A glance at the front page of the Jerusalembased Al Quds newspaper of June 17 is revealing. The top story warns of a “dangerous escalation in racist attacks” on Palestinians in Jerusalem by Jewish extremists. The accompanying photo shows a young woman with a black eye and wearing a neck brace, Layali El Sayyid, who was attacked while waiting at a stop for the Light Rail in West Jerusalem. On the other side of her photo is the second top story:
the new (and now caretaker) Palestinian Authority Prime Minister, Rami Hamdallah, has visited Al Aqsa mosque and vowed that “the steadfastness of Jerusalem, its institutions and its people is among the most important priorities of the leadership and the new government.”
