Luke Baker
By Luke Baker
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Fast Forward Police Question Benjamin Netanyahu Over Gifts Worth Hundreds of Thousands
Police investigators began questioning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his official residence in Jerusalem on Monday on suspicion of receiving gifts from businessmen in breach of his role as a public servant, Israeli media said. The move was authorized by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, who decided after a preliminary inquiry that there was enough evidence…
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Israel News ‘We’re Not a Rabbit’: Why Is Israel Worried After Syrian Rebels Lose Aleppo?
(Reuters) – The fall of Aleppo to Syrian government forces backed by Russia and Iran has heightened alarm in Israel about potential threats to its borders and a wider reshaping of the region. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left no doubt on Wednesday about the depth of Israel’s concern about Tehran, whose position and that of…
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Fast Forward ‘Subgate’ Conflict of Interest Scandal Roils Israel — and Germany Too
Questions over the purchase of German submarines that started with media reports of a potential conflict of interest involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s lawyer have mounted in the last 10 days, spurring investigations in two countries. At one level the issue is straightforward: Israel wanted to replace some of its aging submarines and maintain its…
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Fast Forward Keffiyehs and Controversy as Yasser Arafat Museum Opens in Ramallah
The battle for Palestinian statehood consumed Yasser Arafat’s life and a new museum in his name puts the nature of that fight front and center – the sub-machine gun on his desk, the AK-47 assault rifle in the corner, the pistol at his side. Twelve years after his death in Paris at the age of…
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Fast Forward Israelis Stress Over Election But Either Clinton or Trump Would Be Close Ally
Most of the world follows U.S. presidential elections closely, but Israel can seem particularly obsessive, endlessly assessing which candidate will better protect its interests and breaking down their every comment for policy clues. As America votes on Tuesday, a cartoon in the left-leaning Israeli newspaper Haaretz captured a sense of that fretfulness, depicting friends sitting…
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Fast Forward Under Jerusalem Sun, Allies and Bitter Rivals Mourn Peacemaker Shimon Peres
Israeli and Palestinian leaders shook hands during a brief chat and U.S. President Barack Obama gently reminded them of the “unfinished business of peace” at the funeral Friday of Shimon Peres, the last of a generation of Israel’s founding fathers. But there was no indication that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s rare visit to Jerusalem and…
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Fast Forward ‘Shabbat Wars’ Heat Up as Israel’s Secular Battle Ultra-Orthodox
On the first Friday evening that Jerusalem restaurant Azza 40 opened without a kosher license, allowing it to serve customers on the Jewish sabbath, crowds of ultra-Orthodox Jews protested outside, threatening to smash windows and burn the place down. “It was crazy,” said Reut Cohen, 29, the restaurant’s owner and head chef, recalling the events…
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News Shimon Peres Shakes Hands With Doctor — Fights To Survive After ‘Massive’ Stroke
Former Israeli President Shimon Peres remains in a “critical but stable” condition in hospital following a massive stroke, his son-in-law and personal physician Rafi Valdan said on Wednesday, though the family is optimistic he will recover. Valdan said it was too early to tell whether there may be lasting neurological damage following the stroke that…
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