60 Minutes
A Week in Israel | A Web of Intrigue
TV Flash files “A Week in Israel | A Web of Intrigue” as hour 703 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 56, episode 30, aired 2024-05-12, 60 min.
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This leaf is S56E30: listed hour 703 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 30 of 31 in season 56. It aired 2024-05-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Leader Jeffries | Work to Own | St. Mary's” (S56E29). Next is “Pope Francis | Cuban Spycraft | The Album” (S56E31). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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A Week in Israel – Reporting from Israel, correspondent Lesley Stahl delivers the latest on the consequential three fronts where the country is currently engaged that have heightened security threats internationally since the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks: Gaza in the south, Hezbollah in the north and Iran in the east. Shachar Bar-On and Jinsol Jung are the producers. A Web of Intrigue – As Spain fights for the extradition of a former U.S. Marine, claiming he broke into the North Korean embassy in Madrid, correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi interviews the man at the center: Christopher Ahn. Ahn says the goal of the 2019 mission was to free the North Koreans working in the embassy. He details the legal hurdles he's now facing at home and abroad as the FBI warns his life is in danger. This is a double-length segment. Draggan Mihailovich and Jacqueline Williams are the producers.
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Where does A Week in Israel | A Web of Intrigue sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S56E30 is listed hour 703 of 767 — hour 30 of 31 in season 56, season 56 episode 30.
When did 60 Minutes S56E30 air?
A Week in Israel | A Web of Intrigue aired 2024-05-12 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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Also in season 56
- S56E01 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Into the Streets| Prime Time in Colorado
- S56E02 CARE Court | Bankrolling the War | Hanging On
- S56E03 The Attorney General | The Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
- S56E04 The Godfather of AI | General Milley | Rich Paul | 3D Printing
- S56E05 President Biden | Rescue at the Kibbutz | The 50
- S56E06 The Five Eyes | A Prisoner of Iran | Pink | The Isle of Man