PreOccupied Territory The News In Advance. Barely.

Khan Yunis, December 14 – The Islamist leadership of the Gaza Strip revealed a new weapon in its arsenal Sunday, then immediately told residents it was sorry for removing the weapon’s attire like some immoral Westerner. To celebrate 27 years since ...

Damascus, December 13 – Activists in the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions movement targeting Israel for its alleged human rights violations against Palestinians have set up a station to watch the average kinetic energy of Hell in case it approached freezing, ...

Ramallah, December 11 – Palestinian leaders are voicing regret that they left out beheading in the various conflicting descriptions of how Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian official yesterday. Ziab Abu Ein was taking part in a rock-throwing demonstration against Israel ...

Ramallah, December 10 – The Palestinian Authority announced today that it had added the name of the man who stabbed a Lubavicher Hasid in Brooklyn early Tuesday morning to its roster of martyrs whose families receive pensions. Late last night a ...

By Yitzhak Rabin Legacies are complicated things. The very idea that the teachings to be gleaned from the departed can be captured in a succinct fashion contradicts the complexity and nuance of his life and the lessons to draw from it, but I ...

Jerusalem, December 10 – Volunteer paramedics serving the ultra-orthodox Jerusalem enclave of Meah Shearim have announced that effective immediately, they will refuse medical treatment to anyone whose attire does not meet the modesty requirements of Jewish law. The local volunteer ...

Haifa, December 9 – Dahlia Moshe wasn’t old enough to vote in the most recent municipal elections, but the upcoming Israeli national elections in March have her eager for the opportunity to participate in the democratic process, since she has yet to ...

Tel Aviv, December 8 – Intelligence officials alerted the Israeli military and political leadership this morning that the Gaza Strip has begun accumulating millions of gallons of untreated sewage for an as-yet-unclear use. Mossad and military intelligence units discovered the ...

Beirut, December 7 – The latest influx of  people fleeing the ongoing civil war in Syria has tipped the balance of Lebanon’s population, rendering Lebanese citizens a minority in their country and prompting the government to formally rename the country ...

Jerusalem, December 6 – The youths who sprayed threatening and racist graffiti on the walls of a mixed Jewish and Arab school voiced frustration today that they have attracted only criticism instead of commendation for acting only when no one ...