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Nabi Saleh’s Balloon Release for Gaza

NOVANEWS by Linah Alsaafin My friend Amra Amra informed me that the Chicago Movement for Palestinian Rights were planning on commemorating the third year since the massacre on Gaza, which Israel dubbed as Operation Cast Lead, by releasing balloons with the name of each child killedattached- a total of 344. One of the coordinators asked if we could possibly emulate the same action in Palestine. After some initial planning, we decided to take the balloons to the village of Nabi Saleh, as opposed to Qalandiya checkpoint, which separates the rest of the West Bank from Jerusalem. It was easier to coordinate with the villagers and a lot less hassle, especially on such short notice. Friday morning came. Along with a handful of other friends/activists, we got the balloons and manage...
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Israel must annex West Bank settlements, right-wing MKs tell Netanyahu

In letter to premier, leaders of several Knesset factions say Israel must retaliate against the Palestinians' 'unilateral' statehood bid at the UN, or risk losing its deterrence. Israel should legally annex West Bank settlements in response to the Palestinians' recent bid for recognition in the United Nations, the leaders of several right-wing Knesset factions said in a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday. The letter was signed by Likud chairman Ze'ev Elkin, Shas chairman Avraham Michaeli, Habayit Hayehudi chairman Uri Orbach, and the leader of the National Union faction Yaakov Katz. In the missive, the right-wing MKs urged the prime minister to sanction the Palestinian Authority for what they called a "unilateral" move in the UN, saying that Israel had to make it c...
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West Bank Zio-Nazi settlers attacking Palestinian childrn's

NOVANEWS   Ten year old boy  attacked by masked assailants near Ramat Migron outpost. Haaretz A ten year old Palestinian child was seriously injured after being beaten in an apparent attack by settlers near the West Bank outpost of Ramat Migron. The Israel Defense Forces received a report of the incident on Saturday afternoon. The boy, who was found suffering from head injuries and cuts to his head, was sent to Ramallah hospital by the Red Cross. He told security forces that his attackers were wearing masks. Police and military forces that arrived at the scene opened an investigation and chased after the suspects. So far thirteen people suspected of involvement in the incident have been apprehended. The police stated that they are treating the incident with the utmost seriousness ...
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IsraHelli Commandos Raid “Freedom Theater” in West Bank

NOVANEWS Juliano Mer Khamis { He served as Zionist paratrooper in the Zionist army}Shoah  and Palestinian youth perform at the Freedom Theatre in Jenin refugee camp. “The coming third Palestinian intifada will take the form of cultural resistance to the Israeli occupation” Juliano Mer Khamis by Dr. Ashraf Ezzat Israeli commandos, roughly 50 Israeli Special Forces troops, raided the JeninFreedom Theatre in the Jenin Refugee Camp in the Palestinian West Bank early Wednesday, arresting two men associated with it and damaging the building, a witness said. The Freedom Theater in Jenin, in the northern West Bank, had been an oasis of so-called cultural resistance for decades, although it was in the news for a darker reason in April, when its director,Juliano Mer Khamis, was shot to death by ma...
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Arrests, a Murder and a Visit to Jenin Camp

NOVANEWS by Eileen Fleming   (West Bank, July 27, 2011)- At 3:30 AM this morning, heavily armed and masked Israeli Forces hurled blocks of stone into several windows of the Freedom Theatre in Jenin Refugee Camp and arrested Adnan Naghnaghiye the manager, and Bilal Saadi a board member and took them away to an unknown location. When the theatres manager Jacob Gough, from the UK and cofounder Jonattab Stanczak from Sweden arrived on the scene, they were forced at gunpoint to squat next to a family with four small children who were surrounded by about 50 Israeli soldiers. Juliano Mer-Khamis, established the Freedom Theater in 2006 and was murdered outside of it on 4 April 2011. Palestinian security forces arrested and charged a member of the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in connection with his ...
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Zio-Nazi Army pushing for land takeover in West Bank

NOVANEWS Inclusion of Jordan Valley, northern Dead Sea and area surrounding Ariel in ‘Zionist illegal settlement blocs’ whose takeover the administration is advancing, would prevent establishment of Palestinian state with territorial contiguity. Haaretz The IDF Civil Administration is taking steps to increase state-ownership of West Bank lands, an internal military document reveals. The policy enables increased construction not only around settlement blocs like Ariel, Ma’aleh Adumim and Gush Etzion, but also in strategic areas like the Jordan Valley and Dead Sea. Until now it was not known that the administration, which is a military agency, was charged with distinguishing between the blocs Israel is demanding to annex as part of a final-status agreement and the rest of the settlements...
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Norway backs Palestinian bid for UN recognition in September

NOVANEWS   Norwegian FM says ‘it is perfectly legitimate’ for Palestinian president to turn to the UN with a proposal for statehood. Norway, host of the 1993 Palestinian-Israeli peace accords, said on Monday it was “perfectly legitimate” for Palestinians to take their case for statehood to the United Nations for voting in September. “We will consider very carefully the proposed text that’s to be put forward by the Palestinians in the coming weeks,” said Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas beside him at a press conference. “Norway believes it is perfectly legitimate for the Palestinian president to turn to the United Nations with such proposals,” Stoere said, adding that continued negotiations with Israel will be required in any ca...
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ZIO-NAZI SEEKS TO BAR FRIDAY PROTEST IN BI'LIN

NOVANEWS  Photo of raiding Zio-Nazi soldier by Hamde Abu Distressing news from an activist in Bi’lin, the West Bank village divided by the wall that has been at the epicenter of the nonviolent Gandhi-and-Martin-Luther-King-inspired movement: At 2 AM on this night [last night], Bil’in was once again raided by the Israeli Army. A document was posted around the whole village of Bil’in. This document declared that Israeli and international activists were strictly prohibited from entering Bil’in between the hours of 8 am and 8 pm on every Friday, the day in which the weekly demonstration takes place. Every Israeli and international activist must leave the village during this time, or else he or she will be deported or arrested by Israeli soldiers. The head of the police, Benjamin, ordered tha...
Salfit: Illegal Nazi Jewish Colonizers Uproot Palestinian Olive Trees
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Salfit: Illegal Nazi Jewish Colonizers Uproot Palestinian Olive Trees

Posted by: John Phoenix  Oct 22, 2024 Early Tuesday, illegal paramilitary Nazi JEWISH colonizers uprooted approximately 30 olive trees in the village of Yasuf, east of Salfit, in the Nazi occupied West Bank’s central part. Wael Abu Madi, head of the Yasuf Village Council, stated that the colonizers broke, cut, and uprooted at least 30 olive trees, aged between 20 and 25 years, owned by two siblings, Emad and Jihad Rabah Abdul-Razzaq, in the Tahet al-Karem area east of the village. Abu Madi pointed out that the village is continuously subjected to attacks by the colonizers of the Tapuach illegal colony, which is established on stolen Palestinian lands. He added that the colonizers frequently invade Palestinian lands, uproot trees, and repeatedly close the village’s m...