PreOccupied Territory The News In Advance. Barely.

There is not a single work in all of Tanakh written by someone who doesn’t see monotheism as a value, or who believes bribery to be just the thing. Tel Aviv, November 1 – Leaders of Israel’s main opposition party ...

“It would not be very progressive of us to simply accept the democratic will of the people – that is not what progressives do.” Tel Aviv, October 27 – A dangerous streak of democratic elections that failed to return the ...

“To pursue a path of conciliation would be a shameful betrayal of our paths to date.” Umm el-Fahm, October 21 – Members of the Joint List political alliance of mostly Arab parties voiced concern today over rumors that Palestinian Authority ...

The ten-dozen-plus clowns are supposed to be there, possibly as a way of keeping them off the streets and frightening even more people – at least that’s what the electorate seems to want. Jerusalem, October 13 – Israel’s parliamentary security ...

“If Herzog and Livni are serious about standing a chance in the next election, they had better agree exactly which loony anti-Bibi conspiracy theory to promote.” Tel Aviv, October 7 – Leaders of the opposition Zionist Union faction in the ...

“I daresay the Zionist State will refuse this compromise, betraying the very intransigence which lies at the root of the conflict.” Jerusalem, September 29 – Leaders of Israel’s Arab political parties softened their stance today on the death and funeral ...

Plenum sessions have challenged him, since Knesset rules preclude his bringing his enormous teddy bear into the chamber as he nurses a glass of warm milk and listens to a favorite story. Jerusalem, September 25 – A proposed amendment to deliberation rules ...

Jews are barred from expressions of religious devotion on the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site, while Muslims are free to behave there as they wish. Jerusalem, September 21 – An investigative commission on the activities of the newly-established Apartheid Implementation Agency has ...

“He’ll lead the party and the entire Left into oblivion for years to come.” Tel Aviv, September 15 – Political analysts are hailing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s latest machinations to weaken the opposition, specifically his engineering of former Prime Minister Ehud ...

The corpse of Israeli democracy had hardly grown cold since the last time Bibi ordered its killing. Jerusalem, September 12 – Experts pronounced the demise of Israeli democracy this week for the 456,798,746th time, a development they directly attribute to ...