Comments on: EDITORIAL: The peace process is irreversibly over http://warincontext.org/2009/01/26/editorial-the-peace-process-is-irreversibly-over/ ... with attention to the unseen Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:49:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jon http://warincontext.org/2009/01/26/editorial-the-peace-process-is-irreversibly-over/comment-page-1/#comment-3641 Jon Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:26:29 +0000 http://warincontext.org/?p=1451#comment-3641 If you think one-sided is good journalism then this was a great article. Bob Simon puts all the blame on the Israeli's without any reporting about the Palestinians? Isn't there 2 sides to every coin? I guess not to Simon. Good journalism = reporting on both sides and let the audience make the decision. Unbelievable and disgusting. If you think one-sided is good journalism then this was a great article. Bob Simon puts all the blame on the Israeli’s without any reporting about the Palestinians? Isn’t there 2 sides to every coin? I guess not to Simon. Good journalism = reporting on both sides and let the audience make the decision.

Unbelievable and disgusting.

]]> By: Claudio http://warincontext.org/2009/01/26/editorial-the-peace-process-is-irreversibly-over/comment-page-1/#comment-3639 Claudio Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:31:34 +0000 http://warincontext.org/?p=1451#comment-3639 I can hardly believe that such a piece of good journalism has been aired in the US. Maybe the Obama presidency is causing some positive effect in the American media... Here in Brazil the predominant feeling is always one of support for the weakest part in any dispute, and so is the case with the Palestinians against Israel. But we have some media commentators, usually right-wingers and/or well-born scholars who never set a foot in the Middle-East, that seems to draw a kind of sadistic pleasure from their unconditional defense of Israel's right to protect itself no matter at what costs. They also repeat the mantra "Hamas is a terrorist organization" nauseatingly... But reports like this one of 60 Minutes show a different perspective, because they focus on the daily lives of both peoples and tell us that there is a context for the violence that goes way beyond the appearences, and the dellusional caos of a war. And what a good site you have here -- I follow it since the early days. Please, do go on! Cheers, Claudio São Paulo - Brazil I can hardly believe that such a piece of good journalism has been aired in the US. Maybe the Obama presidency is causing some positive effect in the American media…

Here in Brazil the predominant feeling is always one of support for the weakest part in any dispute, and so is the case with the Palestinians against Israel. But we have some media commentators, usually right-wingers and/or well-born scholars who never set a foot in the Middle-East, that seems to draw a kind of sadistic pleasure from their unconditional defense of Israel’s right to protect itself no matter at what costs. They also repeat the mantra “Hamas is a terrorist organization” nauseatingly… But reports like this one of 60 Minutes show a different perspective, because they focus on the daily lives of both peoples and tell us that there is a context for the violence that goes way beyond the appearences, and the dellusional caos of a war.

And what a good site you have here — I follow it since the early days. Please, do go on!

Cheers,
Claudio
São Paulo – Brazil

]]> By: Yigal Arens http://warincontext.org/2009/01/26/editorial-the-peace-process-is-irreversibly-over/comment-page-1/#comment-3638 Yigal Arens Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:22:26 +0000 http://warincontext.org/?p=1451#comment-3638 Also brought up in the 60 Minutes report was Israel’s use of Palestinians as human shields, although the show neglected to explicitly point out this fact. The show spent some time describing the ordeal of a Palestinian family whose home gets repeatedly commandeered by Israeli troops as a lookout post. Members of the family are forced to remain in the house while the troops operate from their roof. Although the show didn't explain it, the purpose of forcing the Palestinian residents to remain inside the house is to prevent attacks against the troops. The Israelis recognize that Palestinian civilians' lives *are* of concern to Palestinian fighters. The Israelis have used this tactic routinely in the past, and reportedly did so in the recent war in Gaza as well. Also brought up in the 60 Minutes report was Israel’s use of Palestinians as human shields, although the show neglected to explicitly point out this fact.

The show spent some time describing the ordeal of a Palestinian family whose home gets repeatedly commandeered by Israeli troops as a lookout post. Members of the family are forced to remain in the house while the troops operate from their roof.

Although the show didn’t explain it, the purpose of forcing the Palestinian residents to remain inside the house is to prevent attacks against the troops. The Israelis recognize that Palestinian civilians’ lives *are* of concern to Palestinian fighters.

The Israelis have used this tactic routinely in the past, and reportedly did so in the recent war in Gaza as well.

]]> By: The Author http://warincontext.org/2009/01/26/editorial-the-peace-process-is-irreversibly-over/comment-page-1/#comment-3637 The Author Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:02:11 +0000 http://warincontext.org/?p=1451#comment-3637 Exactly. Point-on. I would add the familiar refrain that there will only be real peace in the Middle East when the Palestinians have a sovereign state of their own with contiguous borders, East Jerusalem as its capital, and the right of return. Nothing less has ever been negotiable. That is the reality. Exactly. Point-on. I would add the familiar refrain that there will only be real peace in the Middle East when the Palestinians have a sovereign state of their own with contiguous borders, East Jerusalem as its capital, and the right of return. Nothing less has ever been negotiable. That is the reality.

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