PreOccupied Territory The News In Advance. Barely.

Diplomats had hoped the region could transition from iron-fisted rule by hereditary dictatorships to iron-fisted rule by democratically-elected governments. Washington, March 29 – With the release of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from prison today, staffers as the US Department ...

Palestinian Authority encourages people to move away; calls West Bank and Gaza “Jewish” Ramallah, March 24 – The Palestinian Authority announced today that it is relinquishing all territorial claims against Israel, and that it encourages all Palestinians in the West ...

The defecation took place last Wednesday, as Netanyahu’s motorcade made its way through Jerusalem. Ramallah, March 20 – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas granted citizenship today to a rock dove that defecated on the procession of cars escorting Israeli prime Minister ...

“It should work just fine, since Israel isn’t occupying Gaza, either, by any reasonable interpretation of international law, but you wouldn’t know it from all the protests.” Nicosia, March 15 – Greek-speaking residents of North Cyprus, an area of the ...

“Palestinian youth do not need our programs to give them an outlet and indoctrination to violence. For that they have their own government and UNRWA.” Jenin, March 8 – A local youth organization with American sponsorship has been forced to ...

“Palestinians are forced to vote only in Palestinian elections,” he charged. Ein el-Hilweh Refugee Camp, March 6 – A state that restricts Palestinians residing in its territory from owning property, obtaining citizenship, receiving state medical care, obtaining employment in twenty ...

“We’ve upped our intake of specimens, and finished in less than a third of the time.” Tehran, March 2 – Residents of faraway worlds who visit Earth to kidnap people revealed today that it never would have occurred to them ...

They edged out such infamous venues as Guantanamo Bay, Russian labor camps, and most of China’s vast penal system. Palmyra, Syria, February 26 – Syrian authorities expressed satisfaction today that their work has been recognized, pointing to the TripAdvisor ranking ...

On My Knees: In The Bedroom With Ismail Haniyeh will be published in April. London, February 21 – The leader of the militant Islamist movement that runs Gaza faces embarrassment as a former same-sex romantic partner is preparing to publish a ...

“This land is Palestinian. They cannot stay. Did I mention that Israel is conducting ethnic cleansing?” Ramallah, February 16 – A spokesman for the Palestinian Authority government that imposes the death penalty or life imprisonment for selling land to Jews, ...