Our reporter witnesses the largest detention of West Bank activists in a decade
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Our reporter witnesses the largest detention of West Bank activists in a decade

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 21, 202611 min
  • Documentary
  • Politics

In the Israeli occupied West Bank, dozens of Americans have been detained, including a politician running for Congress. Settler violence and detentions by the Israeli military have been on the rise for years in the Palestinian territory, which is occupied by Israel. But according to two Israeli lawyers, this is the largest mass detention of activists there in a decade. A team from NPR witnessed the detention of a group made up primarily of American and Israeli rabbis, activists and U.S. Democratic congressional nominee Brad Lander. They had been helping Palestinian families harvest their olives to tr...

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American journalist Austin Tice vanished in Syria over a decade ago. For years, we've been searching for him. And now we finally have some answers. This is the prison that Austin was in.

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Oh my god, we found Austin's file. Listen to Where Is Austin Tice? from NPR's Embedded and BBC Radio 4 on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. Today on State of the World, our reporter witnesses the largest

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detention of activists in the West Bank in a decade. You're listening to State of the World from NPR, a human perspective on global events. It's Wednesday, October 21st. I'm Greg Dixon.

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