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Christiane Amanpour Lands Rare Interview With Palestinian & Israeli Officials

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Today on ABC’s This Week, host Christiane Amanpour landed a rare double interview with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Israeli Opposition Leader and former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni — a big get for a Sunday talk show — to talk about the currently stalled negotiation talks between Israel and Palestine. Amanpour made sure to stress to viewers that it is “exceedingly rare” to get an interview with two top-level officials from Palestine and Israel together.

When Amanpour took the reins as the host of This Week, she — and ABC News — promised to use her extensive experience as an international reporter to bring “international perspective” and a global spin to the show. Amanpour has certainly been strong on that front, bringing in more international and outside-the-Beltway guests than traditional Sunday talk shows — from Gordon Brown to Hamid Karzai and countless others. However, it remains to be seen whether the very inside-the-Beltway crowd that watches Sunday shows most loyally will continue to tune in and welcome the recent international turn of the show.

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  • Atticus Draco


    However, it remains to be seen whether the very inside-the-Beltway crowd that watches Sunday shows most loyally will continue to tune in and welcome the recent international turn of the show.

    We’ll i’d watch it but,,,
    the show has Christiane Amanpour in it,,,
    that’s pretty much the reason i dont watch it

  • Kermit

    Conversations were not interrupted and question were asked calmly and clearly. Very well done.

    Defiantly NOT like Fox interviews would do it.

    Two thumbs up on the interview and very good discussion.

  • Just4thefax

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  • jacobjakeu

    Good intentions aside, this interview was remarkably boring. The only slightly interesting part was near the end when the Palestinian foreign minister said Israel wasn’t helping nearly enough relative to the goal of peace. That was interesting because it was the firstmoment where one person directed an issue about and to the other.

    Amanpour needs to figure out how to make this kind of stuff compelling… and yes, entertaining… for the viewers in order for them to care. Let’s be honest: Israel/Palestine is a hugely serious issue. But for most Americans, it’s only hugely serious OVER THERE. To educate those people as to why they should care, this interview has got to have a lot more spark, not to mention some relevance for the majority of people here.

    Amanpour’s use of Hilary Clinton throughout totally took out any direct conversation between the two sitting before her. Half the questions was about Hillary this and Hillary that… not “You did this to these people” and “You did that to those people.” She should have made the two talk directly to each other and about each other. And about things far more emotional than just intrinsic to the negotiation and its process, which is boring… and ultimately uninforming for the majority of Americans.

    Intention is an A… execution is a D.

  • Atticus Draco

    jacobjakeu said:
    Good intentions aside, this interview was remarkably boring. The only slightly interesting part was near the end when the Palestinian foreign minister said Israel wasn’t helping nearly enough relative to the goal of peace. That was interesting because it was the firstmoment where one person directed an issue about and to the other.

    Amanpour needs to figure out how to make this kind of stuff compelling… and yes, entertaining… for the viewers in order for them to care. Let’s be honest: Israel/Palestine is a hugely serious issue. But for most Americans, it’s only hugely serious OVER THERE. To educate those people as to why they should care, this interview has got to have a lot more spark, not to mention some relevance for the majority of people here.

    Amanpour’s use of Hilary Clinton throughout totally took out any direct conversation between the two sitting before her. Half the questions was about Hillary this and Hillary that… not “You did this to these people” and “You did that to those people.” She should have made the two talk directly to each other and about each other. And about things far more emotional than just intrinsic to the negotiation and its process, which is boring… and ultimately uninforming for the majority of Americans.

    Intention is an A… execution is a D.

    WHAT A POMPOUS ASS!
    America is more in tune to what’s going on over there THEN YOU ARE!
    THE MAJORITY OF US KNOWS WE’RE NOT GOING TO GET THE INFORMATION NECESSARY FROM A SHOW HOSTED BY CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR!!!

    YOU ON THE OTHER HAND NIMROD
    STILL HAD TO WATCH IT TO CONVINCE YOURSELF OF THE OBVIOUS!!!

  • The Lantern of Truth

    Christiane worked for CNN , where long ago Ted Turner banished the word ” foreign ” . She has an international mindset , and won’t put up with interviewing McCain , Graham , Axlerod and Maher every other week . But , ABC should probably have kept Tapper and the ratings he brought in . Jake will likely quit and This Week’s audience will continue to shrink .

  • Republitarian

    Although I wouldn’t be surprised if Schieffer continues to work until he’s 100, CBS might want to start thinking about the future. If they were smart, Jake Tapper would VERY MUCH be on their radar. I have no idea how many years remain on his ABC contract, but I’d have to believe that Tapper would be a hot prospect in free agency. I would also think that if CBS extended FTN to the full hour, Tapper would be immediately competitive with Meet the Depressed, and would probably eclipse MTP in fairly short order.

    Clearly, ABC is too freakin’ stupid to get rid of their failed “international” experiment, and return to Tapper, who when he hosted, the show was not only watchable, but actually very compelling. Now, it’s just Amanpur and her insufferable pomposity.

