PreOccupied Territory The News In Advance. Barely.

by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) Washington, December 3 – A few days ago I felt compelled to remove a message I reposted from elsewhere on Twitter, a message that contained the oft-repeated slogan of Palestinian national liberation, “From the River ...

By Rabbi Alissa Wise, Deputy Director, Jewish Voice for Peace Philadelphia, November 25 – Tikkun Olam isn’t meant to be easy. Difficult choices await us at every turn. The latest: follow the dictates of vaunted progressive figures such as Governor ...

by the late Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator Jericho, November 16 – I died last week. You might think that prevents me from further expression of my political mantras and propaganda, but I’m not going to let a little death stop ...

By Every Single Goddamn Person Involved in American Politics Washington, November 5 – It’s over. Or it’s just beginning. However you experience the aftermath of this exhausting election, we must all take a step back, take a deep breath, and ...

By Mahmoud Abbas, President, Palestinian Authority; Chairman, Palestine Liberation Organization Ramallah, October 27 – The Palestinian national movement has seldom seen darker days. Arab nation after Arab nation has announced normalization with the Zionist entity, even as our cause languishes ...

by Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah Leader Beirut, October 19 – Boy, is my face red. I finished reading some background material on what scholars call jus bellum justum, the philosophy of the Just War, and only now did I realize the whole ...

By Hassan Ali Paris, October 7 – In the final reckoning, when the time comes to reward those who contributed to the greater good and to assess the penalty for those who stood by – or worse, impeded progress toward ...

by Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Truah – the Rabbinic Call for Human Rights New York, September 23 – The period from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur has always loomed large in my calendar, given its centrality in Jewish synagogue life and ...

by Josep Borell, Chief of Foreign Policy, European Union Brussels, September 10 – Europe’s unified approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict grows in large part out of the Continent’s ambiguous legacy when it comes to the wholesale slaughter of Jews under ...

by Hassan Kiswani, Palestinian educator Jenin, September 2 – Coronavirus has upended routine in numerous ways, chief among them the regular attendance of children at school or childcare. Teachers, parents, and students throughout the world struggle this week to resume ...