PreOccupied Territory The News In Advance. Barely.

“Despite nearly three years of research, we have nothing to show for our efforts.” Stockholm, January 13 – Experts in religion are still looking for an act that with confidence can be said to be characteristic of, or attributable to, ...

An as-yet-unidentified chemical or environmental factor evidently makes the same phenomenon in Arab or Muslim societies far less objectionable. Hebron, January 9 – Research by a team of scientists testing the status of capital punishment has determined unequivocally that under ...

“If I were rich, this wouldn’t be such a groiser problem.” Anatevka, Ukraine, January 4 – Fabled dairy farmer Tevye Milchiger suffered a potential loss of local market share this week when the leading kashrus agency in the region revoked ...

“When my master and his cronies brutalize and violate me in unimaginable ways, I know they’re following a proper set of rules.” Raqqa, December 31 – Thousands of women and girls captured and made into sexual slaves by Islamic State ...

“Banning weddings would constitute an unwarranted impingement on free expression,” declared a spokeswoman for the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. Jerusalem, December 27 – The week after video surfaced of extremist Jewish youth at a wedding, celebrating the murder ...

“Everyone remembers when Turkey almost shot down Prancer and Dancer two years ago,” said aviation consultant Gary Powers. Latakia, Syria, December 22 – A spokesman for Santa Claus informed children in the Eastern Mediterranean region that he will be forced ...

Early, peaceful military conquest of a large expanse in a short time cemented Islam’s claim as the religion of peace. Sanaa, Yemen, December 17 – Opposing factions in a regional war continued to engage today in attempts to attain supremacy in ...

Jews practice the ritual burning of olive oil in increasing quantities each night over the course of the eight-day festival each year. Hebron, December 13 – A new report by the Balestinian Academy for Linking Despised Enemies to Reprehensible Deviance And ...

“Scholars debate the historicity of the Jewish miracle, but ours is here for everyone to see.” Ramallah, December 6 – Curious and inspired pilgrims are streaming to the Palestinian administrative capital to set eyes on a development appropriate for the Hanukkah ...

Western elites serve as the ultimate arbiters of what is and is not Islam. Raqqa, December 1 – Leaders of the Islamic State expressed anxiousness as liberal elites in the West failed to reach a consensus over whether the group’s Islamic ...