PreOccupied Territory The News In Advance. Barely.

Tel Aviv, July 22 – Left-wing activists and politicians in favor of further land concessions to the Palestinians are adducing the recent rocket fire from Gaza, which Israel left in 2005, as evidence that Israel should make more such concessions. ...

Washington, DC, July 19 – Conservative thinkers across the US expressed bewilderment this week upon realizing that the nation’s premier gun-rights advocacy group is missing a golden opportunity to argue for freer access to firearms by invoking the situation in ...

Jerusalem, July 13 – Legislators in Israel’s parliament voiced concern this morning that the continuing offensive against terrorist fighters and armaments in the Gaza Strip may deprive the government of funds it needs to pay government officials who excuse or ...

Ashdod, July 8 – Workers and managers at this southern port city have had to take shelter repeatedly from incoming rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, disrupting work and severely limiting the amount of corruption that can be accomplished during ...

Jerusalem, July 5 – A review of political demonstrations in Israel and the areas under its control over the last two decades has concluded that hurling geological objects toward moving motor vehicles on nearby thoroughfares does not correlate with implementation ...

Tel Aviv, June 30 – Opposition leaders leveled criticism at the Netanyahu government today over the heat wave currently hitting the country, with stagnant air and daytime temperatures that have not fallen below 32º C (90ºF) and in some parts ...

Tel Aviv, June 24 – Scientists at Tel Aviv University are reporting that the Boycott, Divest, Sanctions movement against Israel, already wrong on so many levels, has somehow increased the number of planes on which its activities and attitudes violate ...

New York, June 16 – To ensure the proper response to the kidnapping by Palestinians of three Israeli teenagers last week, Human Rights Watch has hired a team of crickets, which will chirp at regular intervals to highlight the lack ...

Gaza City, Gaza Strip, June 15 – The owner of a confectionery in this Palestinian coastal city is unsure whether he should be distributing fudge to express joy over the three Israeli teenagers taken hostage by Hamas, or whether the ...

Jerusalem, June 8 – As corruption and criminal allegations mount against the various candidates for Israel’s presidency, the five remaining ones and their supporters are saying they will rescue and restore the dignity befitting the office of president just as ...