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Amman, Jordan, February 23 – This week, as organizations on college campuses around the globe try to draw attention to what activists have labeled Israel’s “Apartheid” policies governing Palestinians, Palestinian refugees are emphasizing that the even harsher treatment they receive ...

By PreOccupied Territory Staff A January 27th Article entitled, “UN Insecurity Council Denounces Self” quoted an expert as characterizing the Council as troubled by issues of self-confidence, self-deception, and hypocrisy. It should also have included comical self-aggrandizement. In the January ...

Damascus, February 22 – In the wake of a popular uprising in Ukraine that resulted in the deposing of Viktor Yanukovich as president, leaders throughout the Middle East are expressing bewilderment that the authorities in Kiev did not immediately resort ...

Bnei Brak, Israel, February 21 – Prominent Orthodox and Haredi (“ultra-orthodox”) Rabbis reacted today to what they called a worrisome trend among bakers, and issued an unequivocal ruling against the use of raisins as an ingredient in cookies. They called ...

Hollywood, CA, February 20 – Motion picture industry experts and prejudice-monitoring groups are expressing concern over the recent absence of Mel-Gibson-related controversies, saying that the time of his next anticipated outburst bad-mouthing Jews passed some time ago. They say the ...

Paris (Reuters) – President François Hollande of France announced today that in anticipation of his country’s military involvement in the ongoing civil war in Syria, France signals its preemptive surrender as of now. The capitulation represents the latest in a ...

Washington, DC, February 19 – A new study by an independent think tank shows that the lion’s share of BS in the world stems from the conflict between Israel and its neighbors. Environmental and rhetorical scientists from the Center for ...

By Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator The struggle against Israel is essentially a struggle for public opinion. There’s no question the best way to capture public opinion is to sabotage agreements we made with Israel and then blame Israel for the ...

By Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un As I hardly need tell you, North Korea is not Israel. We’re not Jewish, so it takes a lot more for us to get your attention. It would be different if we were Israel. ...

Tehran, February 18 – The Islamic Republic of Iran defended its pursuit of long-range ballistic missile technology, calling the endeavor a peaceful one, and criticized continued Western economic pressure on Iran aimed at stopping the program. President of Iran Hassan ...