Yavin discovered the darkness

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Yavin discovered the darkness
By Gideon Levy

Maybe there is something to the settlers' claims? Perhaps Haim Yavin - Israel Prize laureate, "Mr. Television," one of the central figures in the media for a generation, a former director of Israel Television, the head of its news department and one of its architects - abused his position?

Given his lofty status, the settlers are in an uproar. With the diligence, innocence and integrity that characterizes Yavin the documentary filmmaker, he edited his series, "Land of the Settlers," and discovered the darkness of the occupation and the settlements. He exposed the cruel truth to his viewers, a truth that was hidden from him and from them for decades. And now the settlers are demanding that he be fired from "Mabat," Channel 1's flagship news broadcast.

This time, Yavin fulfilled his mission not only to tell the truth, but to tell the whole truth. He deserves every bit of praise for the courageous and penetrating series he prepared, and for the fact that he did not hesitate to jeopardize his statesmanlike status and the widespread popularity he has enjoyed for years. He dared to touch the hottest potato in Israeli society and to present to his viewers, in the twilight of his impressive career, the curse of the settlements, in all its ugliness.

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Accordingly, The New York Times compared Yavin's bold move to the 1968 report by American newsman Walter Cronkite from Vietnam, whose famous phrase "We are mired in stalemate" led President Lyndon Johnson to say, "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost middle America."

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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/584282.html

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1. I'll have to keep an eye out for this to show up on telly here...

Gideon Levy does have a point when he asks where was Yavin and others up till now that they didn't see what was happening with the settlements, but I think it's much better that his eyes were opened up now rather than not at all. And in his defense, what he saw was something that many others know about but still refuse to see. We've got those types here and I know they're in the US....

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2. Levy has always displayed unwise sour grapes toward

late adopters.

The sad part is Yavin is taking it on all sides because of his storm trooper(aka 4th stage antisemitism lol) remark, so Gideon should be politically more pragmatic. Better late than never.