Daniel Estrin

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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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Israel clears a hurdle for visa-free U.S. travel — but there are strings attached

Monday, January 30, 2023

The State Department has announced Israeli tourists may qualify for visa-free travel to the U.S., but only if Israel stops discriminating against Arab Americans.

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Blinken's Israel visit comes during heightened Israeli-Palestinian tensions

Monday, January 30, 2023

Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Israel and the West Bank comes against a backdrop of violence, including deadly attacks in Jerusalem and a Palestinian refugee camp.

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Here's what is driving the latest spiral of Israeli-Palestinian violence

Saturday, January 28, 2023

A 10-month military crackdown, a half-century occupation, increasing Palestinian militancy and a far-right Israeli government could impact the chances for more violence.

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Antony Blinken is on a trip to the Middle East amidst a spate of violence

Saturday, January 28, 2023

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the Middle East next week following three violent incidents that left several civilians dead in recent days.

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A 13-year-old Palestinian wounded 2 people in an attack in East Jerusalem, police say

Saturday, January 28, 2023

The attack on Saturday morning comes just a day after a Palestinian gunman opened fire outside of a synagogue in Jerusalem at the start of the Jewish sabbath, killing seven people.

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Jerusalem synagogue attacked as violence intensifies in Israeli-occupied West Bank

Friday, January 27, 2023

A gunman killed at least 7 people gathering for the sabbath at a synagogue in Jerusalem. This comes as violence intensifies with Israeli forces conducting a campaign of raids in the occupied West Bank

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