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News Articles: Israel

A mural in Gaza City of the Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot and killed.

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  • Middle East

An independent probe points to Israeli gunfire in the death of a journalist

One open-source research team said its initial findings lent support to Palestinian witnesses who said Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli fire.

May 16, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Israeli police in riot gear confront mourners and the journalists on Friday covering the transfer from the hospital of slain Al Jazeera veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to her final resting place in east Jerusalem. Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American reporter, was shot dead Wednesday during an Israeli military raid in the West Bank town of Jenin.

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  • Middle East

Israeli police beat mourners at a slain Al Jazeera journalist's funeral

Dozens of people tried to march the casket of Shireen Abu Akleh from a hospital to a nearby Catholic church, but Israeli police hit them with batons, causing pallbearers to briefly drop the casket.

May 13, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Israeli forces secure the area of a stabbing attack in the town of Elad, on Thursday. Israeli medics say at least three people were killed.

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  • Middle East

3 people were killed in a stabbing attack near Tel Aviv

Israeli authorities said a pair of Palestinian attackers went on a stabbing rampage in a town near Tel Aviv, killing at least three people and wounding four others before fleeing in a vehicle.

May 05, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, on Thursday. Heavy fighting is raging at the besieged steel plant as Russian forces attempt to finish off the city's last-ditch defenders and complete the capture of the strategically vital port.

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  • Europe

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 5)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

May 05, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
Israel's Iron Dome air defense system launches missiles to intercept rockets fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, over Gaza City, early Thursday, April 21, 2022.

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  • Middle East

Gaza violence intensifies as Jerusalem clashes resume

Israel's air force and Palestinian militants traded fire across the Gaza frontier early Thursday as clashes erupted again at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site.

April 21, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Israeli army soldiers guard a section of Israel's separation barrier last year in the West Bank village of Nilin, west of Ramallah. Two Palestinian men were critically injured by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, the latest incident in a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

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  • World

Israeli troops wound 2 Palestinians during new Israeli-Palestinian violence

Israel has carried out a wave of arrest raids after Palestinian assailants killed at least 14 people inside Israel. At least 25 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in recent weeks.

April 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Israeli security forces search for assailants near the scene of a shooting attack in Tel Aviv, on Thursday.

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  • Middle East

A third victim in the Tel Aviv shooting dies and security forces kill the gunman

The Thursday evening shooting in a downtown area packed with people in bars and restaurants caused scenes of mass panic in the heart of the city. It was the fourth deadly attack in three weeks.

April 08, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Israeli security forces gather at the site of an attack that left two Israeli police dead in the northern city of Hadera on Sunday.

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  • Middle East

The Islamic State claims responsibility for the deaths of 2 people in central Israel

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility after a pair of Arab gunmen killed two people and wounded four before being killed by police in the city of Hadera in central Israel.

March 28, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Left: The Putin Pub in Jerusalem, before the owners removed the word Putin from the sign. Right: On Feb. 24, the first day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Russian-speaking owners of the Putin Pub removed "Putin" from the sign.

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  • World

After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Jerusalem's Putin Pub is now just named Pub

Israel is keeping good ties with Putin, a close ally, and Ukraine. But the owners of Jerusalem's Putin Pub, a bar for Russian-speaking immigrants, yanked Putin's name when Russia invaded Ukraine.

February 28, 2022
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  • Daniel Estrin
Left: The Putin Pub in Jerusalem, before the owners removed the word Putin from the sign. Right: On Feb. 24, the first day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Russian-speaking owners of the Putin Pub removed "Putin" from the sign.

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  • World

After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Jerusalem's Putin Pub is now just named Pub

Israel is keeping good ties with Putin, a close ally, and Ukraine. But the owners of Jerusalem's Putin Pub, a bar for Russian-speaking immigrants, yanked Putin's name when Russia invaded Ukraine.

February 28, 2022
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  • Daniel Estrin
Staff volunteers queue to receive a fourth dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Sheba Medical Center in Israel on Dec. 27, 2021, as the hospital conducted a trial of a fourth jab of the vaccine.

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  • Global Health

Who might benefit from a 4th shot — and who might not

Some countries are moving ahead with plans to offer a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine. But studies are raising questions about the potential advantages of this extra booster.

February 23, 2022
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  • Michaeleen Doucleff
GPB News NPR

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  • Middle East

Arab leader's gamble to play kingmaker in Israel is paying off

Mansour Abbas broke a longstanding taboo when he led his Arab party into Israel's governing coalition last year.

January 17, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Sure a goldfish can mingle in a tank, but some have taken their movement to the next level by operating robotic vehicles on land as part of an animal behavior experiment.

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  • Animals

Israeli scientists have trained goldfish to drive, in a scene out of a Dr. Seuss book

An experiment involving a robotic tank on wheels and six trained goldfish may offer insights into animals' ability to navigate unfamiliar environments.

January 11, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
A man receives his fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine in a private nursing home in Petah Tikva, Israel, on Tuesday.

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  • Middle East

Israel sets COVID-19 record as rule changes create whiplash

The omicron variant is outpacing the government's ability to make and execute clear pandemic public policy.

January 05, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Members of Women of the Wall gather around a Torah scroll the group smuggled in for their Rosh Hodesh prayers marking the new month, at the Western Wall where women are forbidden from reading from the Tora.

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  • Religion

Western Wall prayer site's future is in doubt under Israel's fragile government

Israel's refusal to recognize liberal Reform and Conservative streams of Judaism has long been a point of tension with American Jews.

January 04, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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