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Mike Wallace’s Interview With Abba Eban

Aussie Dave | Apr 09, 2012

With 60 Minutes’ Mike Wallace dying yesterday, now seems like an opportune time to bring out his 1958 interview with Abba Eban, Israel’s ambassador to the US at the time (hat tip: Eric).

What is particularly interesting about this interview – besides Eban’s unparalleled eloquence and the inline cigarette advertisements – are Wallace’s questions, which reveal the same kinds of arguments and claims against Israel, which we hear today (such as Israel’s deeds against the Arabs are like the crimes committed against us by the Nazis, US support for Israel antagonizes the Arab world, and Zionism imposes on Jews around the world dual loyalty). Also noteworthy is the claim of the President of the National Bank of Egypt that Israel was doomed to go bankrupt, due to its pitiful resources and limited industry(!)
http://www.youtube.com/v/9x8l9d3g_8Q?version=3&hl=en_US
http://www.youtube.com/v/1dAkLH5Y_mc?version=3&hl=en_US

[itsahoot]

Eban’s unparalleled eloquence

Amen I can still hear that voice, and I am practically deaf. I have not heard anyone even remotely his match.

[Broker]

Great post. Amb Eban’s eloquence is memorable. Arab enmity towards Israel is disguised as a land struggle but is simply another jihad. Wallace was polite at best.

[Broker]

Great post. Amb Eban’s eloquence is memorable. Arab enmity towards Israel is disguised as a land struggle but is simply another jihad. Wallace was polite at best.

[SJackson]

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Thanks to PRePublic for a great post.

[dervish]

Thank you so much for posting this. Israel needs another Abba Eban.

America does not need another Mike Wallace.

[CORedneck]

Of course, Israel has flourished in the 64 years of its existence and contrary to the Egyptian banker. It went from a desert wasteland to a fertile land in short order and that can be attributed to God.

[onedoug]

I watched this with my mom when I was almost 8 years old. I can still hear her saying, “They’re going to cure cancer in Israel.”