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Does the U.S. and Israel see eye to eye when it comes to Gaza?

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer ended a visit with the White House and State Department. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Aaron David Miller about what it means for U.S.-Israel relations.

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Imelda Staunton on the joys and challenges of playing Queen Elizabeth II

Monday, December 18, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with actress Imelda Staunton, who plays Queen Elizabeth II on Netflix's sweeping historical drama The Crown, which is ending its six-season run with a final batch of episodes.

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NPR staffers share their fiction picks from Books We Love

Sunday, December 10, 2023

Four NPR staffers recommend fiction from our Books We Love list: "Land of Milk and Honey," "Western Lane, " "The Making of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece," and "The Covenant of Water."

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How the keffiyeh became a symbol for Palestinian liberation

Monday, December 04, 2023

The Palestinian keffiyeh has been at the center of violent attacks in the U.S. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with dress historian Wafa Ghnaim about the keffiyeh's legacy and significance for Palestinians.

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Former Israeli prime minister reflects on the 2005 withdrawal from Gaza

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Unilateral disengagement was Ehud Olmert's brainchild. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with the former Israeli prime minister about how he views that plan now.

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A look into how Gaza's hospitals are struggling to get by

Monday, November 13, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to Doctors Without Borders deputy operations manager for Palestine Dr. Amber Alayyan about the situation in Gaza's hospitals.

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The Israel-Hamas war is at risk of spreading out into the Middle East

Thursday, November 09, 2023

Concern about a spread of the Israel-Hamas war ripples across the Middle East - as does growing anger at the U.S. for supporting Israel.

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Far from Gaza, the war between Israel and Hamas upends lives

Wednesday, November 08, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports from the occupied West Bank on how Israeli military and settlers hassle Palestinian farmers as they try to pick their olive harvest. The report takes a dramatic turn.

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Shopkeepers in Jerusalem face difficulties in sustaining their businesses

Wednesday, November 08, 2023

Shopkeepers are struggling to keep their businesses alive inside Jerusalem following the Oct. 7 attacks.

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Former Mossad official says to secure Israel, you have to destroy Hamas

Tuesday, November 07, 2023

Zohar Palti, former Director of Intelligence of the spy agency the Mossad, talks about how this war started and how it ends.

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For this Israeli general, the horror of Oct. 7 meant a return to the battlefield

Tuesday, November 07, 2023

Yair Golan, a member of Israel's parliament and a major general in the reserves of Israel's military, talks about his instinct the morning of the Hamas attacks to put on his uniform and step in.

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Israel's spy agency is one of the best. How did it not foresee Hamas' attacks?

Monday, November 06, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former Mossad agent Sima Shine about the intelligence failure that the Oct. 7 attacks represent for security services in Israel.

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The UN agency for Palestine refugees is running out of supplies in Gaza

Thursday, November 02, 2023

UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, says it is running out of supplies in Gaza, where it is sheltering over 600,000 displaced Palestinians.

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A look at the laws that govern urban warfare in Gaza and beyond

Wednesday, November 01, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Tom Dannenbaum, who teaches international law at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, about the law of armed conflict in the Israel-Hamas war.

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Rep. McCaul wants more aid to Israel. Here's why

Thursday, October 19, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Republican Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas, who's also the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, ahead of Biden's speech urging the U.S. to send aid to Israel.

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Children make up nearly half of Gaza's population. Here's what it means for the war

Thursday, October 19, 2023

The population of Gaza is one of the youngest in the world. Here's why, what it means for this war, and what it means for the future.

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Half of Gaza's population is under 18. Here's what that means for the conflict

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

About half of Gaza's population are under 18. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with the University of Arizona's Maha Nassar, who focuses on Palestinian people and history, about what this means for the war.

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Israel ordered Gazans to evacuate. They have nowhere to go

Friday, October 13, 2023

The Israeli military told 1 million to move to southern Gaza as a possible ground invasion looms. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with ICRC spokesperson Imene Trabelsi about the reality of Gazans.

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Tech industry group weighs in on FTC's case against Amazon

Thursday, September 28, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Adam Kovacevich, CEO of the tech industry coalition Chamber of Progress, about the FTC's lawsuit against Amazon for alleged abuse of monopoly power.

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FTC Chair Lina Khan breaks down the lawsuit against Amazon

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan about the FTC's lawsuit against Amazon over alleged abuse of monopoly power.

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