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Palestinian Perspective: 'Young People Are Demanding Their Freedom'

5:06pm October 18, 2015

Mustafa Barghouti, a Palestinian physician and general secretary of the Palestine National Initiative, talks with NPR's Michel Martin about continued violence in the Middle East.

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An Israeli's Take: Roots Of Recent Violence Lie In 'Hateful Incitement'

5:06pm October 18, 2015

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Mark Regev, who has been the chief spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Regev will be taking over as Israel's ambassador to the U.K.

Robi Damelin, left, is an Israeli whose son was fatally shot by a Palestinian in 2002. Bassam Aramin is a Palestinian whose daughter was shot dead by Israeli police in 2007. They belong to the Parents Circle, a group of mothers and fathers who have lost c

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In Grief, A Growing Partnership: Parents Span Israeli-Palestinian Divide

9:39pm October 17, 2015

Several people have died and dozens more been injured as violence has wracked Israel. Two parents — one Israeli, one Palestinian — who have lost children to earlier bloodshed seek a new way forward.

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Revisiting Rabin's Assassination, And The Peace That Might Have Been

1:34pm October 13, 2015

Twenty years ago, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was killed by a Jewish religious zealot. Dan Ephron, author of Killing a King, discusses the assassination and its effect on the peace process.

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Israeli Arab supporters of Mohammad Allan hold signs during a rally in the Israeli city of Ashkelon earlier this month. Allan spent his college years as an activist, fighting for Palestinian rights as a member of the student wing of the Palestinian Islami

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Hunger Strike Raises Debate About Force-Feeding In Israeli Prisons

1:39pm August 24, 2015

by Emily Harris

After a Palestinian prisoner's hunger strike, Israel's parliament passed a law permitting the force-feeding of prisoners to keep them alive, but doctors made it clear they wouldn't participate

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

6:55pm August 01, 2015

by Daniel Estrin

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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President Obama hosts leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council at Camp David, Md., on May 14. The president gave assurances that the U.S. would support its allies in the region concerned over Iran's growing influence.

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Iran Nuclear Pact Could Spark Buildup Of Conventional Weapons

1:01pm July 15, 2015

by David Welna

As part of the nuclear deal, an embargo on selling conventional arms to Iran will be lifted in five years. This makes U.S. allies in the Middle East uneasy, and they may want more weapons themselves.

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Ari Zivotofsky (right) with his son, Menachem, outside the Supreme Court in 2011. Menachem, now 12, was born in Jerusalem, but the court ruled Israel cannot be noted as the birthplace on his passport.

Court Sides With President Over Congress In 'Jerusalem' Passport Dispute

7:23pm June 08, 2015

by Nina Totenberg

In a 6-3 decision, the high court sided with the White House over Congress on the thorny foreign policy issue.

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Haneen Radi, an Arab Israeli, wants to organize a marathon for her town of Tira, but was told the run couldn't include women. When she insisted, she received threats, and the back window of her car was shot out.

Trying To Organize A Marathon, An Arab-Israeli Woman Runs Into Opposition

10:26pm May 31, 2015

by Emily Harris

Conservatives in Tira pushed back hard at the idea of women and men running together in a public race. Someone went so far as to shoot at race organizer Haneen Radi's car. For now, the run is off.

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Palestinian Jibril Rajoub (left) and Israeli Ofer Eini shook hands Friday after FIFA's member groups adopted a plan to work out problems between their soccer associations.

At FIFA Meeting, Israeli And Palestinian Delegates Shake Hands

11:54am May 29, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The "handshake for peace" was perhaps the only thing that could compete with accusations of corruption and bribery that have dominated the international gathering of soccer's governing body.