Luke Baker and Nidal al-Mughrabi

By Luke Baker and Nidal al-Mughrabi

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  Palestinian Uprising Puts Mahmoud Abbas in a Corner

  A three-week-old uprising by knife-wielding, Internet-generation teenagers against Israelis has left 80-year-old Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looking like yesterday’s man, unable either to oppose the violence or openly endorse it. Having promised the Palestinian people when he came to power a decade ago that he could bring about an independent state through peaceful means, he…

  By Luke Baker and Nidal al-Mughrabi Oct 20, 2015 | 3 min read
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  6 Palestinians Shot Dead by Israel as Violence Spirals

  Israeli troops shot dead six Palestinians in protests in Gaza and a knife-wielding Jewish man wounded four Arabs in southern Israel on Friday in a wave of violence that has fueled talk of a new uprising against Israel. The soldiers shot across the border into Gaza after the Palestinians came too close to the Israeli…

  By Luke Baker and Nidal al-Mughrabi Oct 9, 2015 | 3 min read