How Egypt's last Jews will mark Hanukkah, and keep their culture alive
Before the Arab-Israeli War in 1948, there were around 80,000 Egyptian Jews in the country. Now there are 3, and the youngest, at 70, is worried about what comes next.
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Before the Arab-Israeli War in 1948, there were around 80,000 Egyptian Jews in the country. Now there are 3, and the youngest, at 70, is worried about what comes next.
The 16-year-old-girl's family reportedly found her on the roof of their home with a gunshot wound to the head.
More than 138 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank and east Jerusalem this year, making it the deadliest year since 2006.
The two explosions also injured about 17 others.
At least one teenager is dead and multiple people are injured following two explosions near bus stops in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Police suspect Palestinian militants are responsible, although no one has yet to take responsibility for the acts of terror. CBS News contributor Robert Berger discusses.
"It was a crazy explosion. There is damage everywhere," a medic at the scene of the first blast told Israeli Army Radio.
Republican presidential prospects are courting anxious donors and activists in Las Vegas, as the GOP's early 2024 class warns it's time for the party to move on from Trump.
The company operating the tanker, which is owned by an Israeli billionaire, said there were no reports of injuries or significant leaks.
The comb bears what is likely the oldest known full sentence in Canaanite alphabetical script, researchers said.
President Biden spoke at the White House about a new cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas. The halt in fighting, brokered by Egypt, followed intense pressure from the White House to bring an end to 11 days of deadly violence. Norah O'Donnell anchors a CBS News Special Report from Washington with Holly Williams in Tel Aviv and Ed O'Keefe at the White House.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to return to power as Israel wraps up its fifth election in almost four years. CBS News' Robert Berger joins Lana Zak and Errol Barnett on the priorities of Netanyahu's coalition with far-right lawmakers.
Israel may be poised to seat its most right-wing government ever, as Netanyahu is bolstered by an ultranationalist, anti-Arab, anti-LGBTQ political alliance.
The exit polls were preliminary, and final results could change as votes are tallied overnight, but Netanyahu and his allies appeared headed for a majority.
Israelis cast ballots Tuesday to determine the next leader of their country. Centrist Prime Minister Yair Lapid is seeking to retain his seat as head of government over right-wing challenger and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. CBS News contributor Robert Berger discussed the election.
Israeli voters headed back to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in the country's fifth general election in less than four years. Current Prime Minister Yair Lapid's centrist-leaning bloc is up against former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing bloc. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab discusses.
No party is likely to win enough votes to govern on its own, and that could hand a lot of power to smaller parties, including Itamar Ben-Gvir's "Jewish Power."
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to stage a comeback in the national election after being ousted last year. Dov Waxman, the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair of Israel Studies at UCLA, joined John Dickerson on "Prime Time" to discuss.
Israel and Lebanon have reached a maritime border agreement centered around gas fields. Hanin Ghaddar, a Friedmann Fellow with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, breaks down the deal.
The agreement marks a major breakthrough in relations between the two nations, which have formally been at war since Israel's creation in 1948.
President Biden announced a series of actions aimed at giving American families "more breathing room" in the current economy. CBS News' Lana Zak and Tanya Rivero speak with chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes about his announcement, plus the ongoing efforts to bring Brittney Griner home and Mr. Biden's meeting today with Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
Brittney Griner's nine-year sentence was upheld after a Russian court denied her appeal request. The WNBA star is expected to sent to a penal colony following the decision. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joins "CBS News Mornings" to explain how the White House is responding. Plus she takes a look at what's on the agenda as Israel's president travels to Washington to meet with President Biden.
Israel's Prime Minister Yair Lapid expressed disappointment in Australia's changed position.
Lebanon and Israel both claim some 330 square miles of the Mediterranean Sea, an area which contains valuable natural gas reserves.
Israel and Lebanon say they’ve come to an agreement on disputed territory in the Mediterranean Sea. While the historic deal paves the way for oil and gas extraction, the agreement could face a difficult path through the Israeli Parliament. Timour Azhair, deputy bureau chief for Lebanon, Syria & Jordan at Reuters, joins CBS News to discuss how the deal came to be.
Israeli officials haven't commented on the death, which comes amid nightly military raids across the occupied West Bank.