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News Articles: Palestinians

A poster announces the death of Nayef Samaro, 25, after he was killed during an Israeli military raid on Nablus in May.

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  • Middle East

Palestinians grieve for a father-to-be shot by Israeli troops the day his son was born

Nayef Samaro, 25, was killed in an Israeli military raid on Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, as he prepared to meet his wife at the hospital for the birth of their first child.

June 26, 2026
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By:
  • Ruth Sherlock and
  • Nuha Musleh
The heightened restrictions on movement make every aspect of life more difficult for the 3.4 million Palestinians living in the West Bank, in particular the collection and disposal of garbage.

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  • Middle East

Palestinians use recycling as Israel's restrictions trigger a trash crisis

Palestinians in the West Bank live amid garbage following Israeli restrictions. Two Palestinian entrepreneurs are trying to make a change.

May 27, 2026
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley
Palestinian ambassador to the U.N. Riyad Mansour, right, attends the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at UN headquarters

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  • Middle East

Palestinians drop bid for a senior U.N. role after U.S. pressure

The Palestinian delegation to the United Nations has dropped its bid to secure a top U.N. job after the U.S. threatens to revoke their visas.

May 21, 2026
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour pats his heart during the Kuwait crown prince's address at the High-Level Security Council meeting on Palestinians and Israel during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 23, 2025.

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  • Middle East

The U.S. threatens to revoke the Palestinian U.N. ambassador's visa

A leaked State Department memo shows the U.S. threatened to revoke Palestinian visas if they pushed for a senior United Nations post.

May 20, 2026
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
Fakhri Abu Diab, a community leader, walks by the remains of his family home after it was demolished by Israeli forces, in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem.

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  • Middle East

Israel tries to expel a whole Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, activists say

Israeli authorities are issuing Palestinians demolition orders in East Jerusalem at an accelerated rate since Israel launched war with Iran, human rights groups and U.N. experts say.

May 19, 2026
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley and
  • Nuha Musleh
A neighborhood of Beit Lahia was destroyed in Israeli strikes in October 2024, including a strike on a building that killed 132 members of the extended Abu Naser family.

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  • Middle East

Skeletons in their clothing: Recovering bodies from the rubble in Gaza

It was one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the Gaza war, devastating one extended family. A year and a half later, the survivors find their loved ones' remains.

May 06, 2026
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By:
  • Anas Baba
Aziz Abu Sarah (left) and Maoz Inon in Jaffa, Israel, in January. Their new book, <em>The Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land</em>, documents their peace activism that emerged from trauma and loss. Abu Sarah's brother died from injuries inflicted in Israeli custody and Inon's parents were killed by Hamas-led militants on Oct. 7, 2023.

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  • World

After losing loved ones, an Israeli and a Palestinian work together for Middle East peace

An Israeli whose parents were killed on Oct. 7, 2023, and a Palestinian whose brother died from injuries in Israeli custody say they've become like brothers. Their new book is The Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land.

April 14, 2026
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By:
  • Michele Kelemen
Protesters demonstrate outside The Old Bailey court in London, where four Palestine Action activists are to appear in court charged over a break-in at RAF Brize Norton on June 20 in which aircraft were damaged with spraypaint, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026.

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  • Europe

Britain's High Court says government illegally banned Pro-Palestinian group

In its ruling, the court said an earlier decision to ban the Pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization was "disproportionate."

February 13, 2026
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Members of the Palestinian special police force show their skills during a training session in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 16, 2014.

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  • Middle East

Who will police Gaza, and how?

Under President Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan, Arab countries and the European Union are supposed to train a new police force in the Gaza Strip. But U.S. plans have run into serious challenges.

February 13, 2026
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By:
  • Emily Feng and
  • Daniel Estrin
Vehicles in Tehran on Jan. 4 drive past banners at Felestin (Palestine) Square with anti-U.S. and anti-Israel messages and portraits of Iranian armed forces commanders and nuclear scientists who were killed last June in Israeli strikes.

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  • Middle East

As Iran's protests continue, Israelis and Palestinians watch closely

There is broad support for the protests among Israeli officials, but Palestinians say they hope the Iranian regime stays in place and the protests die down soon.

January 13, 2026
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By:
  • Emily Feng

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  • World

Greetings from Jaffa, Israel, where a salon is a welcoming space for Palestinians and Jews

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

December 24, 2025
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By:
  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi
From left: Yousef Bashir, who as a teen was shot by an Israeli soldier in Gaza and nearly paralyzed;  Dr. Lina Qasem Hassan, an Israeli Palestinian who is chair of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, a group that advocates for the health of Jews and Palestinians alike; and Maoz Inon, whose parents died in the Hamas attack of Oct. 7.

Tagged as: 

  • Global Health

Has hope survived the war? We asked Israelis and Palestinians we spoke to in 2023

In 2023, we interviewed them to see how the Israel-Hamas war was affecting their ability to feel compassion and empathy. In the wake of the ceasefire this fall, we followed up. What's changed?

December 05, 2025
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Bassem Khandaqji, 41, poses for a photo at a hotel in Cairo on Oct. 17, 2025, days after Israel freed him and other Palestinian prisoners in the Gaza ceasefire deal. He was imprisoned for helping plan a deadly 2004 bombing in Tel Aviv, and went on to become an award-winning novelist in prison.

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  • Middle East

A Palestinian imprisoned for planning a bombing is now a prized novelist, and free

Bassem Khandaqji entered prison 21 years ago for plotting a deadly bombing in Israel. He left prison as an award-winning novelist.

December 03, 2025
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin,
  • Ahmed Abuhamda,
  • and 2 more
Mohammed Abu Daqqa, a 31-year-old Palestinian who left Gaza, scrolls through images on his phone at a refugee welcome center in Germany. He describes how he rode a jet ski across the Mediterranean to take refuge in Europe, and is determined to get his family out of Gaza.

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  • World

He left Gaza and fled to Europe on a jet ski. Now he hopes to bring his family

In an extraordinary journey, a Palestinian man used a jet ski to cross the Mediterranean Sea and reach Europe after he fled the war in Gaza.

November 24, 2025
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By:
  • Ruth Sherlock and
  • Tony Colapinto
French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Sept. 23.

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  • World

Meet the peace activist who persuaded France's Macron to recognize a Palestinian state

Israeli-French peace activist Ofer Bronchtein helped shape President Emmanuel Macron's plan to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations this year. Here's how he did it.

November 22, 2025
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley
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