PreOccupied Territory The News In Advance. Barely.

“You have to go to like a foreign country or something to encounter something like this. Or leave Tel Aviv, which is functionally the same thing.” Tel Aviv, February 23 – Municipal welfare personnel voiced perplexity today upon encountering a ...

“It remains a total mystery why Israelis resist the idea of giving us control over access to holy sites.” Mt. Ebal, Samaria Region, February 22 – Officials in the autonomous government of the Palestinian National Authority voiced dismay today upon ...

Activists demanded to put the allegorical Mr. Dumpty back together along with idyllic pre-Israel Palestine. Nabi Salih, February 18 – Activists have uncovered evidence that the series of wires, towers, concrete ramparts, and other obstacles that Israel credits with stopping ...

“Works with suspect content of this or any other sort will not be included in the canon.” Jerusalem, February 18 – Redactors of a collection of sacred texts almost let through a prank that would have plagued millennia of readers ...

By Rabbi Andy Kahn New York, February 18 – Today I Learned that the language of most of the Hebrew Bible contains words that are not ‘Tikkun’ and ‘Olam.’ I was Today Years Old when I discovered that. Who knew? ...

But can any UN body survive without Israel-bashing and Palestinian-infantilizing as its center of gravity? New York, February 16 – Medical professionals have concluded that a leading international children’s welfare organization suffers from an unique kind of attention-deficit that manifests ...

This biggest issue: polling places as superspreader venues. Jerusalem, February 15 – Worrisome COVID infection levels have prompted Israel’s prime minister to float the idea of waiting to hold the next round of national voting until following the next round ...

“I’ve chosen to show affection to those who might not get that kind of attention around here. I do hope they like my apple pie.” Kissufim, Southern Israel, February 11 – A resident of this pastoral community near the Islamist-controlled ...

“Our company takes its moral obligations seriously, and will not tolerate any so-called ‘lapse of judgment’ from its employees.” Ramallah, February 11 – Arab social media erupted with controversy today following the dismissal of a popular cast member from a ...

“It’s not like we’re rushing to throw our Jew-haters under the bus.” Washington, February 10 – Leading Congressional and White House figures sought to calm fears this week that the government’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition ...