PreOccupied Territory The News In Advance. Barely.

Ramallah, May 31 – On the eve of an anticipated announcement that the Palestinians have officially established a unity government between the Fatah and Hamas factions, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas shifted the focus to Israel, accusing the Jewish state ...

Jerusalem, May 30 – A joint report by the Ministries of Environmental Protection and Agriculture recommends that the government cease enforcement of pesticide limits aimed at protecting aquifers, since the underground water sources have already been depleted. Minister of Agriculture ...

Jerusalem, May 27 – Turkey asked Interpol yesterday to issue a Red Notice for a number of former top Israeli military commanders in connection with the deaths of ten protesters in a 2010 raid on a Turkish flotilla to Gaza, ...

Jerusalem, May 29 – Leaders of Israel’s Haredi community and of Palestinian protesters announced today that they will organize sessions at which activists from both groups can exchange their collective wisdom on rock-throwing and other methods of expression opposition to ...

Ofer Prison, near Jerusalem, May 28 – Hamed Abu Ris, 22, burst forth in a flood of incriminating information this morning after being forced to sit through an explanation of the differences between similarly named Talmudic figures. Abu Ris, a ...

By the MV Mavi Marmara It’s getting old, people. Face it: nobody cares about the stupid Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Least of all their leaders. So stop trying to organize “freedom” flotillas for people who would be just fine ...

Ben Gurion International Airport, Israel, May 26 – Pope Francis took the opportunity upon his departure from the Holy Land to retract the Vatican’s recognition of the State of Palestine this evening, calling the leaders of the Palestinian government and ...

Jerusalem, May 26 – Three days into his historic journey to Israel and the Palestinian territories, aides to Pope Francis report that the pontiff is at or ahead of schedule on his mission to offend as many individuals, groups, and ...

Ramat HaSharon, May 25 – Bright Foods, the Chinese conglomerate that purchased a controlling stake in Tnuva last week, is trying to reassure Israeli consumers that drinking melamine-contaminated milk will not usually be lethal. Bright Foods completed the purchase of ...

Jerusalem, May 24 – The Almighty convened a press conference this afternoon to admit that He created celery in a fit of silliness, but found that the way humans treated it as food was so entertaining that only when the ...