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NOVANEWS Press release From The Freedom Theatre Foundation, Jenin, Palestine 04.46 (gmt+2), July 27, 2011 Special Forces of the Israeli Army attacked the Freedom Theatre in Jenin Refugee Camp at approximately 03:30 this morning. Ahmad Nasser Matahen, a night guard and technician student at the theatre was awoken by heavy blocks of stone being hurled at the theatre by soldiers and several windows were shattered. As he opened the door he found masked and heavily armed Israeli soldiers around the theatre. Ahmed says that the army threw heavy blocks of stone at the theatre, “they told me to open the door to the theatre. They told me to raise my hands and forced me to take my pants down. I thought my time had come, that they would kill me. My brother that was with me was handcuffed.“ The locat...

NOVANEWS by jonatanstanczak The Freedom Theatre was attacked by the Israeli army at the early morning of the 27th of July. The army spokesperson has claimed that the Israeli army did not raid the theatre. Photo and film documentation confirms that the army raid resulted in the shattering of most of the windows of the theatre's multimedia centre and office building. Witnesses also report harassment and threats to several theatre employees.

NOVANEWS Book Review Among the Truthers: A Journey Through America’s Growing Conspiracist Underground, by Jonathan Kay. 2011.HarperCollins, New York. 340 pages. “Those such as Kay who seek to delegitimize the 9/11 Truth Movement infer that one should accept official explanations however ludicrous, and that to go off as individuals searching for veracity indicates defective cognition. But conspiracy theories, like scientific theories, gain strength as attempts to disprove them fail. The effort to stop the 9/11Truth Movement has been a bust. The Movement continues to attract well-informed critical thinkers, and Kay’s book does nothing to slow the momentum. And while all of this is good, there is also threat implied, because those who attack the 9/11 Truth Movement appear to link to politic...

Miko Peled Miko Peled is a peace activist who dares to say in public what others still choose to deny. Born in Jerusalem in 1961 into a well known Zionist family, his grandfather, Dr. Avraham Katsnelson was a Zionist leader and signer of the Israeli Declaration of Independence. His Father, Matti Peled, was a young officer in the war of 1948 and a general in the war of 1967 when Israel conquered the West Bank, Gaza, Golan Heights and Sinai. Miko's unlikely opinions reflect his father's legacy. General Peled was a war hero turned peacemaker. Miko grew up in Jerusalem, a multi-ethnic city, but had to leave Israel before he made his first Palestinian friend, the result of his participation in a dialogue group in California. He was 39. On September 4, 1997 the beloved Smadar, 13, the...

NOVANEWS   Noam Chomsky (Author), Ilan Pappé (Author) 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews) Like(1) RRP: £8.99 Price: £5.29 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions You Save: £3.70 (41%) In stock. Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available. Want guaranteed delivery by Tuesday, June 7?  Order it in the next 29 hours and 31 minutes, and choose Expressdelivery at checkout. See Details 24 new from £3.25 6 used from £3.25

NOVANEWS   Asa Winstanley, Frank Barat,Alice Walker ISBN: 9780745331591 Extent: 224pp Release Date: 20 Oct 2011 Size: 215mm x 135mm Format: Paperback Illustrations: 6 photos Buy Now£17.50BUY USA BUY AUS Product Description   The Russell Tribunal on Palestine is a people’s tribunal in the spirit of the Tribunal on Vietnam that was set up by Bertrand Russell in the 1960s. This book contains a selection of the most vital evidence and testimonies presented at the London session. Examining the involvement of corporations in the illegal occupation of Palestinian land by Israel, the tribunal of 2010 generated widespread media coverage. The book identifies companies and corporations participating in such illegality and possibilities for legal action against the...

NOVANEWS Channel 4's recent drama broke new ground on mainstream TV by portraying some of the brutality that has characterised the state since its foundation and shattering its claims to be a democracy. Written and directed by Peter Kosminsky for Channel 4, The Promise is a four-part drama series that tells the story of the creation of the state of Israel in Palestine, 1948. Set mainly in Haifa, events are seen through the eyes of two British protagonists – Len, a sergeant in the British army of occupation in 1947/48, and his granddaughter Erin, who visits Israel 60 years later during her gap year at the invitation of a friend. Reading her grandfather Len’s diary six decades after the events it describes, 18-year-old Erin learns about some of the momentous events that led ...

NOVANEWS   He Shall Speak to the People in Childhood and in Maturity Qur’an 3:45-51 Surah Ale-’Imran (The Family of ‘Imran) Behold! the angels said “O Mary! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name will be Christ (Maseeh) Jesus the son of Mary held in honor in this world and the Hereafter and of (the company of) those nearest to Allah. “He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity and he shall be (of the company) of the righteous.” She said: “O my Lord! how shall I have a son when no man hath touched me?” He said: “Even so: Allah createth what He willeth; when He hath decreed a plan He but saith to it ‘Be’ and it is! “And Allah will teach him the Book and Wisdom the Law and the Gospel. “And (appoint him) an Apostle to the Children of Israel (with thi...

NOVANEWS 3. I´m sick of 63 years of Israeli occupation (+video) I´m sick of The Wall I´m sick of the checkpoints between Palestinian cities I´m sick of illegal Israeli settlers and settlements I´m sick of having the Hebrew language on my ID card I´m sick of people not knowing anything about our history but knowing so much about Jewish history I´m sick of people ignoring the Palestinian Right of Return and accepting the Jewish Law of Return I´m sick of the Oslo Agreement which no one here wanted in the first place I´m sick of the Palestinian Authority having zero authority I´m sick of watching my father being humiliated at checkpoints by people my age and younger I´m sick of my international friends having to lie about coming to visit; being interrogated, s...

NOVANEWS by crescentandcross   New book claims late prime minister sent weapons to avenge death of Dov Gruner, who was hanged by British Mandatory Authorities in 1947 Israel secretly supplied Argentina with weapons and equipment during the Falklands War due to Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin’s animosity towards the British, a new book written by an Argentinean journalist claims. The Telegraph reported that according to the book – “Operation Israel: the rearming of Argentina during the dictatorship (1976/1983)” – Israel sent air-to -air missiles, radar systems, fuel tanks and gas masks to Peru in 1982, which were later transferred to Argentina. Argentine author Hernan Dobry claims that Begin agreed to the deal in order to avenge the death of his good friend Dov Gruner, w...