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News Articles: Middle East

Posters hung around the New York University campus in Greenwich Village, showing people kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7 in Israel, are seen torn up and covered with pro-Palestinian graffiti.

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  • National

Colleges face pressure to curb antisemitism and Islamophobia

The Biden Administration has told colleges they risk losing federal funding if they don't take aggressive steps to curb attacks on Jewish students, and harassment of pro-Palestinian students.

November 13, 2023
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By:
  • Tovia Smith
GPB News NPR

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  • Middle East

Morning news brief

Israel's military says it has been battling Hamas fighters around Gaza's hospitals. President Biden this week attends a summit of Asian leaders. U.S. government funding is set to run out on Friday.

November 13, 2023
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By:
  • Leila Fadel and
  • Steve Inskeep
Children play among tents set up for Palestinians seeking refuge on the grounds of an UNRWA center in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 19.

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  • World

4 things to know about UNRWA, Gaza's largest aid organization

For over 70 years, one key U.N. agency has provided relief to Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip. As Israel continues to bombard the territory, UNRWA says it's struggling to keep up with demand.

November 13, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
A massive crowd gathered for a march against antisemitism in Paris on Sunday. French authorities have registered more than 1,000 acts against Jews around the country in a month since the conflict in the Middle East began.

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  • Europe

More than 180,000 march across France against soaring antisemitism

French authorities have registered more than 1,000 acts against Jews around the country in the month since the conflict in the Middle East began.

November 12, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Patients and internally displaced people are pictured at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Nov. 10, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas.

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  • Middle East

Gaza's 2 largest hospitals have ceased to function, health officials say

Health officials say the hospitals are out of electricity. The U.N. and World Health Organization pleaded for "decisive international action" to preserve what's left of the health care system in Gaza.

November 12, 2023
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer,
  • Aya Batrawy,
  • and 2 more
Protesters march in central London on Saturday, calling for a cease-fire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

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  • Europe

Pro-Palestinian march draws hundreds of thousands in London to call for cease-fire

Saturday's march, the largest in the U.K. since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, was overwhelmingly peaceful. London police say they arrested around 100 far-right counterprotesters.

November 11, 2023
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By:
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
People check the bodies of victims killed in a reported Israeli strike, as they lie on the ground in the vicinity of Gaza City's Al Shifa hospital compound on Friday.

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  • Middle East

As Israel orders Gaza hospitals to evacuate, health care is 'on its knees'

Israel says it wants hospitals in northern Gaza to empty out so it can go after Hamas militants operating there. Palestinians say health care is collapsing in the territory.

November 11, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Greg Myre
Itay Levy makes music and Kinnors — intricately-carved wooden harps.

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  • Middle East

In the shops of Jerusalem, empty seats and anguished hearts are all that's left

The Old City of Jerusalem is thousands of years old. People from all over the world travel here to see the expansive history and the foundation of religions and empires — until now.

November 11, 2023
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By:
  • Erika Ryan,
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • and 1 more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks as he meets with President Biden, Oct. 18, in Tel Aviv.

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  • Middle East

After Hamas attack, most Israelis want Netanyahu to resign, according to poll

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was already under pressure for other problems. Now, a recent poll says 76% of Israelis want him to resign.

November 11, 2023
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer
A man passes the scene where a rocket fired from Gaza strip hit a building on Oct. 7, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli officials revised down the estimated number of people killed in the Oct. 7 attacks to 1,200 from 1,400 on Friday.

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  • Middle East

Israel revises down its death toll from the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks to about 1,200

In a text message to journalists, a spokesperson from Israel's Foreign Ministry said "around 1,200" is now what he called "the official number of people" killed by Hamas militants on Oct. 7.

November 11, 2023
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer
A girl looks on as she stands by the rubble outside a building hit by Israeli bombardment in the southern Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023. Children in Gaza have been exposed to high levels of violence even before the current war, researchers say, increasing their risk of mental health challenges.

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  • Global Health

How a history of trauma is affecting the children of Gaza

Even before the current war, researchers documented the impact of conflict on children in Gaza. Now they worry that kids who are trapped on the battlefield face long-term impacts on mental health.

November 10, 2023
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee

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  • Middle East

Satellite images show Israeli forces hold ground around Gaza City's water facilities

Israeli forces control the area around a desalination facility and a sewage treatment plant, and troops appear to be stationed in several schools in Gaza City.

November 10, 2023
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel,
  • Alyson Hurt,
  • and 1 more
Children sit amid the rubble of a building in the aftermath of an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday.

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  • Middle East

Israel has agreed to a daily 'humanitarian corridor.' What does this mean?

Israel has already allowed civilians to use a "humanitarian corridor" into southern Gaza in the past week. Thousands of Palestinians have managed to use this time to head south.

November 10, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Greg Myre
An injured Palestinian boy is carried away in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike outside the entrance of the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Nov. 3. Israel said it targeted Hamas members using an ambulance to leave the hospital. Hamas denied this. Hospital officials said 13 people were killed and dozens injured.

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  • Middle East

Hospitals are protected in war. But the safeguard is not absolute

This question is part of the bitter Israeli-Palestinian debate over the war in Gaza, where thousands of civilians have been killed.

November 10, 2023
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By:
  • Greg Myre
The family of Bilal Muhammed Saleh outside their home in  As-Sawiya, occupied West Bank on Oct. 31, 2023.

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  • Middle East

The death of a Palestinian olive farmer emphasizes conflict over land

Settler violence is on the rise in the West Bank.

November 10, 2023
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By:
  • Steve Inskeep,
  • Reena Advani,
  • and 1 more
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