Jan 02 Egypt pushes for calm after flare-up in Gaza hostilities By Associated Press Egyptian officials Sunday pushed for Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip to rein in hostilities and adhere to a cease-fire in place since the war in May. Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch 4:48 News Wrap: White House urges businesses, states to mandate vaccines In our news wrap Tuesday, U.S. public health leaders urged businesses and governments to impose vaccination mandates. The Paralympics opened in Tokyo despite Japan's worst COVID surge yet. The death toll in Tennessee's flood disaster was revised down to 18,… Continue watching
Jul 05 Israel looks to renew law that keeps out Palestinian spouses By Joseph Krauss, Associated Press Israel's parliament is to vote on whether to renew a temporary law first enacted in 2003 that bars Arab citizens of Israel from extending citizenship or even residency permits to spouses from the occupied West Bank and Gaza. Critics say… Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch 6:32 Latest Israel-Gaza conflict sent waves of antisemitism across the U.S. By Simon Ostrovsky Last month as the latest war between Israel and Hamas escalated, a wave of anger directed at Jews swept across the U.S., with watchdog groups reporting a sharp increase in antisemitic attacks. Special correspondent Simon Ostrovsky speaks with Rabbi Jill… Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch 5:04 Rebuilding begins in Gaza amid dire conditions in the wake of war with Israel By Nick Schifrin, Layla Quran The International Committee of the Red Cross on Thursday released an urgent request for money to help rehabilitate Gaza. The coastal enclave has 1.8 million people in dire need of basic provisions, and the U.S. is currently negotiating on how… Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch 8:03 Can Gaza be rehabilitated without aiding Hamas? By Nick Schifrin, Ali Rogin The bombs may have stopped falling on Gaza and the rocket fire from there has ceased for now, but Gazans face a huge task of rebuilding. Ilan Goldenberg, director of the Middle East Program at the Center for a New… Continue watching
May 31 Israeli official rolls back army chief comments on Gaza office housing AP, other media By Josef Federman, Associated Press Israel's defense minister on Monday distanced himself from comments made by his military chief after Israel bombed a Gaza Strip high-rise housing an Associated Press office and other news outlets, saying the remarks were not meant to be taken literally. Continue reading
May 27 Watch 4:31 News Wrap: San Jose shooter targeted specific coworkers, had confessed to hating workplace In our news wrap Thursday, officials say the San Jose, California railyard gunman appeared to target specific victims at his job and had formerly spoken of hating his workplace. Senate Republicans presented a $928 billion counter-offer on rebuilding infrastructure —… Continue watching
May 22 Watch 5:32 The fragile ceasefire between Israeli forces and Hamas seems to be holding By PBS NewsHour The cease-fire between Israeli forces and Hamas held for a second day. Meanwhile, Gazans returned to their homes to survey the damage as UN humanitarian relief officials said rebuilding health facilities was a high priority because of the coronavirus pandemic. Continue watching
May 21 Watch 4:53 Both Israel and Hamas claim victory after truce, bringing prospect of peace into question By John Yang, Harry Zahn The shooting has stopped, but the war of words goes on as Israel and Hamas offered sharply different appraisals Friday of who won and who lost their fourth conflict in just over a dozen years. John Yang reports on day… Continue watching