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Palestinian Officials Arrest Peace Negotiation Aide On Suspicion Of Spying

12:12pm January 17, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Palestinian security officials have arrested a man who works for the Palestinian office that handles peace negotiations with Israel. He's accused of passing information to the Israelis.

Palestinian activist Issa Amro advocates nonviolence in the West Bank city of Hebron. He recently talked a teenage girl out of an attack, but acknowledges it can be difficult to persuade young Palestinians to his position. In the background, Israeli soldi

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In Hebron, A City Hit Hard By Violence, A Palestinian Preaches Nonviolence

8:44am January 10, 2016

by Daniel Estrin

Many Palestinian stabbing attacks against Israelis have come from the West Bank city of Hebron. One activist is urging his fellow Palestinians to find other ways to oppose Israel.

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An Israeli soldier eats a piece of watermelon near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip in 2014. As more Israelis go vegan, the country's military has made dietary and clothing accommodations for soldiers.

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As More Israelis Go Vegan, Their Military Adjusts Its Menu

2:36pm December 10, 2015

by Daniella Cheslow

About 5 percent of Israel's population is vegan. In a nation where military service is compulsory for most people, that's prompting the military to offer animal-free diets and clothing to soldiers.

Joel Touitou Laloux's family owned Paris' Bataclan theater from 1976 until last year, when the performance hall was sold and he retired to Israel. He's shown here on Nov. 18 at his home in the Mediterranean coastal city of Ashdod in southern Israel.

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From Retirement In Israel, Bataclan Ex-Owner Recalls Better Times

4:38pm November 26, 2015

by Emily Harris

Joel Touitou Laloux's Tunisian-born, Jewish father bought the Bataclan concert hall in Paris in 1976. Laloux managed the venue for decades until September, when it was sold.

A new synagogue went up almost overnight as the older one was being taken down. They are only a block apart, but the new one is on land that is not part of this lawsuit.

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In The West Bank, A Synagogue Comes Down

5:02pm November 24, 2015

by Emily Harris

In a case that lasted years, Israel's highest court ordered removal of a synagogue built on Palestinian land. But the case was complicated by the government's $1.3 million payout to Jewish settlers.

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The northern Syrian city of Aleppo — shown here pm March 3 — was once home to a thriving Jewish community. Now its Jews have fled. And for one family, reportedly the last Jews of Aleppo, getting out of Syria wasn't the end of the story.

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From Aleppo To Israel: The Struggle To Save A Jewish Family

8:53am November 21, 2015

by NPR Staff

For the Halabis — reportedly the last Jews left in the city — the knock on the door was terrifying. But it wasn't Assad's regime, or the Islamic State. It was a private businessman's rescue mission.

U.S. Releases Convicted Spy Jonathan Pollard After 30-Year Prison Term

9:54am November 20, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Pollard, 61, is a former U.S. Navy analyst who was arrested for stealing secrets for Israel. He eventually reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors, and he received a life sentence in 1987.

After High-Profile Lobbying, Israel Wants Spy's Release To Be Low-Key

3:28pm November 19, 2015

by Emily Harris

Jonathan Pollard has been imprisoned three decades for spying on behalf of Israel. He has many vocal supporters in Israel, but the government has urged an understated response to his release.

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (right) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with his foreign minister Shimon Peres (center) and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in 1994. Rabin signed an agreement with the Palestinians that launched negotiations b

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20 Years After Rabin's Assassination, Israelis Still Debate His Legacy

4:30pm November 04, 2015

by Emily Harris

Every year Israelis gather to mark the anniversary of the killing of Yitzhak Rabin. But even as they honor Rabin, they disagree on whether he was pursuing the best course for Israel.

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Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left), and Palestinian leader leader Yasser Arafat reach an interim agreement as President Clinton looks on at the White house on Sept. 28, 1995. Rabin was killed by an extremist Jew five weeks later.

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20 Years Later, The Question Lingers: What If Yitzhak Rabin Had Lived?

6:54pm November 03, 2015

by Robert Siegel

Rabin was killed by a Jewish extremist on Nov. 4, 1995. NPR's Robert Siegel asks how Israeli-Palestinian conflict might have played out differently if he had survived.

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