  • jacobjakeu

    Atticus Draco said:
    WHAT A POMPOUS ASS!
    America is more in tune to what’s going on over there THEN YOU ARE!
    THE MAJORITY OF US KNOWS WE’RE NOT GOING TO GET THE INFORMATION NECESSARY FROM A SHOW HOSTED BY CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR!!!

    YOU ON THE OTHER HAND NIMROD
    STILL HAD TO WATCH IT TO CONVINCE YOURSELF OF THE OBVIOUS!!!

    Are you kidding? America’s tuned in to what’s going on in Israel/Palestine? Ridiculous. It only matters to most Americans if their family and friends are at war there, or if there are attacks on American soil or felt impacts directly to our pocketbooks. You live in a little bubble world. The majority of Americans can’t name the VP of the US or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, nor do they care.

    The rest of what you say doesn’t even make sense and is worth no more response. You’re a silly person.

  • tiredofbs

    Atticus Draco said:
    We’ll i’d watch it but,,,
    the show has Christiane Amanpour in it,,,
    that’s pretty much the reason i dont watch it

    OsamaBinLaden as a guest wouldn’t entice me to watch her.
    Maybe if she took the marbles out of her mouth while speaking?

  • tiredofbs

    Republitarian said:
    Clearly, ABC is too freakin’ stupid to get rid of their failed “international” experiment, and return to Tapper, who when he hosted, the show was not only watchable, but actually very compelling. Now, it’s just Amanpur and her insufferable pomposity.

    Bingo!

  • Atticus Draco

    tiredofbs said:
    Atticus Draco said:
    We’ll i’d watch it but,,,
    the show has Christiane Amanpour in it,,,
    that’s pretty much the reason i dont watch it

    OsamaBinLaden as a guest wouldn’t entice me to watch her.
    Maybe if she took the marbles out of her mouth while speaking?

    OH,, i have NO DOUBT she’d go to HIS cave for that one!!
    And in turn,, I HAVE NO DOUBT HE WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO HER!!!
    lol
    Now that you brought that to my attention,,
    I’M SURPRISED SHE HASNT ALREADY!!!

    I cant imagine that interview hasnt been attempted!!

    WHAT IS KEEPING Amanpour FROM interviewing OBL?!?
    That sista is down with the struggle!

  • Pablo

    Salam Fayyad is one of the best of what Palestinians have to offer. Abbas has been moaning about his irrelevancy and threatening to dissolve the government. He should step aside and let someone with a clue take the reins. (Nisha, there’s no “g” in that word)

    Thanks for this post. Here’s an old but excellent piece on Fayyad amd the problems with the Palestinians from the NYT: The Radical Bean Counter

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  • Dem4Ever

    Amanpour is an elitist who thinks her shit doesn’t stink. She hates America and the Jews. She thinks she is so much better than everybody, but really all she does is reads on tv what’s put in front of her and ask questions that have been written for her… She is beneath contempt.

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  • drjj

    Christine Amanpour is : 1. A pompous marble-mouthed media idiot 2. notoriously biased in favor of Islamists and Islamic terrorism, and against Israel and 3. horribly ugly.

    One has to wonder why ABC can’t find someone who has a semblance of journalistic ability and integrity instead of constantlhy pushing this idiotic hag on us?

  • Dem4Ever

    She secretly wishes she was a man.  Although she isn’t a man that doesn’t stop her from dressing like one.

  • tiredofbs

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    Amanpour is an elitist who thinks her shit doesn’t stink. She hates America and the Jews. She thinks she is so much better than everybody, but really all she does is reads on tv what’s put in front of her and ask questions that have been written for her… She is beneath contempt.

    Kinda fits the Helen Thomas persona in more ways than I’d like to
    think about.Eeeekkkkkk

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  • The Real Royal King

    While I am pleased that we have some international news at long last available in the States, a segment during a once weekly, one hour show is far from adequate. American business men and women sell their products and services all over the world, and they travel all over the world. Knowledge of conditions and circumstances throughout the world, and not solely in the business context, is vital. All the Marys in Heaven, we are crippled by a non-metric measurement system and a very difficult system of customs, duties, immigration and re-entry. Do we have to be crippled by media-imposed ignorance as well? By all means, let’s report on the Drop Out Governor’s latest semi-literate, inane Tweet and Boner’s latest good cry, but can’t we find a few moments for a couple of international news stories?

  • BlackWidow

    The Real Royal King said:
    While I am pleased that we have some international news at long last available in the States, a segment during a once weekly, one hour show is far from adequate. American business men and women sell their products and services all over the world, and they travel all over the world. Knowledge of conditions and circumstances throughout the world, and not solely in the business context, is vital. All the Marys in Heaven, we are crippled by a non-metric measurement system and a very difficult system of customs, duties, immigration and re-entry. Do we have to be crippled by media-imposed ignorance as well? By all means, let’s report on the Drop Out Governor’s latest semi-literate, inane Tweet and Boner’s latest good cry, but can’t we find a few moments for a couple of international news stories?

    King while I hate to agree with you in public because it will bring on the rath of all of the righties on here I do totally agree with you. Wasn’t there a time when CNN did cover the international news? Maybe not but someone should do that for TV.

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