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Helen Thomas abandoned over comments
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 07.06.10, 09:59
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1. Vindictive
Louise ,   Barcelona   (06.07.10)
Yet again, Jews are seeking to destroy reputations and damage careers - with the venomous spite and desire for revenge - that they are known so well for. It is interesting that the Jews are seeking once again, to invoke an age old and contrived camaraderie with African American communities. Black peoples are never regarded as their equals until it comes to Jewish communities' rabid need to compare racism with imaginary incidences of anti semitism. Never able to sustain a line of argument on its own merits, they always have to include other minority groups into their little altercations (especially black peoples) - hoping for some solidarity from the very people they will refer to as "schvartze" in the privacy of their own synagogues. They are hypocrites and no friend of the black community who can readily see how Machiavellian these people are. Moreover, no other minority groups feels such a pathological need to destroy the careers and reputations of other people as Jews do - this is primarily a Jewish tradition - not a Black, White, Mexican, or Asian convention. Helen Thomas was simply voicing what most of us already feel (but very few dare to say) and she has paid for her honesty with exclusion and ostracism courtesy of the American Jewry whose spite is limitless. What have these vindictive, rancorous entities accomplished? Very little. A person under pressure from an embittered Jew would be prepared to concede that the earth is flat in the face of glaring oppositional facts, but does this mean that in the privacy of their own home, that individual's inner most thoughts are altered one iota? No it does not. The only regret will have come from openly articulating the unspoken.
2. #1 This is their nature. There is no changing it!!!
Peter ,   Vienna-Austria   (06.07.10)
3. To #1, Louise
Howard Immanuelson ,   US   (06.07.10)
Of course you feel that way, Louise. You're from Barcelona and it's pretty well established how the Spanish feel about Jews. I have no doubt that you truly harbor the same thoughts. But fortunately there are other more civilized folks in the world that aren't afraid to label Jew hatred for what it is. Those are the moral folks. BTW, how much longer until Spain is majority Muslim?
4. Helen Thomas
JK ,   LA, USA   (06.07.10)
Why the hell was she invited to the event honoring Jewish Heritage???
5. put your money where your mouth is
Anonymous   (06.07.10)
so what do YOU think of her comments? do you think the jews should go back to poland and germany where they were mass murdered? should they go somewhere else? or should they stay in the middle east where they originated? nice using the article to promote your anti-semitic agenda without actually addressing the validity of her remarks. put your money where your mouth is and answer the question.
6. Louise
Linichka ,   Gdynia, Poland   (06.07.10)
thank you for your insight, coming as it does from that charming land which gave the world the Inquisition. How rich that you defend the vindictive anti-Semitic crone, Thomas, while describing Jews as "spiteful".
7. #1 'most of us feel' ??
(06.07.10)
Who put you in charge to speak on behalf of the world? You arrogant self-opinionated slob. You also are utterly clueless about Jews and Israel. Before mouthing off, you need to go get yourself an education.
8. Vindictive
bob ,   jerusalem   (06.07.10)
Hey, Louise, your talkback was very well written. Total BullSh*t, but well written. Keep hoping.
9. to louis in BARCELONA
tiki ,   belgium   (06.07.10)
Funny that these comments come from the land of the INQUISITION and Bull fights. You are right, Jews can be 'vindictive with their 'pen'. Muslims have a more 'no noncense politic. They 'burn down the place if you don't agree with them. (tried it yesterday again at the BBC for not being enough Pro Pal). So, yet again, you are one of those 'many ignorant fools, that are being USED by Pal/Arab propaganda, and will pay for it in the end.
10. louise garbage
sebastian   (06.07.10)
Louise, I am ashamed to share nationality with you. Thanks God I got out of there. You atack people who have done you no harm, at the contrary; they have contribute to any society they belong, shame, shame on you, and remember when the trubles come, just STFU .
11. She gets her lead from Obama
Rafael ,   Yerushalayim Israel   (06.07.10)
The fact is, the "Israel is a result of western holocaust guilt" myth also informed Obama's Cairo speech of one year ago. She gets her lead from the president of the United States whose racist attitudes toward Israel's right to defend and house its own people, has created an atmosphere of open season on the Jews. Thomas is just one of thousands who have been unleashed by Obama's antisemitism.
12. Destroy the career, #1? She did it to herself!
John ,   Europe   (06.07.10)
What's the difference between you and Helen Thomas? You are some "Louis from Barcelona", maybe a tailor, maybe a carpenter, whatever: you can hate Jews. Yes, hate them, no problem. We realized long time ago that so called "residual antisemitism" - a standard level of hateness towards Jews - cannot be obliterated. Why? The same kind of hateness is present for ALL nations, Americans, Germans, English etc. So you don't like Jews? O.K., fuck you very much, do not call any of us to dinner. Though luck, but WHO CARES! But Thomas? SHE IS A REPORTER, she is a JOURNALIST and it is her job, it is her duty to be impartial! Her words can trigger genocide and attacks or can calm things down (I know, I used to be journalist). And what did she show? That she is a bigot? How can a bigot be objective? How can he write something like - "Well, Israelis are guilty for overuse of force in the Gaza maritime incident, but Turkey is to blame because it violated international law and "humanitarians" on that ship are to blame because they initiated the conflict!" A bigot will write - "Only Israelis are to blame" - and you have the situation like you have today. So, when you say "Get out of the Palestine", that is NOT the same as it is said by Helen Thomas or Bill Clinton or somebody. The difference is, well, that you are nobody. Sorry.
