PreOccupied Territory The News In Advance. Barely.

New York, September 2 – Banking on the success of an initiative in the Rafah area to shield Egypt from the unpleasantness emanating from neighboring Gaza, the country’s delegation to the United Nations plans to create a similar zone between its ...

The Russian leader assured the international community that if such episodes occur, his soldiers would only stand on the sidelines and cheer. Moscow, September 16 – Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to assuage international concern over his country’s growing military ...

“Here they can live free lives, and no one will threaten to expose them to non-Edward-Saidian thought.” Doha, Qatar, September 9 – Amid growing attention to oil-rich countries around the Persian Gulf not absorbing any of the millions of people fleeing ...

Family members rushed to help, slightly injuring eight cameramen who had been transferred from covering the Syrian conflict. Yatta, near Hebron, September 7 – A Palestinian boy on his way to school this morning accidentally hurt his toe on a ...

Abbas desires to let other ambitious, well-connected Palestinians line their pockets with funds intended for development of the Palestinian economy, governance, rule of law, and transparency. Ramallah, September 2 – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told officials two days ago that ...

“This whole fiasco, which I have asked the media to ignore, is why I called this press conference.” Jerusalem, August 28 – A spokesman for the United Nations agency that cares for Palestinian refugees issued an urgent call for international assistance ...

“Without multiple impressive homes, what is the point of a leadership position?” Ramallah, August 26 – As unemployment soars and Gaza reconstruction has yet to get in gear, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made another impassioned plea to Arab nations today ...

“Mr. Carter’s good friend is a Norwegian physician who has spent quite a bit of time in Gaza, and assured him that the place is teeming with radioactive fragments from Israel’s profligate use of depleted uranium artillery.” Plains, Georgia, August ...

“We’re almost at the point where the Council will have enough motivation to take some action, and that’s quite accomplishment.” Geneva, August 16 – The United Nations Human Rights Council is not ignoring the bloody Syrian conflict, says a representative, ...

There will be no Jewish residents of either country barred from holding public office, serving in the army, or wielding authority over non-Jews. Damascus, August 12 – Syria is poised to become a country in which no persecution of Jews ...