Luke Baker
By Luke Baker
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Fast Forward Amid Palestinian Violence, Israel Tracks Far-Right Jewish Threat
For more than two months, Israel has been battling a wave of deadly attacks by Palestinians targeting Israelis. At the same time, and in a reflection of the complications of the region, it is trying to rein in violent, far-right Jewish groups intent on sowing discord with Muslims and Christians. Last week, Israeli police announced…
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Fast Forward Famed Palestinian Theater in Jerusalem Faces Closure
The Palestinian National Theatre, which for three decades has been the leading performing arts and cultural center for Arabs in Jerusalem, is facing closure after running up large municipal debts, its director said on Friday. Known as “Al Hakawati” (The Storyteller), the theater has amassed unpaid bills of $150,000 over the past five years, with…
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Fast Forward Hebron Becomes Focus of Conflict as Israel Backs Jewish Settlers
Israel shut down the main radio station in Hebron on Tuesday and turned part of the city in the occupied West Bank into a closed military zone, with troops clamping down on a district that has become the focal point of violent unrest. The city, 30 km (20 miles) south of Jerusalem, is the largest…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Blames Muslims for Nazi Extermination of Jews
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu provoked a Holocaust controversy on Wednesday, hours before a visit to Germany, by saying that the Muslim elder in Jerusalem during the 1940s convinced Adolf Hitler to exterminate the Jews. In a speech to the Zionist Congress late on Tuesday, Netanyahu referred to a series of Muslim attacks on Jews…
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Fast Forward Where West and Jerusalem Meet, Uneasy Calm Reigns — for Now
In the narrow corners of Jerusalem, where Jewish neighborhoods abut Palestinian ones, apprehension ran deep on Wednesday as Israel authorized the police to block access from Arab areas after a two-week wave of violence. The hilly backstreets that twist around the eastern, predominantly Arab half of the city were quieter than normal, as were the…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Battle Israeli Troops in ‘Day of Rage’ on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
Israel deployed hundreds of extra police around the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday after Palestinian leaders called for a ‘day of rage’ to protest at new Israeli security measures. Around 800 extra police were posted in the heart of the city and adjacent Arab neighborhoods, where tensions have been high for the past week,…
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Fast Forward The Palestinian Kingmaker Who Wants Mahmoud Abbas’s Job
He is in the view of some Palestinians, and perhaps his own mind, the man who would be king. From his roots in a Gaza refugee camp, Mohammed Dahlan scrambled to the top of Palestinian politics by his early 40s, backed by a reputation as a charismatic enforcer, someone who commanded loyalty and got things…
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Fast Forward Europe Plans Steps Against Israel Banks Over Occupation
The European Union agreed this week to push ahead with labeling Israeli goods made in settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move that has alarmed the Israeli government; but now there are proposals to go much further, including targeting Israeli banks. In a paper to be published on Wednesday, the European Council on Foreign…
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