Daniel Estrin

NPR

Daniel Estrin appears in the following:

A gunman kills 5 in Israel before being killed by police

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

A Palestinian gunman has killed five people in a suburb of Tel Aviv. It's the latest in a series of attacks that left 11 people dead in just over a week.

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Zelenskyy compares Russia's invasion to Holocaust in a plea to Israel for support

Sunday, March 20, 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke with Israeli lawmakers about his impatience with Israel as it mediates negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.

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Jewish and non-Jewish Ukrainian refugees arrive to different treatment in Israel

Monday, March 14, 2022

Israel's diplomatic and security ties with Russia are facing pressure amid calls to help Ukraine more. It's taking in refugees but there's a controversy over how many non-Jewish Ukrainians to accept.

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How the memory of Nazi atrocities has come to play a role in Russia's war

Wednesday, March 02, 2022

Putin's claim that he is fighting a Nazi regime in Ukraine is a falsehood based on historical memory.

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After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Jerusalem's Putin Pub is now just named Pub

Monday, February 28, 2022

Israel is keeping good ties with ally Putin, as well as with Ukraine. But the owners of Jerusalem's Putin Pub, a bar for Russian-speaking immigrants, erased his name when Russia invaded Ukraine.

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The Putin Pub in Jerusalem is looking for a new name

Monday, February 28, 2022

The Putin Pub, a 22-year-old mainstay of Jerusalem's Russian-speaking immigrant community, can no longer tolerate the joke of being named after President Putin.

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For Ukrainian musicians, rejecting Russia is a matter of national pride

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Ukrainian musicians are turning away from Russia, and sometimes the Russian language, as they try to reassert their country's identity. Some who used to sing in Russian now only perform in Ukrainian.

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In a twist of fate, a family straddles the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sunday, February 13, 2022

Daniel Estrin discovered while reporting from Ukraine that the current geopolitical drama touches his family's history in unexpected ways.

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On the Crimean borderland, Ukrainians define their identity

Saturday, February 12, 2022

In the borderlands near Crimea, there is a war for the hearts and minds of Ukrainian citizens.

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Ukrainians in and near Crimea have seen up close what happens when Russia invades

Wednesday, February 09, 2022

Russia occupied Crimea in 2014 and is sending more troops there now. Ukrainians who live near Crimea are considering the consequences of their rejection of Russia and embrace of the West.

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Bar, bookstore or bunker? Kyiv residents wonder where to shelter in case of war

Sunday, February 06, 2022

An underground world in the Ukraine capital is made up of Soviet-era bomb shelters, bunkers and basements. A potential Russian attack threatens to put the bygone shelter system to the test.

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Russia's Putin accuses the U.S. of trying to drag him into war

Wednesday, February 02, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin has broken his silence on the Ukraine crisis, accusing the U.S. of trying to lay a trap for Russia. Diplomatic talks continue.

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Security experts doubt Ukraine readiness against Russian cyber attack

Saturday, January 29, 2022

Ukrainian officials prepare civil defense in the event of a Russian invasion or hybrid warfare.

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Is Ukraine ready for a Russian attack? It depends what kind

Saturday, January 29, 2022

As experts and officials in Ukraine's capital consider a range of possible actions by Russia — including invasion, cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns — they say Ukraine lacks critical defenses.

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Kyiv braces for Russian attacks, physical and beyond

Saturday, January 29, 2022

City officials in Ukraine's capital are considering a wide range of possible actions by Russia: invasion, siege, hybrid warfare, cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns.

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Where President Zelensky's popularity stands with people in Ukraine

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Amid the crisis with Russia, some Ukrainians say their president has come up short. Others, like some of the ones skating in front of the office of the president, say they still support him.

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The messaging from Ukrainian officials is that a Russian invasion isn't imminent

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Ukrainian officials are downplaying the threat of an imminent Russian invasion in their messaging to the public, even as the United States delivers more Javelin missiles to Kyiv.

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Israeli police used spyware to hack its own citizens, an Israeli newspaper reports

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

According to a report in Israeli media, Israel has hacked activists, mayors and other Israeli citizens without judicial oversight using spyware from the controversial NSO Group.

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Netanyahu in talks to reach plea bargain in corruption trial

Sunday, January 16, 2022

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who's on trial for corruption, is in talks to reach a plea bargain. If it goes forward, it could force him to take a break from politics.

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Elderly Palestinian American man found dead after being detained by Israeli troops

Thursday, January 13, 2022

An elderly Palestinian American died shortly after being detained by Israeli forces, prompting an investigation of his treatment.

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