Written by: Aaron Katsman | February 1, 2009
Last week on the popular CBS show 60 minutes, reporter Bob Simon basically did a hatchet job on Israel and Israeli settlers. In addition, it comes out from the interview that PM wannabe Tzipi Livni supports expelling over 60,000 Israeli’s from the West Bank. Why this hasn’t been picked up in Israel is beyond me? How does Livni get a free pass on this?
Anyway, while the story definitely pulls at the viewers heartstrings, Simon’s one sided report smacks of Palestinian propaganda. The reason that Palestinians face roadblocks while trying to get into Israel, is because without checks, Israel would be subject to non-stop terror attacks, like we have seen in the past. Remember the blown up buses, coffee shops etc… Simon seems to glance over the root cause of the problem in the first place.
I would expect CBS to have more fair and balanced reporting, not do a hatchet job. They have completely lost any credibility with this type of reporting. His 3 options on how Israel can deal with the demographic problem, of ethnic cleansing, giving Arabs the right to vote or set up an Apartheid regime. This is disgusting on Simon’s part. Ethnic cleansing, Apartheid? Where does he get that from? That’s just disgraceful reporting, and why hasn’t the foreign ministry taken action against CBS for this report? I would think that Simon’s press pass should get revoked. Oh I know why, because Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni thinks that there is truth to this.
Just sick.
Aaron Katsman
www.IsraelNewsletter.com
Do you feel a chill in the air? Well if you do it’s because there is no more global warming. Now you will probably ask, “What do you mean there is no more global warming?”. After all former VP and nobel prize winner Al Gore said in an interview to 60 minutes (excerpt):
Confronted by Stahl with the fact some prominent people, including the nation’s vice president, are not convinced that global warming is man-made, Gore responds: “You’re talking about Dick Cheney. I think that those people are in such a tiny, tiny minority now with their point of view, they’re almost like the ones who still believe that the moon landing was staged in a movie lot in Arizona and those who believe the world is flat,” says Gore. “That demeans them a little bit, but it’s not that far off,” he tells Stahl.
So if the smug and pompous one himself declares that there is global warming, how can I say there isn’t? Well aside from the scientific fact that there isn’t, the real reason is that the citizens of the Israeli city of Tel-Aviv put an end to it last night. From 8-9pm local time Tel-Aviv turned out the lights. For one hour citizens were urged to turn off their lights in an effort to save energy, and help limit damage to planet. There was even an “unplugged” concert attended by tens of thousands of people, and whatever power was needed was generated by bicyclysts peddling away and generating energy.
It was just beautiful, everyone sitting around in the dark, really making a difference. As an old fashioned male, I tend not to display my emotions in public. But after this event, I just couldn’t keep it in. I must admit it, I shed a tear.
The planet has been saved.
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Aaron Katsman is Managing Editor of the Israel Opportunity Investor newsletter. He is lead portfolio manager for the Israel Growth Portfolio and Managing Director of America Israel Investment Associates, LLC. For more information, go to www.israelnewsletter.com or call 1-888-327-6179, or email aaron@profile-financial.com.
