Daniel Estrin

NPR

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French Investigators Release New Information About Driver In Nice Attack

Monday, July 18, 2016

The chief investigator of last Thursday's truck attack in Nice, France, has released new information about the driver. Investigators still don't know why he did it or what connections, if any, he had to ISIS.

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Amid Mourning In Nice, Residents Look For Ways To Pitch In

Saturday, July 16, 2016

Hospitals in Nice, France are full of grieving and angry families following the Bastille Day attack. But residents are lining up to give blood and filling flower shops.

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Archaeological Dig May Counter Bible's Version Of The Philistines

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed an ancient cemetery believed to be the final resting place of some 200 Philistines. They hope the bones will show a new side of the notorious biblical people.

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Israel's Health Minister To McDonald's: 'Not In Our Country'

Friday, April 22, 2016

McDonald's is super popular in Israel — the chain even offers potato-starch buns for Passover. But now McD's is fighting back against government accusations that it's "junk food."

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In Hebron, A City Hit Hard By Violence, A Palestinian Preaches Nonviolence

Sunday, January 10, 2016

The West Bank city of Hebron is where Palestinians and Israeli settlers live within yards of each other – separated by Israeli barricades and soldiers. It's long been a place filled with friction, and over the past three months, nearly one out of three Palestinian attacks have taken place here, ...

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Amid Attacks In Jerusalem, A New Fear: That Person Next To You On The Street

Saturday, January 02, 2016

Rabbi Reuven Birmajer finished teaching his Talmud class at a religious seminary in Jerusalem last week, and then told his students he had to rush home. Deliverymen were bringing a new bed.

"He was afraid a Palestinian guy was going to deliver the bed, and his wife was going to ...

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Ongoing Violence Mutes West Bank's Christmas Celebrations

Friday, December 25, 2015

Several Palestinians were killed as they attempted attacks, Israeli officials say. Palestinian security officials say they arrested Islamic extremists to prevent potential attacks.

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Jewish Suspects Claim They Were Tortured In Israeli Custody; Supporters Protest

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Israeli authorities are trying to find the Jewish extremists responsible for a firebombing that killed a Palestinian family. Jewish suspects say they have been tortured under Israeli interrogation.

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Israeli Parents Ask: Should We Dismiss The Arab Cleaner At School?

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Two Palestinians armed with a gun and a knife boarded a bus in Jerusalem last week, and killed two Israelis and injured about 15 other passengers.

The attack took place just 200 feet from the Eitan School, an elementary school with a Jewish religious curriculum. One parent had almost boarded ...

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After A West Bank Home Goes Up In Flames, Tensions Flare In The Region

Saturday, August 01, 2015

A Palestinian baby was killed Friday in an arson attack in the West Bank. Jewish settlers are suspected in the attack, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called "an act of terrorism."

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Israeli Officials Promise To Find Arsonists Who Killed Palestinian Child

Saturday, August 01, 2015

Israeli leaders vowed to find the suspected Israeli extremists behind an arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler early Friday.

We reported Friday that the attack killed the 18-month-old boy and wounded four of his family members — some critically.

The injured were flown to an Israeli hospital where ...

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In The West Bank, A Rough Start Doesn't Deter New Arab TV Channel

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Worried about West Bank Palestinian influence on Arab citizens of Israel, the Israeli government has shut down an Arab TV station that bridges the two groups.

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Torn Between Native And Adoptive Lands, Israel's Iranian Jews Hope For Peace

Sunday, July 26, 2015

In a dry goods shop in the middle of Tel Aviv, plump sacks of dried lemons and spices practically spill out onto the street. There are signs everywhere handwritten in Farsi. It might as well be Tehran.

The owner, Behruz Baradarian, moved to Israel 30 years ago from the Iranian ...

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Ash Carter Visits Israel To Ease Concerns Over Iran Nuclear Deal

Monday, July 20, 2015

With U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter visiting their country, Israelis are grappling with how to respond to the nuclear deal with Iran. And it's not all about opposing the agreement.

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American-Israeli Is New First Fiddle in Israel Philharmonic

Saturday, May 09, 2015

David Radzynski is still getting used to his first job out of college as the new concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
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7 Decades On, Israel Still Seeks Resolutions For 'Holocaust Art'

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Before and during World War II, the Nazis seized up to 600,000 works of art from all across Europe. This has created a long-running drama that is still playing out from movie studios in Hollywood to museums in Israel.

If you saw last year's movie The Monuments Men, starring George ...

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Both Sides Assess What's Been Lost In Gaza — And Consider A Way Forward

Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Israel says it destroyed tunnels built and used by Hamas, but Hamas appears to have forced Israel at least to negotiate over more freedom of movement for Gazans. And, as Daniel Estrin...

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War In Gaza Tests Israel's Tolerance For Dissent

Saturday, August 02, 2014

While fighting between Israel and Gaza militants rages on for a fourth week, there's another war being fought among Israelis themselves — a war on speech. The nation is proud of its tolerance for free expression. But some Israelis critical of the war say their views are under attack; others ...

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Palestinian's Death Provokes Israeli Debate On Defining Terrorism

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Israel says the recent killing of a Palestinian teenager was an act of terror and his family is eligible for state benefits. This doesn't sit well with one group that assists Jewish victims of terror.

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West Bank: Strewn With Broken Glass And Caught In The Crosshairs

Monday, July 14, 2014

For the first time, rockets from Hamas caused damage in Palestinian areas of the West Bank. Reporter Daniel Estrin surveys a damaged home and asks Palestinians how they feel about getting caught in the crossfire.

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