Daniel Estrin

NPR

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Protests against Israel's government took a turn when police used force

Thursday, March 02, 2023

Israeli police broke up protests by Israelis who blocked roads to oppose government plans to weaken the judiciary. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared the protesters to West Bank rioters.

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A U.S. citizen is one of the latest killed in West Bank violence

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Elan Ganeles of Connecticut was visiting Israel for a friend's wedding. The 27-year-old was shot on a road frequented by international tourists that passes through the West Bank toward the Dead Sea.

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After a violent weekend, officials say they aim to deescalate tensions in West Bank

Monday, February 27, 2023

As three Israelis are fatally shot and a Palestinian is killed during riots by Jewish settlers, the U.S. is pushing diplomacy to keep violence in the occupied West Bank from escalating more.

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Israeli and Palestinian officials agreed to cool tensions but then: chaos

Monday, February 27, 2023

Israeli and Palestinian officials agreed on a plan to cool tensions, but then two Israeli settlers were killed in the occupied West Bank. That led hundreds of Israelis to go on a deadly rampage.

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In Turkey, a historic city for three religions is in ruins after the earthquake

Saturday, February 25, 2023

We take a tour through Antakya, Turkey, a city that played an important role in Jewish, Christian and Muslim history. It was devastated by the recent earthquake.

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Turkey's Antakya is in ruins after the quake, erasing cultural and religious heritage

Saturday, February 25, 2023

The city of Antakya, known in antiquity as Antioch, was at the crossroads of civilizations for centuries. After the Feb. 6 earthquake, many of its centuries-old monuments and sites lie in ruins.

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Baklava took a break in Turkey's pastry capital after the earthquake. Now it's back

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

In a city known for its pistachio baklava, a pastry heavyweight turned his family's restaurant into a charity kitchen and shelter after the catastrophic Feb. 6 earthquake.

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A new earthquake hits Turkey, as teams still respond to earlier catastrophic quake

Monday, February 20, 2023

Turkish authorities say a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, followed by a magnitude 5.8 tremor, struck the Antakya region around 8 p.m. local time Monday. The quake was also felt in Syria.

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Tent camps are everywhere now in Turkey's earthquake zone. Here's one

Monday, February 20, 2023

Tent cities have been constructed in Turkey for displaced earthquake victims and because families are afraid to return to their homes. More than 40,000 buildings are at risk of collapse.

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People in Turkey and Syria sleep in tents — afraid their homes could collapse

Monday, February 20, 2023

Families endure an anxious life in makeshift tent encampments after the earthquakes in southern Turkey.

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One couple's bedroom caved in during the earthquake. Here's how it saved their lives

Sunday, February 19, 2023

In the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria, several survivors stayed alive by chance when their collapsed walls provided protection.

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A couple in Turkey, pinned under earthquake rubble, survived the ordeal

Thursday, February 16, 2023

A Turkish man describes how he and his wife survived last week's massive earthquake after their apartment building collapsed around them. (Story first aired on ATC on Feb. 15, 2022.)

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How a Turkish couple survived pinned under rubble after the earthquake

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

A Turkish man describes how he and his wife survived last week's earth quake when their apartment building collapsed around them.

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European allies condemn Israel's plan to build more housing units in the West Bank

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom joined the U.S. in condemning Israel's plans to build 10,000 more housing units in existing settlements in the occupied West Bank.

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Turkey's government scrambles to respond to anger over lax building rules

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Following the earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people, Turkey's government struggles to respond to anger over lax building rules, and its plans for the thousands who need homes.

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Israel says 2 people are dead after a man rammed his car into a group of people

Friday, February 10, 2023

Officials say a 6-year-old boy and a man in his 20s were killed when a Palestinian driver rammed a car into a group of people at a bus stop in a largely ultra-Orthodox Jewish settlement neighborhood.

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To survive WWII, a young man hid his Jewish identity and joined the Hitler Youth

Thursday, February 09, 2023

Holocaust survivor Solomon Perel recently died at the age of 97. He made it through World War II by hiding his Jewish identity and joining the Hitler Youth.

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People in Jerusalem are mourning after a recent shooting outside a synagogue

Sunday, February 05, 2023

Mourners and the family of the gunman look back on the recent shooting outside a Jerusalem synagogue.

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Israel's far-right government wants the power to override its Supreme Court

Saturday, February 04, 2023

Despite huge protests, Israel's new far-right government is doubling down on its first major initiative: to weaken the judiciary. Hungary and Poland's far-right did the same when they entered office.

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Secretary of State Blinken is in the Middle East to address latest round of violence

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Amid rising tensions, Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Tuesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. He met with Israel's prime minister on Monday.

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