PreOccupied Territory The News In Advance. Barely.

Huldai’s administration has faced allegations of insufficiently corrupt selection of the contractors engaged by the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality. Tel Aviv, December 29 – Following an embarrassing episode in which city contractors painted a handicapped-only parking spot around an already-parked car ...

Waiting for other passengers to get off the train before pushing one’s way into it appears to lie beyond even the advanced capacity of the Israeli mind. Jerusalem, December 21 – A country that consistently ranks in the top tier ...

Regular parking enforcement will continue as before. Jerusalem, December 12 – The municipal government of Israel’s capital has hit upon an innovative method to increase cash flow into its coffers: issue tickets to residents who do not own a motor ...

“I’m beginning to think there’s something deeper going on.” Haifa, December 1 – The ethnoreligious group harassed and berated for centuries with cries rejecting them from their host societies and urging them to return to their country of ethnogenesis did exactly ...

For unclear reasons he styles himself a sophisticate and feels the need to proclaim he likes it. Jerusalem, November 22 – A recent “oleh” from the US has decided to immerse himself in the fusion of cultures that characterizes Israel’s cuisine, ...

“We had some anticipation of a windfall over the next several months, perhaps up to two years out,” acknowledged Lufthansa spokesman Gerhardt von Stupp. Ben-Gurion International Airport, November 10 – Representatives of the dozens of carriers offering passenger service to ...

“Economic growth is a threat to all of us,” stated Arnon ben-David, Chairman of the Histadrut. Tel Aviv, November 3 – The Jewish State’s remarkable resilience of late in fostering private-sector growth has the leaders of some of the country’s ...

“She makes coffee there for herself and a few ‘comrades’ but we all see through the pretense: she’s appropriating Palestinian culture, disposing of her waste in the once-pristine vistas of ancient Palestine.” Kiryat Ono, October 25 – A resident of ...

In what has become an almost-annual ritual, the end of summer vacation this year saw threats by Israel’s Teachers’ Union to strike unless the Ministry of Finance agreed to increase teacher salaries. Beer Sheva, September 8 – Seven school days ...

“We’d like to encourage households everywhere to embark on similar modes of behavior.” Jerusalem, August 30 – Scientists voiced cautious optimism today upon discovering that among the microorganisms festering in a local collection of wet laundry lies a previously-unknown type of mold ...