Time Running Out For A Two-State Solution?

60 Minutes, CBS News by Bob Simon | Jan. 25, 2009 (Investigative Report)
Growing Number Of Israelis, Palestinians Say Two-State Solution Is No Longer Possible

(Video) (VIDEO - 13:09) Getting a peace deal in the Middle East is such a priority to President Obama that his first foreign calls on his first day in office were to Arab and Israeli leaders. And on day two, the president made former Senator George Mitchell his special envoy for Middle East peace. Mr. Obama wants to shore up the ceasefire in Gaza, but a lasting peace really depends on the West Bank where Palestinians had hoped to create their state. The problem ... Full Story »

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 by Fabrice Florin - Jan. 25, 2009

Excellent report about the grim prospects for peace in the Middle East, as the recent war in Gaza and the occupation of the West Bank by Israelis stand in the way of a free Palestinian state. The reporters have done a very thorough job in documenting the new 'apartheid' in the West Bank, contrasting the defiant views of Israeli settlers with the perspectives of Palestinians victimized by the Israeli military. The report also presents the views of moderate Jewish scholars who are losing hope and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who believes all Jewish settlers need to be evacuated for peace to become possible. An eye-opening investigation, and a textbook example of good journalism.

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