Daniel Estrin
Stories
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World
Palestinians Hurt In Protests Of Israeli Teen's Death Caused By A Police Chase
Israeli police reportedly sped after young Israeli settlers suspected of throwing rocks at Palestinians. In the chase, the settlers' car flipped over, killing one of them. It's caused fury.
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Rare Snowfall Brings Moments Of Winter Wonder To Middle East
Large swaths of the Middle East are covered in snow, sparking joy and wonder in a region that doesn't normally witness white winters.
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Health
Vaccines For Data: Israel's Pfizer Deal Drives Quick Rollout — And Privacy Worries
Israel paid a premium, locked in an early supply of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines and agreed to share data from Israel's centralized trove of medical statistics. Privacy advocates have some misgivings.
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Israel Secures COVID-19 Vaccine Doses By Agreeing To Share Medical Data On Israelis
Israel agreed to provide Pfizer with a trove of medical data about its citizens in return for COVID-19 vaccine supplies. Some privacy experts there are concerned.
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Examining The Diplomatic Deal Between Israel, United Arab Emirates
As part of the bigger picture in the agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Israel is redefining peace as something that does not require concessions in land.
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Health
As Israel Leads In COVID-19 Vaccines Per Capita, Palestinians Still Await Shots
Israel aims to vaccinate 25% of its citizens by end of January. But the country has not provided any to the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza, which are scrambling for shots.
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Examining COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts Around The World
While Israel has already vaccinated half a million citizens against the coronavirus, the vaccine timeline for poor countries will be much longer. We look at Israel, Pakistan and the Philippines.
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Israel To Go Into Elections For 4th Time In 2 Years
A deadlock in the Israeli parliament seems to be headed to what will be the fourth election in two years — and another struggle by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stay in power.
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How The Arab World Is Reacting To Accords With Israel
The Trump administration mediated deals for four Arab countries to recognize Israel. NPR correspondents who recently visited Sudan and the United Arab Emirates discuss reactions in the Arab world.
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World
Israeli Prime Minister Secretly Flew To Saudi Arabia, Israeli Media Reports
It is the first such meeting between Israeli and Saudi leaders to be reported widely in Israeli media. Netanyahu reportedly met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.