PreOccupied Territory The News In Advance. Barely.

By Mustafa Massikr, Hamas activist I love it. I get to kill women and children in their beds, and the world supports me! For me, it’s never been about freedom for Palestine. Those little kids don’t know a thing about ...

By Mustafa Massiqr Culture forms a fundamental part of a person’s identity. The ethos he absorbs becomes a part of who he is, to the point that any challenge to that culture constitutes an assault on his sense of self, ...

By Zehava Gal-On, Chairwoman, Meretz Party As with any question of policy, we must always examine its anticipated long-term effects. Democratic principles have governed Israel since it was founded, but the rapid growth of the religious sector and the mixed ...

By Saeb Erekat It is time to put to rest the notion that we Palestinians are not preparing our people for peace with Israel. As our president said to Mr. Trump in Washington two weeks ago, ours is a culture ...

By Marwan Barghouti When my fellow prisoners planned our hunger strike, we anticipated the traditional sympathetic depiction of our plight in the world press. Indeed, events began well, with such august institutions as The New York Times publishing my explication ...

By Haj Mohammed Amin al-Husseini, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem One of the key characteristics of a compelling political narrative is clarity: clear goals, clear demands, and a clear articulation of those goals and demands. But today’s Palestinian Arabs, and their ...

By Saeb Erekat We are a nation and a culture that values truth, and this is the truth: we will go to the greatest rhetorical lengths to demonize the Zionist enemy, facts be damned, because nothing is more sacred than ...

By Isaac Herzog, Labor Party Chairman The youth are the key to keeping our party and our country vibrant. Any party that seeks to remain relevant must appeal to the emerging youth demographic. That is why I am pleased to ...

By Mahmoud Abbas Western governments appear to be cracking down on how we Palestinians use the funds they provide for us to run our little fiefdom, including an unprecedented insistence that we not use those monies to pay lifetime pensions ...

By Heinrich Himmler Another Earth Day has come and gone, another Earth Day on which my part in making certain forests and fields in Eastern Europe greener has gone unrewarded. Does no one realize how much better the grass grows ...