PreOccupied Territory The News In Advance. Barely.

by former Governor Andrew Cuomo Albany, August 23 – My career in politics appears to have ended, at least for the short term. But every man needs purpose, and I believe I have found a purpose that will propel me ...

The virus has trouble determining its host’s politics in non-political settings. Tel Aviv, August 19 – A local pathogen confessed its chagrin today upon realizing that before invading the cells of its current host and hijacking their nucleic processes to ...

Hamas was among the first to congratulate the Taliban this week. Gaza City, August 19 – Leaders of the Islamist militant movement that governs this coastal territory have noticed the catastrophic track record of American efforts to produce quality military ...

“If we do our jobs and have to face the violent mob, people might get killed and we might lose our jobs, which would be the biggest tragedy of all.” Jerusalem, August 18 – Enforcement officials acknowledged Tuesday that their ...

“Only with a uniform set of tenets can we, who represent the forces of tolerance and diversity, hope to restructure the systemic injustice to enfranchise everyone who agrees with us.” Park Slope, August 17 – Orthodox elements within the progressive ...

The only other comparable drool-flood occurred when Obama sent over pallets of cash. Tehran, August 16 – The capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran ground to a halt Monday overwhelmed drainage systems, deluged the first floors of hundreds of buildings, ...

“It’s sobering, to say the least, to have an entity into which we’ve put so much simply fade away as Islamists and those who bow to them assert control.” Washington, August 15 – The rapid resurgence of the fundamentalist Islamist ...

By Issa Amro, human rights activist Hebron, August 12 – Progress comes in many forms. The adoption of human rights principles has advanced civilization, and the Palestinian cause in particular, to places it never would have achieved absent those universal ...

Violent demonstrations occur much more frequently in Israel than does baseball. Jerusalem, August 11 – Israeli officials have decided to take a play from the American playbook: they will leverage the country’s second-ever attainment of an Olympic gold medal to generate ...

Perhaps even an outright utterance of, “Terrible, just terrible.” New York, August 10 – Representatives of global organizations and of nations touting themselves as defenders of the global order fired back today at Israeli and Jewish advocates, arguing that, contrary ...