CBS Stands Behind Anti-Israel Propaganda  60-minutesOn April 22,
2012, CBS’s 60 Minutes aired a segment titled Christians in the
Holy Land.  Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., Michael Oren,
called it “a hatchet job.” The piece by Bob Simon was full of
inaccuracies and false allegations about the state of Israel and
its mistreatment of Christians.  The sheer irony is in the very
airing of the piece.  The fact that it focused on Israel and not
on the Muslim world is in itself a telling story. In the face of
glaring persecution of Christians in the Arab and Muslim Middle
East (including the Christians under the jurisdiction of Hamas
in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank),
CBS’s allegations against Israel, where Christians do enjoy full
civil rights and religious freedom, are offensive. It exposed
CBS’s cowardice.  Instead of challenging Muslim aggression
against Christians and Christianity, CBS chose to express its
anti-Israel disposition.  Despite repeated requests by CAMERA
(Committee for A