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Thursday, May 19, 2011

The Two-Way

Netanyahu Objects To Obama's Talk Of A Return To '67 Borders

May 19, 2011 The prime minister said Israel cannot withdraw to "indefensible" borders. Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., tells NPR the president's "unprecedented" proposal is part of a "groundbreaking U.S. policy statement."

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

The Two-Way

Justin Bieber Disputes Reports About Meeting With Israeli Prime Minister

Justin Bieber, during an April 6, 2011, concert in Barcelona.

April 13, 2011 Combine a teen singing sensation and Mideast politics and you get a media feeding frenzy.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The Two-Way

Seven-Year Sentence For Former Israeli President Convicted Of Rape

March 22, 2011 Moshe Katsav, Israel's president from 2000 to 2007, was convicted of raping a former employee and sexually harassing two other women.

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The Two-Way

'Palestine Papers,' Day Two: Leaders 'Gave Up Fight Over Refugees'

Palestinian police officers blocked the entrance to the Al-Jazeera TV office, after protesters vandalized it, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday (Jan. 24, 2011).

January 25, 2011 Palestinian Authority officials have challenged the accuracy of the leaked documents. Their rivals are accusing PA leaders of treason.

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Monday, January 24, 2011

The Two-Way

Leaked 'Palestine Papers' Underscore 'Painful' Difficulty Of Peace Process

January 24, 2011 Documents leaked to Al Jazeera and The Guardian signal that Palestinian negotiators made concessions in recent years.

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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

The Two-Way

Holocaust Project Identifies 4 Million Victims, Continues Search For Names

December 21, 2010 Yad Vashem, Israel's memorial to the Holocaust, says it has identified the names of 4 million Jews who died at the hands of Nazi Germany. The names,kept in an online database, represent two-thirds of the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust.

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Monday, December 06, 2010

The Two-Way

Reports: Boy Admits Touching Off Deadly Wildfire In Israel

Dec. 2, 2010: A wildfire near Haifa, Israel, that killed at least 41 people.

December 6, 2010 The 14-year-old has told investigators he panicked after an ember from his hookah pipe started a forest fire, Israeli news media report. At least 41 people were killed.

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Friday, December 03, 2010

The Two-Way

U.S. Sends Team To Israel To Fight Fire

A firefighting plane flies over Israel.

December 3, 2010 The United States is sending a three-person Forest Service team experienced in aerial firefighting to Israel to help that country with a wildfire that has kill 41 people and is described as the worst in its history.

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Thursday, December 02, 2010

The Two-Way

Brush Fire In Israel Engulfs Bus, Kills Dozens Of Student Guards

This bus was engulfed in flames, killing about 40 student prison guards.

December 2, 2010 About 40 people, most of them apparently trainees in Israel's prison guard service, died today when the bus they were in was caught in flames in the Carmel Mountains near Haifa.

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

The Two-Way

Four Israelis Killed In Occupied West Bank Shooting

Arab-Israeli employees working with the

August 31, 2010 Four Israelis were killed in a shooting attack outside a West Bank settlement near Hebron.

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

The Two-Way

German Luftwaffe Pilots Train To Fly Drones -- In Israel

July 27, 2010 German Luftwaffe pilots are training in Israel to remotely fly drones to be used in Afghanistan.

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Blog Of The Nation

Chas Freeman Withdraws

March 11, 2009 Chas Freeman no longer wants to be the chairman of the National Intelligence Council. Is that a loss?

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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

NPR Ombudsman

NPR's Arab-Israeli War Coverage

January 20, 2009 A woman calls to complain that NPR's coverage of the Gaza conflict is biased toward Palestinians.

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Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Blog Of The Nation

January 6th Show

January 6, 2009 On today's TOTN: The U.S. and Israel, what's in a recipe, and Blue Note Records' birthday party.

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Monday, May 05, 2008

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