Daniel Estrin

A photograph of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen on the floor with Likud party ballots at Likud party headquarters in Tel Aviv March 18, 2015.

Netanyahu wins again. So now what?

The Likud Party wins the Israeli elections. It all but assures Benjamin Netanyahu's fourth term as prime minister. But did his election lurch to the right hurt his chances to actually govern?

Netanyahu wins again. So now what?
Israeli election

Israelis head to the polls in what has become an unusually tight election

Israelis head to the polls in what has become an unusually tight election
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a joint meeting of Congress on March 3, 2015. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) and President pro tempore of the Senate Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) applaud behind Netanyahu.

Netanyahu punctuates speech to Congress with American pop culture and flattery

Netanyahu punctuates speech to Congress with American pop culture and flattery
Members and supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah commander Mohamad Issa, known as Abu Issa, carry his coffin during his funeral in Arab-Salim in south Lebanon on January 20, 2015. He was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria on January 18.

There are few hopes for Middle East peace at this year's State of the Union

There are few hopes for Middle East peace at this year's State of the Union
Young bloggers from the suburbs of Paris participate in the Bondy Blog roundtable discussion.

Bloggers from France's immigrant suburbs provide their own, alternative voice

Bloggers from France's immigrant suburbs provide their own, alternative voice
Soldiers in the production booth during a talk show at Galey Tzahal, Israel Army Radio’s news talk channel.

Here's how Israel gets its music and news — from teenaged soldiers

The radio stations that dominate Israel's airwaves have one thing in common: They're run by Army Radio, which supplies the country with its most popular news and music channels. That means young recruits are supplying Israelis with some of their biggest and most important stories.

Here's how Israel gets its music and news — from teenaged soldiers
 A man walks past a burning building during rioting after a grand jury returned no indictment in the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

A Middle East correspondent sees familiar clashes unfold in Ferguson

Correspondent Daniel Estrin often files stories for us on the violent outbreaks in Jerusalem and the West Bank. But when he returned home to visit his family in St. Louis, he found himself watching all-too-familiar scenes play out just minutes from his home.

A Middle East correspondent sees familiar clashes unfold in Ferguson
In the desert community of Bnei Netzarim near the Egyptian border, organic farmer Gilad Fine shows off his greenhouse featuring lettuce grown hydroponically on raised platforms.

How to keep farming when God says to stop

According to Jewish law, farmers are supposed to leave their fields fallow every seventh year — which happens to be right now. But among farmers who pay attention to the decree, called "shmita," there are all sorts of technicalities that allow them to keep on growing.

How to keep farming when God says to stop
Hamas militants grab a Palestinian suspected of collaborating with Israel before being executed in Gaza City on August 22, 2014. Hamas militants killed seven Palestinians suspected of collaborating with Israel in a public execution in a central Gaza squar

Hamas tries to send a message to Israel — with an unprecedented mass execution

Hamas' public execution of suspected Israeli spies sent a clear message: If you work with Israel, you'll pay the steepest possible price. But the killings come after top commanders died in Israeli airstrikes, which could mean that the group is deeply vulnerable to Israeli intelligence.

Hamas tries to send a message to Israel — with an unprecedented mass execution
A man carries a Palestinian girl, whom medics said was wounded in an Israeli air strike, at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday.

The Gaza War resumes — and both sides are unhappy

A 3-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip ended early Friday. Palestinian militants fired rockets into Israel, and Israel retaliated with air strikes. War fatigue is growing but neither side appears ready to give ground.

The Gaza War resumes — and both sides are unhappy

In the West Bank, Israeli and Palestinian kids who throw stones face unequal justice

In the rocky terrain of the West Bank, the quickest way to protest is picking up a stone. And if you are caught, what happens next depends on whether you are an Israeli or a Palestinian.

In the West Bank, Israeli and Palestinian kids who throw stones face unequal justice
An Israeli and Palestinian couple hold hands. They've asked to remain anonymous.

This Israeli-Palestinian love story broke so many rules

It's a rare love story that breaks so many boundaries in the Middle East. An Israeli and a Palestinian fought physical barriers in traveling between Jerusalem and the West Bank. They fought the Israeli-Arab cultural barriers. And they fought the social barriers of being gay.

This Israeli-Palestinian love story broke so many rules

Israel has a smart idea - and it's all about brains

Israel's first BrainTech conference in Tel Aviv is aimed at making Israel a neuroscience products center. One tactic: It awarded a $1 million prize and a bronze brain to a Brown University team using brain waves to move artificial limbs.

Israel has a smart idea - and it's all about brains
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani waiting to address the 68th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, Tuesday.

Netanyahu calls Iranian president a 'wolf in sheep's clothing'

Israel isn't buying Iran's new conciliatory posture.

Netanyahu calls Iranian president a 'wolf in sheep's clothing'

Israeli College Kids Being Recruited as 'Shadow Spokesmen'

Aides to Israel's PM are working on a new plan to recruit college students to spread the government's message. The online public diplomacy would be conducted by about 550 kids, who wouldn't be required to identify themselves as working for the government.

Israeli College Kids Being Recruited as 'Shadow Spokesmen'