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News Articles: Middle East

A large, pro-Palestinian protest in downtown Detroit called for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war as protesters decried President Biden's response.

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  • Politics

In Michigan, where every vote counts, Arab Americans are turning away from Biden

The community turned out overwhelmingly for Joe Biden, helping him win the swing state. But many now feel betrayed by the president's response to the Israel-Hamas war and it could cost him in 2024.

November 17, 2023
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By:
  • Jeongyoon Han and
  • Don Gonyea
Rescued from her studio in Kibbutz Be'eri near Israel's border with Gaza, artist Ziva Jelin's damaged painting <em>Curving Road </em>is currently on special display in the Israeli Art gallery of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

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  • Middle East

Artist's work rises from the ashes of a kibbutz attacked by Hamas onto a museum wall

Ziva Jelin and her family survived Hamas' brutal attack on Kibbutz Be'eri on Oct. 7. So did the 61-year-old artist's painting Curving Road, which now hangs in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

November 17, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel's actions and goals in Gaza in an interview with <em>Morning Edition</em>'s Steve Inskeep on Friday.

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  • Middle East

Netanyahu says Gaza needs a new 'civilian government,' but won't say who

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Israel's war on Hamas. Netanyahu says once Hamas is defeated, Israel has to make sure there is no resurgence of terrorism.

November 17, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Steve Inskeep
A satellite view shows smoke along the Gaza-Israel border on Oct. 7 in an image combining natural with shortwave-infrared highlights. The image came from a Copernicus Sentinel satellite run, by the EU space program.

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  • National Security

The U.S. has special rules for satellites over one country: Israel

It's not unusual for countries to restrict satellite images of sensitive locations. But in the case of Israel, a U.S. law seeks to protect an entire — and separate — country.

November 17, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Hundreds of mourners gather for the funeral service of Canadian Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver on Thursday in Kibbutz Gezer, Israel.

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  • Middle East

Mourners gather in Israel to honor memory of longtime peace activist Vivian Silver

Hundreds of mourners gathered at a funeral service for Canadian Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver. She was declared dead this week after her remains were found at her home in Israel.

November 17, 2023
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By:
  • Maya Levin
An internally displaced woman feeds her daughter at their room in a school reconverted as a temporary center for internally displaced people on Oct. 25, in Tyre, Lebanon. The International Organization for Migration reported 19,646 people had been displaced inside Lebanon since Oct. 8, the day after an assault on Israel by Hamas militants.

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  • World

Israel-Hezbollah fighting forces people in southern Lebanon to flee violence — again

Thousands of villagers living along the border with Israel have been evacuated to Tyre, 50 miles south of Beirut. Their escape is a reminder of the cost of the war in Gaza, even far from its borders.

November 16, 2023
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By:
  • Jane Arraf
In 2016, Ori Givati served as a reservist soldier in the West Bank. He joined Breaking the Silence a year later.

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  • Middle East

A former Israeli soldier calls for international intervention to stop settler violence

Ex-Israeli soldier Ori Givati questions his military experience and the current rise in violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank.

November 16, 2023
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By:
  • Leila Fadel and
  • Mansee Khurana
A wounded Palestinian boy arrives to the emergency room of the Al-Shifa hospital, following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, central Gaza Strip, on Oct. 17. Israel claims Hamas uses the facility for military purposes and has built a vast underground command center below the hospital. As Israeli forces move in on the facility, hundreds of doctors and patients remain inside.

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  • Middle East

Doctors are among the many dead in Gaza. These are their stories

More than 200 medical personnel have been killed since the war started. Their colleagues say there's been no time to mourn. In that spirit, doctors shared details about the lives that were lost.

November 16, 2023
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip walk in a United Nations Development Programme-provided tent camp in Khan Younis,Nov.15, 2023.

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  • Middle East

Israeli military drops leaflets in Gaza calling for further evacuations

The leaflets dropped this week ordered civilians in areas east of Khan Younis, which is in southern Gaza, to evacuate to "known shelters."

November 16, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Israeli troops operate on the grounds of the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City in this photo released by the Israeli military. The Israelis say they found weapons belonging to Hamas, but did not provide details. Hamas denied the claim that it has been operating in or underneath the hospital.

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  • Middle East

Israeli troops enter Gaza's largest hospital and report finding Hamas weapons there

Hamas denounced the actions by the Israeli military. The group denied the assertion by Israel and U.S. officials that militants were embedded in Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital.

November 15, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz,
  • Greg Myre,
  • and 1 more
Demonstrators rally in support of Palestinians in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 18.

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  • Politics

Americans are split over Israel's response in its war with Hamas

An equal number say Israel's response to Hamas' attack has either been too much or about right. A majority of Democrats now say it's been too much, driven by people of color and younger respondents.

November 15, 2023
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
Palestinians injured in Israeli raids arrive at Nasser Medical Hospital on Tuesday in Khan Younis, Gaza.

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  • Middle East

Israel says its troops have entered Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City

In a posting on social media, the Israel Defense Forces said it was launching "a precise and targeted operation against Hamas in a specified area" of the hospital complex.

November 14, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz,
  • Greg Myre,
  • and 3 more
GPB News NPR

Tagged as: 

  • Middle East

U.S. Diplomats and aid staff are objecting to U.S. policy in the Middle East

Dozens of U.S. diplomats and aid experts have been expressing dissent over US policy in the Middle East.

November 14, 2023
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By:
  • Michele Kelemen
Israeli forces take Ayoub Abuhejleh while he was being interviewed by NPR in the West Bank.

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  • Middle East

We were interviewing a Palestinian farmer. Then the drone and soldiers appeared

There are days when you head out to report a story, and you think you know where it's going. And then it spins in an entirely different direction. This is the story of one such day.

November 13, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Erika Ryan,
  • and 1 more
Palestinians arrive south of Gaza City on Sunday after fleeing their homes amid the ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas.

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  • Middle East

Up First briefing: Gaza hospitals can't function; Biden will meet with China's Xi

Gaza's largest hospitals have stopped working amid ground fighting and fuel shortages. The leaders of the U.S. and China plan to meet in California this week for their first in-person talks in a year.

November 13, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
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