PreOccupied Territory The News In Advance. Barely.

“The honor-shame culture of the Arab and Islamic worlds doesn’t give way easily, but I think they’ll come around within a century.” Beirut, November 8 – Residents of the Levant and beyond, who have absorbed more than a century of ...

Evidence has so far failed to sway the leadership of a country that happily allowed German spies to attempt entry to Britain from its territory. Dublin, November 17 – An island state to the west of Britain whose government maintained ...

“I won’t be raping those girls who are asking for it, at least not out in the middle of the street where everyone can see, but it’s the same kind of power trip.” Evin Prison, October 28 – An employee ...

Outside a core of staunch regime loyalists and among Iran’s Shiite supporters in the Middle East, fan and official reactions have uniformly criticized Iran’s decision. Dubai, October 19 – Enthusiasts of the wizarding world’s most popular sport burst into a ...

It resonates with Palestinians in ways that other, similar operations have failed to do. Hebron, October 10 – An entrepreneur with a keen sense of local cultural and political sensibilities launched a new operation last month that delivers restaurant and ...

He will face difficulty finding safety seats for her and his other wives when traveling in his captured Humvee. Kabul, September 23 – A member of the militant Islamist group that now governs Afghanistan voiced his disappointment today that his ...

Refusal to accept the vaccine, or Israel as a fait accompli, puts Palestinians at increased risk of hospitalization and painful death. Ramallah, September 3 – Observers of Palestinian society have noted of late that more than a century of rejecting ...

“We might just request that the IDF occupy us as well.” Amman, August 25 – Countries facing a demographic crisis now seek out the input of those responsible for genocide of the Palestinians in a decades-long process that has resulted ...

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, ...

Estimates of garbage takes overtaking physical garbage in Lebanon range from six months to two years. Beirut, August 5 – Decades of mismanagement, malfeasance, incompetence, and rampant corruption in this once-thriving country of nearly seven million have resulted in, among ...