Exposing Israeli Apartheid (CBS, 60 Minutes)

I was slightly shocked to find this very well done 60 Minutes report on the Israeli occupation in Gaza and the West Bank. It gives me hope that the media are slowly coming around to being critical of a state that has contemptuously ignored (with the United States' help through the United Nations) international law for the last forty plus years. The key note here, dark and despairing in its implication and spoken with candor by Palestinians themselves, is that Israel is making it clear that any chance for a two state solution is becoming impossible. It should be noted that this video was made months before Israel's invasion of Gaza, where according to Amnesty International approximately 1400 innocent Palestinians were killed intentionally, of which 300 were children. The kill count is heavily in favor of the Israeli government -- which is an important distinction, given that there are hugely significant groups of Israeli citizens who oppose and criticize the coldblooded hegemony of their government.

This documentary is, all things considered, the nicer side of a revolting murder of Palestinian rights.

One line summarized the entire occupation with haunting concision: "Arabs tried to save their homes, but the Israelis had the guns." Add to this the unimaginable religious idiocy by an Israeli who makes no apologies for perpetuating the building of illegal settlements. There is no better current example of the easiness of killing the soul of another human being in the name of God.