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A Pakistani man sits on a street in Doha, Qatar in front of luxury vehicles, July 2011 (photo: PeregrinoWillReigh/fickrcc)

Marginalized groups that Qatari PR would rather you not see

The American network CBS – via its flagship news magazine show, “60 Minutes” – gave the tiny peninsula Kingdom of Qatar a free ride in its report earlier this year exploring the small gulf nation. Correspondent Bob Simon, dubbed by the network itself as “the most honored journalist in international reporting,” delivered a public relations…

By Roee Ruttenberg May 3, 2012

Monks in Jerusalem. They are often spat at by yeshiva boys. (Photo: Yossi Gurvitz)

Palestinian Christians do not tolerate life under occupation

Ambassador Michael Oren insists that in all the Middle East, Christians have it the best in Israel, but a history of dispossession paints a more complex picture. The writer asserts Palestinian Christians are emigrating due to Israel’s discriminatory policies, and calls attention to upcoming resolutions by churches in the United States to divest from Israeli…

By +972 Magazine May 1, 2012

’60 Minutes’ report on Palestinian Christians gets it wrong

Palestinian Christians are no different than other Palestinians. We all suffer the same. There have already been a number of articles written in response to CBS’s 60 Minutes report about Christians in the Holy Land. The sexy story in all this appears to be Michael Oren’s interview with Bob Simon of 60 Minutes, and the…

By Omar H. Rahman April 25, 2012

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WATCH: Raw footage of 60 Minutes interview with Michael Oren

After watching the 60 Minutes interview with Michael Oren, I felt like puking. If you haven’t seen it yet, here it is. And if you only have a minute, just watch this short segment, where Oren looks Bob Simon straight in the eye with a look that could make your blood curl, and tells him…

By Ami Kaufman April 24, 2012

Monks in Jerusalem. They are often spat at by yeshiva boys. (Photo: Yossi Gurvitz)

Israel’s not-so-stellar record on treatment of Christians

Much has been made of the inept appearance of Michael Oren – American Jew turned Israeli ambassador to the United States – on 60 Minutes, in which he admitted that from time to time he calls up senior TV brass to make certain they censor the work of their writers and editors. This morning, Haaretz…

By Yossi Gurvitz April 24, 2012

60 Minutes reports on Silwan, East Jerusalem

Silwan is a dangerous neighborhood. Not only because of the simmering political tensions between the Palestinians and the Jewish settlers occupying houses in the city, but also because the neighborhood is one of the centers of the drug trade. But of all the cities and villages in the West Bank, the Palestinians of Silwan have…

By Joseph Dana October 18, 2010