Daniel Estrin

A strip club in Hollywood is one of the latest places in the nation seeing increased unionization efforts. Dancers say their occupation is dangerous and they need more protection.

President Biden will meet with nearly a dozen Mideast leaders on a trip this week that will cover issues from Yemen to oil to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

With elections in November, Israeli leaders are debating the just-finished political experiment that saw right-wing Jewish parties working with Arab politicians.

NPR journalists followed Yousef Al-Kurd and his family for months as they fought for the medical care that could save his life.

The U.S. says it was likely an Israeli soldier who killed Shireen Abu Akleh, a prominent Palestinian-American journalist, shot in May. She was covering an Israeli military raid..

An official with the Palestinian Authority tells NPR an agreement was reached to share the bullet with the U.S.

The corporate owner of Ben & Jerry's has made a deal to keep selling ice cream in Israel and its West Bank settlements, working around an attempt by the ice cream maker to protest Israeli occupation.

As Israel investigates the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, military experts critique the shortcomings of Israel's prosecution of other Palestinian civilian casualties.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lost his parliamentary majority, setting the stage for Israel's fifth election in just over three years. Elections are likely to take place in October.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says he will step down, bringing Israel to its fifth round of elections in just over three years. It comes as former leader Benjamin Netanyahu tries to return to power.

In a joint statement released, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid say they've agreed to hold a vote next week to dissolve parliament and hold early elections.

In Jerusalem, the brother of slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is calling for a U.S. investigation to provide answers on how his sister was killed while covering an Israeli military raid.

After violence by Jewish nationalists in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem on Sunday, Israel is debating who is an extremist.

Pakistan doesn't recognize Israel. After a delegation visited Israel and even met with its president, Pakistani senators were outraged and one visitor got fired.

Skirmishes erupt between Palestinians and Jewish pilgrims during a nationalist parade through Jerusalem's Old City.

Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank has seen its share of violence. But the recent death of Palestinian American journalist has brought the violence there under a renewed spotlight.

A delegation of Pakistanis and Pakistani-Americans visited Jerusalem, as Israel tries to open more diplomatic relations with Muslim-majority countries.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken as well as the European Union and the United Nations secretary-general condemned Israeli police conduct in Jerusalem over the funeral for Abu Akleh.

Israeli police fought to block a funeral march for Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh just outside of the Old City of Jerusalem.

A prominent Palestinian-American journalist was killed in the West Bank and her network blames Israeli forces. Israel says it's possible Palestinian gunmen shot her, but says it will investigate.