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NOVANEWS Land theft Israel seizes 16 dunums in Jenin Israeli occupation authorities issued a decision Saturday to confiscate 16 dunums from village of Jalma, north of Jenin, in order to expand Al- Jalma military checkpoint, which is considered the main passage of the Palestinian occupied territories of 48. Khaled Abu Farha, chairman of Jalama village council, said to SAFA news agency on Sunday that the ownership of the confiscated land belonging to the citizens Fawzi Sadiq Abu Farha and Ahmed Saeed Abu Farha, both residents of the village.  http://www.paltelegraph.com/palestine/west-bank/5256-israel-seizes-16-dunums-in-jenin Violence / Aggression Israeli aircraft fires at Palestinians in Gaza Israeli aircraft opened fire at a group of Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip on Sunda...

NOVANEWS Qatari government and Israel: the love affair A reader who wishes to remain anonymous sent me this: "This is..... I am back now in Qatar. I noticed your post about Qatar normalization with Israel and wanted to add two things. The first is that I was visiting Jarrir bookstore the other day, which is a Saudi-owned bookstore, and found "A History of Israel: From the Rise of Zionism to our Time" by Howard Sachar (I wanted to ask your opinion about this book, by the way). When I say I found this book, I do not mean that it was tucked somewhere in the back where one has to make an effort to find it, I mean there were huge stacks of it in the very middle of the books section as if they were trying actively to promote it. So I went to the clerk responsible for the English books section ...

NOVANEWS "A prominent Saudi businessman borrowed £7,000,000 ($10.64m) to fund his “compulsive” gambling habit, according to documents filed in the UK High Court and seen by Arabian Business."

NOVANEWS "The episode predictably glosses over the real 'Israel'. All is well in cartoon 'Israel'. The Muslims in Jerusalem are voiceless, sour-faced caricatures that prostrate themselves in the street (perhaps the 'Israeli' security forces had sealed off the entrance to the Noble Sanctuary, home of the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aqsa Mosque). There is of course no mention of that dirty, little word: Palestine. No, 'Israel' is the Holy Land, Jerusalem is “the happiest place on earth.”"

NOVANEWS ""In light of the report handed over by the inquiry commission into the Rafiq Al-Husseini case, and reiterating previous instructions, the minister of interior must inform security services that any violator of the law of private freedoms will be called into account," the presidential decree read. " Basically, Abu Mazen wants to protect the privacy of his henchmen when they commit crimes.

NOVANEWS "When Asmahan Mansour, 11, was suddenly told she couldn't play if she wore her Muslim headscarf, her young teammates walked off the floor in solidarity, and to show their dismay at the poor judgment of the referee. The team from Ottawa, where there is no ban on the hijab, ultimately pulled out of the tournament rather than play without Mansour."

NOVANEWS "Monjed Besharat, 26, a Palestinian who works at “Keryat Shmoonah”, was attacked by 3 Israelis who throw boiling water on his face causing him 3rd degree burning injuries..."

NOVANEWS "“For most of its existence, Christianity has been the most intolerant of world faiths..." See:www.theangryarab.blogspot.com

NOVANEWS Jamal Mubarak Rules ""The Emergency Law is pretty horrible, but it's not the only tool in the Zionist Mu-Barak regime's toolkit. Far from it. The Constitution itself contains plenty of clauses designed to keep the ruling party in power. NGOs are kept on a tight leash. The judicial system, while it retains some residue of integrity, is full of judges who take money under the table and can be relied upon to return the "right" verdict. Mu-Barak and Mossad security services have thoroughly penetrated all the opposition groups that matter and brilliantly play them off one another to prevent the emergence of a broad coalition for change"" See:www.theangryarab.blogspot.com

NOVANEWS "Leaders of Hamas, the dominant political and military force in Gaza, indicated Friday that they were trying to keep attacks on Israel in check" See:www.theangryarab.blogspot.com