israel-palestinian conflict

U.S. President Bill Clinton presides over the 1993 peace accords signed at the White House by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The aim was a negotiated deal ending decades of conflict between the two sides. But no agreement was reached. Today there's talk about recognizing a Palestinian state first and then negotiating the details afterward.

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A radical Mideast proposal: What if the U.S. recognized a Palestinian state now?

5:20am March 13, 2024

by Greg Myre

The formula for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has long called for negotiating a Palestinian state. What if that were reversed and a state were declared first and then negotiated later?

The University of Haifa on Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel.

The war in Gaza is leading to deep divisions at Israeli universities

5:01am January 30, 2024

by Jackie Northam

With Arab students suspended for social media posts, it's "the first time we see this large amount of disciplinary procedures against students for expressing themselves," says a civil rights attorney.

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Protesters at a rare anti-war rally in Tel Aviv Thursday. The crowd was made up of people of all ages, many belonging to groups that have long called for an end to Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories.

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Israeli protesters demand Gaza cease-fire in rare anti-war march through Tel Aviv

2:57pm January 19, 2024

by Aya Batrawy

Civil rights lawyers pushed back against a crackdown on protests, securing permission to hold a rally to stop the war in Gaza.

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Hanan Barghouti, a Hamas supporter, was released from Israeli detention last month as part of a hostage-prisoner exchange. She believes support for Hamas is rising fast.

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As Israel fights to destroy Hamas, the group's popularity surges among Palestinians

10:19am December 21, 2023

by Brian Mann

In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a recent poll found 68% of Palestinians say the Oct. 7 Hamas attack was a legitimate act of defiance and support for the group has more than tripled to 44%.

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Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, attends a demonstration held to mark Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day, a commemorative day in support of the Palestinian people celebrated annually on the last Friday of the Muslim month of Ramadan, in Gaza City on April 14.

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The shadowy Hamas leader behind the war against Israel

6:01am December 03, 2023

by Daniel Estrin

Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, is widely believed to have helped mastermind the unprecedented Hamas attack that changed the course of Israeli-Palestinian history.

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A person places flowers on Tuesday at a makeshift memorial marking the site of the altercation that led to Kessler's death.

An elderly Jewish man dies after an altercation with pro-Palestinian protesters

3:03pm November 07, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Paul Kessler, 69, died of a head injury a day after the altercation, which California authorities haven't ruled out as a hate crime. A suspect was identified but no arrests have been made.

Men working with a search and recovery team from the organization ZAKA look for human remains in Kibbutz Be'eri.

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New details emerge about the Hamas-led attackers who massacred Israelis

5:44pm October 27, 2023

NPR has interviewed neighbors and relatives of one of the attackers and reviewed footage and information the Israeli military says it collected from villages and militants.

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Palestinian militants fire rockets into Israel from Gaza Strip, Oct. 7.

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What is a war crime, and who gets held accountable? Here's what you need to know

2:30pm October 20, 2023

by Scott Neuman

The conflict between Israel and Hamas has led to accusations of war crimes on both sides, as combatants are bound by international humanitarian law to minimize the impact on civilians.

President Joe Biden, center left, during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center right, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday.

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Here's what Biden's trip to Israel did and didn't achieve

3:58pm October 19, 2023

by Scott Neuman

The president's high-stakes visit served simultaneously to show the limits and the strengths of U.S. influence in the region, and the importance of America's longstanding relationship with Israel.

President Joe Biden speaks as he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in an expanded bilateral meeting with Israeli and U.S. government officials, Wednesday in Tel Aviv.

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Lots of U.S. presidents have pushed for Middle East peace. Progress has been elusive

10:31am October 19, 2023

by Scott Neuman

President Biden is the latest in a long line of presidents to place himself in the middle of a Middle East conflict. U.S. efforts have seen failed starts, wrong turns and dead ends, but some progress.