular orientations, and to some extent this […]
NOVANEWS This material below was distributed by John Whitbeck, distinguished American lawyer and author, living in Paris,and doing his best to keep a group concerned with world affairs informed about latest developments, especially inthe Middle East. I also […]
NOVANEWS By Prof. Richard Falk My friend and former collaborator, Howard Friel, has written an intriguing book contrasting the worldviews and polemical styles of two Jewish American intellectuals with world class reputations,Noam Chomsky and Alan Dershowitz (Friel, Chomsky and Dershowitz: […]
NOVANEWS ABCThe arrests were made after a four-month investigation. Police allege that one of two Sydney men arrested today is the ringleader of a criminal syndicate which has been helping recruit people to travel to […]
NOVANEWS Former Military Intel Chief Doubts Violations Are Happening by Jason Ditz Reports from Israeli military sources say that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered Mossad and Israeli Military Intelligence to find evidence of “violations” of the […]
NOVANEWS Egyptian Riot policemen fire tear gas towards supporters during a demonstration of Muslim Brotherhood on November 29, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo: AFP – Mahmoud Khaled) Published Friday, November 29, 2013 Updated 6:30pm: Police fired tear […]
NOVANEWS MOSSAD/CIA AGENT A prominent Egyptian blogger said on Tuesday he had been arrested, the latest political activist to be detained in a widening crackdown on dissent by the army-backed government. “I am now […]
NOVANEWS Ahmed Fouad Negm is pictured in Beirut following the 2006 Israeli assault on Lebanon. (Photo: Al-Akhbar) Published Tuesday, December 3, 2013 Egyptian poet Ahmed Fouad Negm, renowned for his revolutionary poetry and for his harsh […]
NOVANEWS A picture taken on June 29, 2009 shows a nun watching on as visitors pray in the Christian Orthodox monastery of Saint Takla in the Syrian village of Maaloula. (Photo: AFP – Louai Beshara) […]