Middle East

Columbia cancels in-person classes after some students say they don't feel safe

7:23am April 23, 2024

NPR's A Martinez speaks to Debbie Becher, associate professor at Barnard College, about a wave of protests on college campuses amid growing tensions on campuses over Israel's war in Gaza.

Even before a planned Israeli ground offensive, airstrikes have made Rafah unsafe

5:16am April 23, 2024

Israel has intensified its airstrikes on Gaza's southern city of Rafah. Palestinians say most of those killed are women and children.

Morning news brief

5:13am April 23, 2024

Gaza protests on college campuses stretch across the U.S. British lawmakers OK plan to outsource U.K.'s refugee system to Rwanda. Supreme Court to hear Starbucks case about fired pro-union workers.

Tensions rise on college campuses as pro-Palestinian protests intensify

5:13am April 23, 2024

Turmoil gripped some of America's most prestigious universities on Monday as administrators tried to defuse campus protests over Israel's war in Gaza.

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Head of military intelligence for Israel announces his resignation

4:26pm April 22, 2024

by Peter Kenyon

On Monday, Israel saw the first high-level resignation stemming from the deadly Oct. 7 attack by Hamas. The head of military intelligence announced he would step down.

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Students occupy the campus Columbia University on Friday, calling for the school to divest from companies with ties to Israel.

Columbia University shifts classes to remote-only after a wave of protests on campus

12:46pm April 22, 2024

by Juliana Kim

Yale University, Emerson College and New York University are among the few schools where students are staging encampments calling for divestment from Israel.

The U.S.-operated GPS has falsely located planes, people and ships, sometimes placing them at the Beirut's international airport.

Israel 'spoofs' GPS to deter attacks, but it also throws off planes, ships and apps

10:11am April 22, 2024

by Jane Arraf

GPS "spoofing" sends false location signals to satellites to deter rockets and missiles. It also increases risks for planes, ships and technology that rely on the system.

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Have counterstrikes shifted the political and military landscape in the Mideast?

5:14am April 22, 2024

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Vali Nasr, professor of Middle East studies at Johns Hopkins University, about the implications of direct military confrontations between Israel and Iran.

Israeli soldier walks by a pickup truck used by Palestinian militants in Sderot, Israel, on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023.

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Israeli military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent Oct. 7 attack

4:49am April 22, 2024

by The Associated Press

The head of Israel's military intelligence directorate resigned on Monday over the failures surrounding Hamas' unprecedented Oct. 7 attack, the deadliest assault in Israel's history.

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The long history between Israel and Iran

5:10pm April 21, 2024

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Suzanne Maloney of the Brookings Institution about relations between Iran and Israel.