PreOccupied Territory The News In Advance. Barely.

by Yonah Lieberman, If Not Now New York, July 3 – Yesterday’s series of protests in solidarity with Palestine and against Israeli annexation of Palestinian land attracted so many attendees that at our best-attended event, in Philadelphia, we could almost ...

“If an anti-cannabis figure or organization were advancing this argument, you could dismiss it as insincere, but for us this is essential.” Jerusalem, June 25 – Impending legislation to remove criminal penalties for possession of marijuana has led a group ...

The timing of the Exodus narrative according to traditional dating places it centuries later than many of the pyramids. Cairo, June 18 – Authorities in this country of nearly 100 million dismissed concerns today that the movement to dismantle monuments ...

They’ve set their sights on the next level of legitimacy on a global level: Security Council membership. New York, June 11 – An area of Washington state’s largest city that the local government allowed protesters to take over has now ...

Mossad technicians only realized on Tuesday that the stateside violence came from their machine. Tel Aviv, June 4 – Israeli secret intelligence officials and agents scrambled today to mitigate damage that resulted since late last week when a maintenance worker ...

Leaders feared becoming overwhelmed by Arab refugees whose sheer numbers would negate the country as a Jewish state. Tel Aviv, May 21 – Document leaks from within an Israeli intelligence organization revealed this week that longstanding animosity from surrounding Arab ...

“We can move on the legislation that bans coronavirus from other critical places, such as nursing homes, but that might be a tad ambitious at this stage.” Jerusalem, May 14 – Israeli lawmakers pre-empted various proceedings today surrounding the imminent ...

“If we do not ask the omniscient deity to help us, how can He know what we want?” Jerusalem, May 7 – Islamic officials at the council that administers holy sites on the Temple Mount accused the Jewish State today ...

by King Mufasa Serengeti – Simba, look out over the pridelands. All the way to the horizon in all directions. Everything the sunlight touches, we hold sway. Except for that shadowy place, the badlands where the hyenas roam. And except ...

A neighbor declined to be identified by name, citing concerns of associated shame in the deeply conservative society of secular Israelis. Jerusalem, April 23 – Neighbors, relatives, and friends of a local resident expressed shock this morning upon discovering that he had ...