"Egyptian-born Jewish businessman Haim Saban is negotiating with Qatar's emir the purchase of 50 percent of the Al Jazeera television network, the independent Egyptian newspaper Al-Mesryoon reported earlier this week." I don't buy this. This fanatiz Zionist (who is very dumb by the way--don't think that he must be smart because he is rich. Was it Balzac who said behind every great wealth is a big crime?) talked to the Emir of Qatar previously about buying AlJazeera and offered a few billion dollars. He was told in no uncertain terms that it was out of the question. But who knows? What if the US pressures Qatar to sell? You know how Arab dynasties are when it comes to US pressures. I do believe that those stories about selling aljazeera (which appear rgularly in the Israeli propaganda press are intended to discredit aljazeera in Arab eyes. AlJazeera really bugs Zionist hoodlums. It drives them crazy. Although it can easily be made to bug them even more. If only it were in my hands. (thanks Christopher)