PreOccupied Territory The News In Advance. Barely.

By Luqdat Tahat Cairo, October 11 – Whenever women complain that men make uninvited suggestive, derisive, or immodest remarks to them, the discussion inevitably wanders in to the subject of how women dress and what manner or quantity of clothing ...

“The Holy Father’s chief concern has always been the good name of the Church, and this move, in his divinely-inspired assessment, will go furthest in ensuring that the scandal dies down.” Rome, October 11 – The leader of the Roman ...

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 “I get that’s it’s a bad movie. Is it because of the ethnicity of the film’s director? That wasn’t made clear, in my opinion.” Ramallah, October 9 – Materials distributed to mosque officials by the Palestinian government today contained a ...

Poe’s Law appears operative in this case. Ottawa, October 8 – An image depicting the prime minister of Canada wearing a traditional Islamic hair-covering for women might document an actual, deliberate sartorial choice, experts believe, but could just as easily ...

A campaign being run by a piece of actual, physiological crap is shaping up to be the cleanest Israel has ever seen. Jerusalem, October 4 – A cohesion of canine fecal matter sat so long on the pavement of Israel’s ...

One observer remarked on the callous disposal of the palm leaves that served as roofing for some of the structures, indicating a lack of sentimental attachment to the homes. Tel Aviv, October 3 – Activists urging a complete Israeli withdrawal ...

 “Generations upon generations of Palestinian farmers have tilled the soil thus desecrated, and suffer the humiliation of occupation.” Geneva, September 1 – The United Nations Human Rights Council this afternoon issued the latest in a series of dozens of denunciations ...

I hate religious Jews, and I’m not one, so how could I be self-hating? North Tel Aviv, September 13 – You people need to stop the name-calling. When I oppose the sale of apartments in my neighborhood to Jews who ...

Of course no one would suggest political considerations really lie at the heart of the rule-of-law arguments. Jerusalem, September 12 – Legal scholars and political commentators have noticed in recent weeks that despite its supremacy in every other arena, the ...