Comments on: Time Running Out For A Two-State Solution?

60 Minutes: Growing Number Of Israelis, Palestinians Say Two-State Solution Is No Longer Possible

[rklapholz]

Anyone who claims this to be biased is scared to accept the truth. Denial and the inability to self-criticize. How else do you explain checkpoints? Occupying people''s lands and homes? Shooting children who simply throw rocks in resistance to the occupation that terrorizes their daily liberties? Building a wall to imprison an entire population of people? Breaking the cease fire, and then lying to place blame on Hamas? How do you defend the illegal settlements? The use of chemical weapons on the most densely populated area in the world, and expect white phosphorous to not burn through the flesh of innocent children? No, to call this biased and to be in denial and shut your eyes to reality, is ignorant, crude, destructive, and irresponsibile. Let us hear more stories, and let the world be the judge. All we get is American support of Israel with every politician claiming unwavering support of illegal settlements and crime, and all in the name of some war against terrorism. The war on terrorism has no face and is against a non-state actor. You cannot occupy, humiliate, and cause havoc and expect no retaliation. Truly educate yourselves with an open heart and mind.

[robinwolfe-2009]

Thanks to Bob Simon for getting this story together. It''s the first time I''ve seen anything like it on "mainstream" media in the US. I don''t know what happened to loosen things up so we could start getting some perspective on the Israel/Palestine situation, but I''m glad for it.
I''m a retired Presbyterian pastor who has traveled in Israel and the West Bank. What I saw and heard in Simon''s presentation is congruent with what I saw and heard while there.
I trust some follow up will be forthcoming.

[jlannert]

My husband and I were really impressed that CBS would provide, finally, information on the OTHER side of the Palestinian problem, i.e., the terrible conditions under which the Palestinians live. Most Jews in this country do NOT ever see this part - yet it''s important to solving the problem that they do.
Joyce Lannert

[jlannert]

My husband and I were really impressed that CBS would provide, finally, information on the OTHER side of the Palestinian problem, i.e., the terrible conditions under which the Palestinians live. Most Jews in this country do NOT ever see this part - yet it''s important to solving the problem that they do.
Joyce Lannert

[rklapholz]

The last administration and the state of Israel have won the hearts of plenty of vulnerable and terrified Americans--with their terror scares and code red--to justify disproportionate war tactics. The people are resisting illegal occupation and prefer to not wage "terrorism." Enough already...no one is buying it. Again, dear Mr. Bob Simon, I respect you and your admirable work. Thank you so much. I speak as a human being and I thank you as one too. I have no political, economical ties; all I want is peace. It can be had when the occupier (colonizer) stops with the divide and conquer tactics and lets people live in true freedom and democracy. Let people rebuild their lives in decency. Thank you, Mr. Bob Simon. If I am going off on tangents, it is because I am utterly disgusted by the wave of events that stem from 1948 and the mess of politicians and campaign financing and lobbying involved. You have done your part, Mr. Simon, and I applaud you with the greatest admiration and love. May peace reign supreme for ALL people.

[rklapholz]

Seriously, you have done well airing this and I am a huge fan of you and CBS as a result. For anyone who says this piece is biased, has it wrong, you cannot make up the Israeli terror and humiliating checkpoints Palestinians face on a daily basis. Open your eyes for the sake of humanity. Stop perpetual hate, racism, classism, propaganda, and yes, an apartheid and holocaust. Never again. Enough already. We will be judged one day for how we treat others as citizens of humanity. Stop the divisions. No one is buying into this War on Terrorism any more. Resistance does not equate to terrorism.

[rklapholz]

Mr. Bob Simon, you are beautiful. Thank you so much and to any brave supporters at CBS that decided to air this piece. Media has become an education tool for so many Americans, who may not take the time otherwise to explore or research an issue. This piece provides firsthand accounts and interviews from the land of Israel and its occupied territories of Gaza and the West Bank. We need more stories like this to provoke dialogue, questions, and consideration.

[lawpo65]

There are two disturbing aspects of the Bob Simon Report: 1) the timing; 2) the one sidedness of of the reporting. Airing this segment in juxtaposition to the recent Gaza fighting, gives comfort to those who ignore terrorism and focus only on the Israeli response. The segment itself also fails to ever mention that the security measures taken by Israelis are largely in response to the brutality of Palestinean terrorism. The west bank settlements are an impediment to peace, but the Israelis have long ago offered to dismantle them if only the Palestineans would negotiate a lasting peace and prove that they can deliver the security the Israelis deserve. Again, this fails to receive any mention. Are the CBS producers so blind and ignorant of history that they don''[t remember that Palestineans practiced brutal terrorism long before there were settlements.

[lawpo65]

There are two disturbing aspects of the Bob Simon Report: 1) the timing; 2) the one sidedness of of the reporting. Airing this segment in juxtaposition to the recent Gaza fighting, gives comfort to those who ignore terrorism and focus only on the Israeli response. The segment itself also fails to ever mention that the security measures taken by Israelis are largely in response to the brutality of Palestinean terrorism. The west bank settlements are an impediment to peace, but the Israelis have long ago offered to dismantle them if only the Palestineans would negotiate a lasting peace and prove that they can deliver the security the Israelis deserve. Again, this fails to receive any mention. Are the CBS producers so blind and ignorant of history that they don''[t remember that Palestineans practiced brutal terrorism long before there were settlements.

[lawpo65]

There are two disturbing aspects of the Bob Simon Report: 1) the timing; 2) the one sidedness of of the reporting. Airing this segment in juxtaposition to the recent Gaza fighting, gives comfort to those who ignore terrorism and focus only on the Israeli response. The segment itself also fails to ever mention that the security measures taken by Israelis are largely in response to the brutality of Palestinean terrorism. The west bank settlements are an impediment to peace, but the Israelis have long ago offered to dismantle them if only the Palestineans would negotiate a lasting peace and prove that they can deliver the security the Israelis deserve. Again, this fails to receive any mention. Are the CBS producers so blind and ignorant of history that they don''[t remember that Palestineans practiced brutal terrorism long before there were settlements.