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gation to speak out about Israel, even if it's not favorable to the particular government in charge (there)," he opined. "If you were to criticize the Trudeau government in Canada, you would not necessarily be considered aiiti-Canadian."
The power behind the ever-ticking stopwatch became interested in journalism while receiving his masters* degree in political science at Columbia (he had earlier graduated from Vancouver's Prince of Wales secondary school and attended Harvard). One summer he travelled to Latin America, freelancing stories on his experience for the CBC
and Radio Canada in Vancouver. Later, he wrote for such publications as Saturday Night, the Globe arid Mail and the Christian Science Monitor.
After working for "two or three years" with CBS News, he was given a chance to open up an office in Washington for 60 Minutes, then two years old and expanding its horizons. He's been with the program ever since. Lando, who has won two Emmys for his-work — on^ for a Beirut interview with American Frank Terpil, who was gun-running for Libyan dictator Muani-r mar Khadafy — has always been interested in producing stories on the Mideast and
Israel. "As a Jewish reporter, Israel is not an easy place to report in," he noted.
Though he only does not story a year about Israel, he has been a keen observer of changes that have taken place in the decade since he started going there for CBS.
Lando described Israel as having taken "a general move to the right," adding that "the country has gone more and more conservative. And more and more fearful. And I think less of a nice place to live.
"I think there are probably more Jews leaving Israel now than arriving there. And they're still stuck on the Palestinian problem," he said.
Lando isn't Concerned that
he might be typecast because he's Jewish and has prod uced segments on Israel. "I'm not the only one who doeis reports on Israel!" he pointed out. "1 tend also to dp stories on parts of the Third World, silbh as Africa and Latin America," stated Lando, whose knowledge of French, Spanish, Portuguese, and a smattering of German and Italian has equipped him well for his role as a globe-trotting researcher and correspondent.
While working with CBS News before doing 60 Min-Lando had filed his own reports for regular telecasts. Is he jealous of his more visible colleagues? "Not of Mike Wallace;" he emphasized. "I
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work with him almost exclusively^ and he brings a lot to a piece. He's a very good interviewer and he has a lot of insight^ so 1 enjoy workipg with him."
If Wallace, 72, were to step down — an event Lando doesn't thiiik will take place soon — he wouldn't replace him. "Some on-air person would."
Despite his Canadian roots, Lando has never produced a. story on the Great White North for 60 Minutes^'Wm' couyer would make a great profile. It's a spectacular city, but it's not the kind of thing I'm interested in right now," he said. "You 4on't always want to be. in a cOuritry, though, that people are intier-ested^n doing stories on, like Lebanon or Israel, because then, yoii-ve gotjjroblems.
^ "Being in a country where people aren't running to do reports is pretty good;"
After joining such Canadians as Peter Jennings, Peter Kent and 60 A/i/iM/e^'Morley Safer on their southern exo^ dus; he doesn't consider himself a runaway ifrom Canada. **The opportunity was in the United States, and here I am now, doing naost of my reports in Europe or elsewhere in the world. And //leyV^ seen all over Canada,"; he noted.
Engaged to Elizabeth Jacob of Paris, Lando hasn't set his famous stopwatch for the wedding date. Responded Lando: "You ask tough questions."
"Ask the big chief!" laughed Jacob, who accompanied him on his trip to Vancouver.
Also a conundrum is whether his. 60 Minutes stint will last 60 years^vOr whether i he'll bow out after his current five-year contract with the shbw is up.?^Who Mws?" he "With lelevision.
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Although El Al is known throughout the world for its superior security^ it is a subject that Ben-Shach and Nechustan prefer to avoid. "There are two 'S' we don't discuss, service V or security. Let us just say that we do both well," Ben-Shach explained.
Another area Of success for El Al has been: its cargo flights. "Cargo has become a major dollar earner for us," said Nechustan. "In 1988, about 25 percent of our entire revenue was derived from cargo flights. We are looking to expanding our cargo Operations as an important part of El Al's oohtinuihg growth."
Nechustan and his wife Aviva ' have three children, Doronv Shiomite, and Osnat, all of whom have served in the Israeli air force. Doron, works as a helicopter mechanic in permanent service.
Although it may be an appealing idea for Vancouver Jews to fly directly from here to Israel on Ei Al, Nechustan said it remains economically unfeasible for the airline to do
- "Unlessthere is the demand to justify flying out of any city,
%e cannot i;economically approve such a move," explained Nechustan:^-Unfofr tunately, people^put here find it more feasible^ to fly with Other" airlines: aod head; ealst over the polar route. We would refer it if they flew with! us out of Toronto or Montreal, but 1 can understand their reasoning.'-
Ben-Shachj, belieyes that during his tenure El Al has succeeded, despite the massive
- anti-Israel publicityi largely as
a resultof its ability to operate under any conditions.
"The strength of El Al has always been that during any crisis, past, present or future, we continue to operate 'business as usual,'" said the outgoing general manager. "We prove to the world that we can work well no mater what the situation. That is the only way to counter negative media. The truth about our operations' success will eventually surface."
Zionism in USSR
JERUSALEM — Fbi^ the first time since the Russian Revolution, a Zionist group js being allowed to operate in the Soviet Union in broad daylight. Some 40 people, from 20 different cities, attended ceremonies in Moscow marking the group's founding..
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