On Jan 27, 2009, at 4:27 PM, turbulo at aol.com wrote:
> Have I acquired a hitherto uncharacteristic penchant for wishful
> thinking, or did Bob Simon's "60 Minutes" segment on West Bank
> settlements this past Sunday night represent another breakthrough
> (in addition to Jon Stewart) in American media coverage of Israel/
> Palestine? The segment did nothing more than relate a truth known to
> just about everyone otside the US: that the steady growth of West
> Bank settlements makes a two-state solution virtually impossible.
> But that this was said on a major network news program in prime time
> (and by a Jewish correspondent who endured anti-Semitic taunts from
> his Iraqi captors during the first Gulf War) seems to me
> unprecedented. Did anyone else see this? Does anyone share my
> opinion as to its significance?
Yeah, it was pretty amazing. There's a link to the video on (in?) Lenin's Tomb:
<http://leninology.blogspot.com/2009/01/cbs-on-israel-palestine.html>.
Doug