Middle East

Secretary of State Blinken's diplomatic efforts to contain Middle East conflict

5:28pm October 15, 2023

by Michele Kelemen

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with NPR's Michele Kelemen about Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip to the Middle East in the midst of war between Israel and Hamas.

Politics & Government

NSC spokesperson John Kirby on Israel-Hamas war

5:28pm October 15, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with John Kirby, President Biden's spokesman on the National Security Council, about the U.S. role in the war between Israel and Gaza.

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National

The Israel-Hamas war tests mission of two leaders of interfaith dialogue

5:28pm October 15, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Aziza Hasan, executive director of NewGround, and Alyson Freedman, member of Sisterhood Salaam Shalom, about the impact of the war between Israel and Hamas.

World News

The U.S. is sending warships to the Mediterranean ahead of Israel's expected invasion

2:10pm October 15, 2023

Israel says it is preparing to invade Gaza with ground forces but the timeline is unclear.

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World News

Hospitals in Gaza are struggling to save people even as the IDF tells them to evacuate

10:32am October 15, 2023

by Ari Daniel

Doctors in Gaza say conditions in hospitals there are deteriorating due to a lack of power and supplies.

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World News

How Israel's relationship with Iran could impact the war

9:16am October 15, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Iran expert Mehrzad Boroujerdi about the relationship between Israel and Iran.

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World News

Israeli troops have killed several dozen Palestinians in the occupied West Bank

8:00am October 15, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Yara Hawari, of Al Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network, about how the conflict between Israel and Hamas is being seen in the occupied West Bank.

World News

The attacks by Hamas are a blow to Netanyahu's carefully cultivated strongman image

8:00am October 15, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks New York Times Magazine contributing writer Ruth Margalit about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Palestinian citizens inspect damage to their homes caused by Israeli airstrikes on Saturday in Gaza City, Gaza. Many Gazan citizens have fled to the south following warnings from the Israeli government to do so.

Israel's military warns it will attack Gaza City 'very broadly soon'

9:28pm October 14, 2023

by Juliana Kim

Israeli forces are planning a widespread offensive, but didn't say when the assault would happen. The announcement came as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians scrambled to leave northern Gaza.

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How generational trauma among Israelis and Palestinians fuels the cycles of violence

7:29pm October 14, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Arwa Damon, former international foreign correspondent for CNN, about the impact of trauma on Israelis and Palestinians as a result of successive eruptions of violence.

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