PreOccupied Territory The News In Advance. Barely.

“It’s not the same, persecuting Copts,” observed Aiwil Qillemal, 80. Baghdad, November 30 – Community elders throughout the Muslim Middle East voiced wistfulness today at the realization that present and future generations in their countries will never know the pleasure ...

Longtime alliances among governments promoting progressive values such as Iran, Libya, Venezuela, and Russia had led the progressive community to expect that at least some expression of solidarity might be forthcoming. Raqqa, November 28 – Liberal thinkers and politicians voiced ...

“Don’t give them your daughter’s hand – Abraham is on our land!” they chanted. Haran, Syrian Mesopotamia, November 24 – Activists and organizations pushing for a boycott of Jewish interests in the Holy Land voiced outrage today at the tribal ...

“I think it’s because of someone else’s obituary,” he surmised. Ankara, November 20 – One of the few remaining reporters or commentators in Turkey who has not been silenced or imprisoned by the authorities in the last several months has ...

The agreement includes an option for the purchase of a further 20,000 units over two years. Riyadh, November 15 – King Salman of Saudi Arabia has inked a deal with an Israeli beverage manufacturer for the kingdom to purchase tens ...

“There’s supposed to be a bloody removal of a brutal, corrupt dictator, followed by a period of uncertainty until a new strongman asserts himself and takes control.” Cairo, November 10 – Egyptian officials publicly welcomed the election of Donald Trump ...

Perversely, note economists, international pressure to increase the value of Palestinian lives has been directly exclusively at Israel. Cairo, November 6 – In keeping with the demands of the International Monetary Fund to stabilize and reform the country’s economy, the ...

“I do feel gratified that this series gave us fans a real show, instead of the blowouts we saw during the Arab Spring Training.” Aleppo, November 2 – Followers of the ongoing conflict between the regime of Syrian President Basher Assad ...

A recent Pew poll found that 67% of Kurds agreed with the statement that “being whiny and nagging about Jews will get you recognition faster than historical, moral, or ethnic reasons.” The Kurdistan Regional Government, along with the main Kurdish ...

“It’s almost as if this conflict really does lie at the core of every major problem facing civilization.” Gothenburg, October 19 – A team of scientists at the University of Gothenburg have found what they claim constitutes a firm causative ...