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Is Peace Out Of Reach?

January 27, 2009 5:04 AM

Has peace in the Middle East become nothing more than a pipe dream? As Bob Simon reports, a growing number of Israelis and Palestinians feel that a two-state solution is no longer possible.

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by jewishstate November 12, 2009 10:34 PM EST
This is the most one-sided, anti-Israel video of recent years. Little wonder that Israel-haters have crawled out of their holes to thank CBS.
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by jacobnxgtel October 7, 2009 5:45 PM EDT
I would like to take the time to thank you for this report. We all know that the truth hurts. I have to say that you will have done to you what you do to others. What I don?t understand is, with the fresh memories of what happened to Jews in Europe, they turn around and do the same and more to the Palestinians. I hate to believe that this can only be solved with force. I wish peace to both. Learn from history; don?t ignore the facts and basic human rights.
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by freetongue August 28, 2009 3:07 PM EDT
Thanks alot for presenting the truth!
Truth needs brave men to present!
However,reality is even more cruel.Israeli criminals torture and kill everything alive in Palestine. The Palestinians do deserve their own free life without horror. They deserve to eat,drink,learn and live with dignity.So,the large prison in Gaza must come to an end.
Thanks again and we are waiting for other programs presenting the truth like this.By free tongue to 60 MINUTES
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by Settia July 21, 2009 4:21 AM EDT
I am not pro- or anti- Israel nor am I pro- or anti-Palestinian; however I am against the illegal settlements, which only incite violence, as well as the construction of wall going through Palestinians' farms, taking away their only source of income. The Palestinians are not going away and Israel needs to be able to deal with that in a more constructive way. While I think this is an enlightening piece, it is, unfortunately, very biased and one-sided. I think 60 Minutes (and Bob Simon) could have done a much better (and frankly, more journalistic) segment on the situation in Israel.
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by Reeeeleevant April 10, 2009 4:59 PM EDT
I dont like to fuss so now lets get down to the real issue. Much because there is already many ppl jibberijabbing about this conflict already that you cant actually try to make any sound and be heard good enough. There will still be millions who clames the same **** all over again anyway. I dont want half truth answers and Iam not looking for a dude to tell if Iam right or wrong. Iam not looking for sympathy or to show off. Iam just wondering, because I have some questions always popping out in my questions. Normal questions. Here is my story:

After second world war polish jews came to my grandfathers home in what today is called "Tel Aviv" which also is the biggest developing city in what we today like to call the democratic country Israel. They came with guns screaming, shooting and protected to my grandfathers family who were living theyre own life and making theyre own food by planting and so on. They forced my grandfather and his family to move with violence, to leave his house and his life behind to move to Gasa. He was forced to seek a place in a Refugee camp to build his own house and never really finished it cause he always thought he would return to his former house. During this process some in my family got murdered. The guys in the village who were to stubbard to move out faced the death itself.

Massacres took place during al nakba when the stealing of the peoples ground occured. Anyway my father (the oldest son in the family) decided to keep the key to the old house and even the contract and its still in his current house til this day. The house built in Gasa is still unfinished and people are still waiting to return to theyre homes.

Why cant I today as a palestinian with palestinian pass move back to my homecountry when Israel is integrating jewish people from all over the world to move them into settlements? Why cant I go back and take what actually belongs to my family when I have key contract and signs on paperwork. Is the extremisms between the palestinians the biggest issue, Hamas? Hamas didnt exist 40 years ago, the hate and the extremism came all up from europe at that time where jewish people came from bad times and started treating the palestinians bad in the same time as arabic countries around started treating jewish people bad. As for jewish people who also have these problems; Iam confident that many didnt have a good background also.

But still what are these polish guys doing in my home in my homecountry? How can you actually steal, murder and then lie without any consequenses? If someone comes to your homecountry and takes your home and your family; what is there to think about? What is there to discuss?

Are we actually discussing however the Israeli leaders want peace or not? The Israeli leaders are still aiming to improve theyre own country and stealing more ground, killing more people now, everything is heading in that direction. Why are people actually defending this?
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by mhddan March 28, 2009 3:02 AM EDT
thank you very much for your effort to show reality
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by 56575859 March 27, 2009 9:08 AM EDT
Thank you for your unbiased reportant that on Israeli-Palestinian issue.
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by bubblyjock March 23, 2009 11:57 AM EDT
With illegal settlements Israel has made it impossible for a two-state solution to be successful. Thus only a single secular state can be achieved. Zionism will effectively have destroyed the state of Israel.
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by ruqui123 March 7, 2009 12:26 PM EST
THANKS FOR SHOW THE REALITY THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS"
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by ruqui123 March 7, 2009 12:07 PM EST
I hope one day the Jewish people on Israel remember haw unfair the are with the rest of the human since the prophet Jesus until the poor children on Palestine i ask allah for forget them and chain them thinking only in money and think as a humans .
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by odd334 March 6, 2009 9:35 PM EST
This wasn't journalism. it was pure Palestinian propaganda. bob simon lived in israel for many years and he should know better.
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by coolmom9 March 4, 2009 6:08 PM EST
You have to be kidding me! He asked the Dr. over and over again, "Why can't you go to Jerusalem? Why do the Israelis not allow Palestinians easier access to Jerusalem?" Is he a complete idiot? Hasn't he even watched the news he purports to report? BECAUSE PALESTINIANS LIKE TO BLOW UP INNOCENT ISRAELIS!!!!! Yes, I'm yelling.

