Daniel Estrin
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World
U.S. allows Israelis visa-free entry as Israel opens travel to Palestinian Americans
The decision is part of a deal that requires Israel to end bans and restrictions on Palestinian Americans and other Arab Americans traveling to Israel.
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World
Jury selection to begin in Canada for a man accused of murdering a Muslim family
Prosecutors say in 2021, Nathaniel Veltman killed three generations of the Afzaal family with his pickup truck because of their religious faith. It's being called a test of Canada's terrorism laws.
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World
The future of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia
NPR's Daniel Estrin speaks with journalists and experts about the possible normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
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Politics
What protestors are saying of the new law reducing Israeli Supreme Court's oversight
Thousands of Israelis are taking to the streets in violent protests with police after parliament eliminated a key power of the Supreme Court to oversee senior governmental appointments and policy.
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World
Pentagon files reveal flaws in U.S. claims about Syrian casualties in Baghdadi raid
The U.S. Defense Department said troops spared civilians during a celebrated 2019 raid against the leader of ISIS, but NPR has uncovered new details that challenge the U.S. claims.
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Pentagon files reveal flaws in U.S. claims about Syrian casualties in Baghdadi raid
The U.S. has maintained that troops spared civilians in the 2019 raid on ISIS leader Baghdadi. But NPR analysis found flaws in the claim. A Syrian man says he was wounded and two friends were killed.
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Politics
Israel's protests start again after prime minister tries to weaken judiciary
The Israeli prime minister's move to take up measures that weaken the judicial system have revived Israel's democracy protests, where the move is seen as a threat to democracy.
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World
Israel has withdrawn from the Jenin refugee camp in West Bank
Israeli military has ended one of its largest assaults on militants in the West Bank in the last two decades. Twelve Palestinians were killed, as was one Israeli soldier.
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Israel stages a large-scale raid on a Palestinian camp in the West Bank
Israel's military says it's launched an extensive counterterrorism effort in the occupied West Bank that's killed at least seven militants in the latest escalation of violence there.
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Volunteers in Turkey are collecting evidence of poor construction after the quakes
Since the earthquakes last month, some people in Turkey are taking investigations into the shoddy construction that led to tragedy in their own hands — and social media feeds.