Vets Flock To Colleges ... But How Are They Doing?
Record numbers of veterans are returning home from war and heading to college. The biggest draw: the generous benefits of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, which in three short years has helped 860,000 vets go to...
View ArticleHow Good Is The World's Most Expensive Fighter Jet?
First of two partsAfter years on the drawing boards and in testing labs, a new fighter plane is entering the U.S. arsenal. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is supposed to help the Air Force, the Navy and...
View ArticleAt $130 Million A Plane, Critics Question The Cost Of The F-35
Second of two partsIn a mile-long building on the edge of Fort Worth, Texas, an assembly line is taking shape to build the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Lockheed Martin, which got the contract to build...
View ArticleIsraeli Political Ads Try To Weaken Netanyahu
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: In Israel this week, the election campaign for a new parliament kicks into high gear. Last night the first television ads aired. Networks are required to leave long...
View ArticleExit Polls Project Netanyahu Will Lead Israel For Another Term
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Today was election day in Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been re-elected to lead the Israeli parliament, but his right-wing alliance lost at least 10...
View ArticleNetanyahu Must Turn Fractured Results Into A Government
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renee Montagne. In Israel last night a surprisingly close election. Voters appear to...
View ArticleAn Israeli Political Newcomer, Who May Soon Be An Insider
Israel's surprisingly close parliamentary elections Tuesday have brought political attention to a man accustomed to the bright lights of television: former journalist and media personality Yair...
View ArticleIsraeli Election Rekindles Debate Over Military Service
The rise of a new Israeli political party after last week's elections has set the stage for renewed conflict over the country's military draft.That new party, Yesh Atid, or "There is a Future,"...
View ArticleSodaStream Criticized For West Bank Plant
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And let's think about the Super Bowl once again. Last night was big for the Ravens and for an Israeli company called SodaStream. It ran its first Super Bowl ad.The...
View ArticleHow Do Israeli And Palestinian Textbooks Treat The Other Side?
There was some good news and bad news in a three-year study that tried to take an objective look at bias in Israeli and Palestinian textbooks directed against "the other."The bad news isn't surprising:...
View ArticleWomen In Prayer Shawls Detained At Judaism's Holiest Site
Police in Jerusalem on Monday detained 10 women for wearing the tallit, a Jewish prayer shawl traditionally worn by men, while praying at the Western Wall.The Women of the Wall have been fighting for...
View ArticlePalestinian Authority Faces Severe Financial Crisis
Transcript LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: The Palestinian Authority is facing a severe financial crisis. Israel has restricted payment of tax revenues to the Authority. That's in response to the Palestinians'...
View Article'Prisoner X' Raises Questions About Israel's Secrecy
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: In Israel the case of Prisoner X is raising new questions about secrecy and censorship. A Mossad agent by the name of Ben Zygier faced secret charges three years ago,...
View ArticleA West Bank Story, Told Through Palestinian Eyes
The Academy Award-nominated documentary 5 Broken Cameras tells the story of Bil'in, a modest Palestinian village perilously close to an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.After the Israeli government...
View ArticleIsrael Restores Wetlands; Birds Make It Their Winter Home
Like many countries, Israel tried to drain many of its swamplands, then realized it was destroying wildlife habitats. So the country reversed course, and has been restoring the wetlands of the Hula...
View ArticleDemonstrators In West Bank Protest Imprisonment Of Palestinians
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It was another day of protest in the West Bank. Palestinians are demanding the release of prisoners held in Israeli jails after one prisoner died on Saturday. NPR's...
View ArticlePalestinians Still Feel The Squeeze Of The Restictions On Gaza
The streets of Gaza are busy, but they are also crumbling.Since Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, Israel has maintained tight limits on shipments of anything that could be used for military...
View ArticleCan Kidney Transplants Help Relieve Gaza's Health System?
It's no picnic being a kidney patient even in the best conditions. But coming in for dialysis in a place like the Gaza Strip calls for a special kind of patience.Years of war have placed a constant...
View ArticleAfter Weeks Of Wrangling, An Israeli Government Takes Shape
Israel appears to have a new government, nearly two months after parliamentary elections.Since the voting in January, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been trying to put together the pieces of a...
View ArticleObama Trip Could Ignite Long-Stalled Peace Talks
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renee Montagne.President Obama lands in Israel tomorrow for his first visit to that...
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