What other nation on earth would show as much patience as the Israelis have shown the Palestinians, whose leaders do not want peace, and who constantly make trouble and kill innocent Israelis? Arggghhhh--such stupidity makes my blood boil!
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by niewiad2 March 3, 2009 2:08 PM EST
I have lived with the Palestinians and first hand experienced the violence of the Israelis against the Palestinians. The Israelis are committed to the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians. Jewish settlers daily practice violence against Palestinians and carry guns to assure Palestinians don't react. The military is a blind tool of the Jewish settlers. Jewish children openly talk about the need to transfer all Palestinians to Jordan.

There cannot be a peaceful solution unless Israel (1) withdraws its military; (2) abandons all settlements and moves Jewish settlers back to Israel; (3) destroys the Israeli wall where it is on Palestinian land; (4) pays reparations to the Palestinians for the land taken from them by Israel; (5) agrees to share Jerusalem as the capitol of both Israel and Palestine; (6) eliminates all barriers to ingress and egress by Palestinians whether in the West Bank or Gaza; (7) the USA equalizes the economic support it provides Israel so that both peoples benefit equally.

The Jewish faith has a history of truth and justice. The Israeli state has aborted any commitment to those values. The Israeli state is nothing more than a civil government committed to the acquisition of land and natural resources at whatever cost to the Palestinians. Israel is a threat to Mideast peace as much as Iran, and the USA should treat it as such.
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by abenbar February 28, 2009 3:23 PM EST
Peace is absolutely reachable!!!

The two state solution you referred too in the article is accepted by around 50% of the Israeli population. The article misleads the viewers to think that the so called ?mayor? Danial Viess represents the views of the Israeli public. The truth is that she is a felon convicted of numerous assault charges, and is as extreme as the Ku Klux Kan is in the US.

It is true that in order to achieve peace Israel will have to withdraw from the west bank, but the solution is not as easy as that. Many other questions and issues have to be resolved?

1.Who will provide the security for Israel? (remember after the withdraw from the Gaza strip the terrorist attacks and bombarding have continued)

2.Should Israel talk to the Hamas? Which dose not even recognize the sate of Israel. If not then who is the right partner to sign the peace treaties with?

3.Should Israel accept the demand for the ?right of return? which calls Israel to allow the return of millions of Palestinians?

These are just 3 of tens or even hundreds of issues that have to be solved before the two sides can sign on a peace treaty. Therefore I suggest that when you air the next report on the Palestinian-Israeli peace process you should try to touch some of these elements instead of drawing a narrow narrative of one of the sides.
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by pecanman1212 February 28, 2009 6:11 AM EST
I would like to protest this completely biased report - it misses many critical facts.
I will start by saying that as an Israeli, I strongly appose the settlements. People like the female settler who was interviewed in this report are as despicable as the terrorist bombers themselves.

With that being said, in the summer of 2005 Israel pulled out THOUSANDS of settlers from the Gaza strip in a very bold move. Mr Bob Simon seemed to have miss this "petty" chapter in history. What was Israel's reward? Daily increasing rocket attacks and the Hamas who vows to kill all israelis. THIS is the reason many Israelis like me who used to believe that the settlers are the biggest obsticle for peace don't hold that view anymore. The understanding that the majority of Palestinians dream not of a two state solution but rather dream of having all israelis dead, has hurt the hopes of many peace believing Israeli's like me.

Untill the Palestinians wake up from their daydream fantasies that they can destroy our country, peace will never be reached. I'm sad to say I don't believe this will happen in my lifetime and with all due respect to president Obama, I don't believe there's anything he can do about it either.
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by fask11 February 9, 2009 2:20 AM EST
Peace in Israel/Palestine will be achieved if we can convince enough of our elected representatives to support Israel without compromising our American ideals of justice and freedom for all. Every Local, State and Federal elected representative must see this report and know that their constituents want to see a peaceful settlement to this crisis.
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by archarabia January 29, 2009 1:40 PM EST
It is nice to see a network and news program willing to show the other side of the story. I applaud CBS for having the courage to broadcast a less popular version of what''s going on in Gaza and the West Bank. And I hope that this will be the beginning of more in-depth coverage about this serious conflict, and not just a cursory look at it.
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by mohamede-2009 January 29, 2009 12:50 PM EST
I would like to thanks CBS ( Bob Simon) and the producers of 60 minutes for having the courge to show the American people the truth about the injustices that are at the core of the Middle East conflict. This injustices suffered by Palastiniane on the hands of the Israelies.
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by omarhammud28 January 29, 2009 8:00 AM EST
thank you cbs, i love you ...

I%u2019m an Palestinian israelian, minority of Palestinian who lives in Israel, have a university degree from one of the top universities there, but I can%u2019t find any kind a job because I%u2019m not Jewish!!!!
It%u2019s the most races country in the history, I study successfully for four years with my Jews colleagues and I%u2019m the only one who can%u2019t find a job.
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by nedned2 January 29, 2009 7:50 AM EST
Long overdue exposure of Zionism that has been considered a form of racism for a long time, and sadly funded by our tax money. Bob Simon has bravely broken the silence barrier. The state of Israel is solely based on Zionism, the early Jewish immigrants to Palestine were mostly settlers and terrorist militias (Haganah, Stern, Argon) no different from their offspring in those settlements as the program presented.
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