13. She is Christian with direct Lebanese roots and not too wron
M_Spinosa ,   Queens   (06.07.10)
She was furious and is older than Abraham... And she just said what probably millions and millions of the non-Jewish people we live among - in self-induced Diaspora or in Israel itself - often think, but don't say. And - to be honest - they aren't completely wrong: where we departed from - many voluntarily - 2000 years ago is - as human history and politics show - no legal entitlement to that land 2000 years later, especially not against the peoples who settled there in the meantime. Yes, Palestine remained our "Holy Land", but not any more "our Land." Our G_d is everywhere and the promised land is always the land you live on ... Yes, our families, our peoples were victims of the Holocaust. But it's not the guilt of the Palestinians. And, it seems that we feel good, more than good all over the world. Otherwise you and me wouldn't live in US or EU. And I'm back in Germany and can't say that today's Germans are much more anti-Jewish than my Israeli co-citizens use to be. But there what counts is that Jews "hate" Jews. Poles the Romanian J., French the Marokaim J., etc. Therefore I came, I saw and ... I went. What anyway each #Jew does sometime during her/his life :-)
14. Bitter old woman!
K.O'Neil ,   London uk   (06.07.10)
These people who are anti semetic are always ugly, ha ha its true!
15. #1 Its the ANTISEMITISM gag. They use it to shut people.
Pierre S. ,   Oslo-Norway   (06.07.10)
16. We should all try to focus on ourselves
Jesse Burke ,   Australia   (06.07.10)
It is a shame people are so full of their hatred, they cannot see it for what it is. When THEY are attacked similarly, there is an outcry. It is worth remebering that the countries from which many of us hail, have a short and long history of racism, killings and the like. Each of us should focus on ourselves (Austrins on Holocaust heritage [Hitler was Austrian]; Spanish on the treatment of Basques and Inquisition heritage; Turkish on tratment of Kurds and Armenian genoside; etc.)
17. #1 is a puppet #2 is from Austria...
Talula ,   Israel   (06.07.10)
Two countries where Jew hating is a national sport. I wouldn't expect anything from there to be in the least bit Jew friendly. The pair of them desperately need an education about the history of the Jews. How can they both hate a nation so much for no particular reason? Have they ever been here? I’m sure they haven’t. I'm pretty sure their problems don't stem from the Jews, it comes from within. They are simply two cretins with no life and no rationale who are full of hate and jealousy. People who have that much hate must really despise themselves. And really, it's no wonder.
18. DAMN!!! she's butt ugly inside and out!
Talula ,   Israel   (06.07.10)
She's got the face not even her own mother could love.
19. #1
DIS ,   USA/ISRAEL   (06.07.10)
FROM THE WAY THAT YOU TALK ABOUT THE JEWS, YOU MUST HAVE OR HAD A LOT OF CONTACT WITH JEWISH PEOPLE. I SAY THIS, BECAUSE THE WAY THAT YOU EXPRESS YOURSELF WITH SUCH A DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT JEWISH PEOPLE THINK AND DO. I AM SURE THAT IN 1492 YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, WOULD OF BEEN THE FIRST IN LINE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE JEWS OF SPAIN HAD TO LEAVE. THIS MEANT THAT MOST OF THE DOCTORS, TEACHERS WHO HAD BUILT THE SCHOOL AND HOSPITALS ON THE TIME HAD TO GO. ITS FUNNY THAT SPAIN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST EU MEMBERS, TO VOTE AGAINST TURKEY BEING LET INTO THE EU. THINK ABOUT THAT!!
20. Helen Thomas
miri ,   israel   (06.07.10)
I was amazed to hear those words pass her lips - at least she was honest in her beliefs ! There can be no apology acceptable. Now that we jews have made this land thrive and flourish, we are expected by Ms. Thomas to return to Poland and Germany, that is, those of us who survived the holocaust. In the same vein, I believe the palestinians should relocate to one of the many arab countries here in the middle east - where they could pursue normal life.
21. #18 Talula
Moish ,   Yerushalayim   (06.07.10)
are her remarks about Jews any worse than your remarks regarding Chareidim???? Look at yourself before you criticize her time for you to make a Cheshbon HaNefesh, you , a few other talk backers, Ron Huldai and Gabi Gazit!
22. Stupid remarks about looks
Philip ,   Afula, Israel   (06.07.10)
Judge her by the quality and content of her remarks and not by her looks.
23. again I find it ironic when someone
ghostq   (06.07.10)
who got barely 1 generation in the USA talk on immigrants, she is immigrant, and as such she got no moral status over someone who is native, no morals what so ever. It also show on nobama values since she still in office, sound like this one he cant do damage controll anymore. too many of them, that includes condamn Israel on the flotilla without any evidences, hillary just does what the big boss wants.
24. A response to Louise from Spain - #1
Kate ,   London, UK   (06.07.10)
I think Louise has demonstrated to perfection why Jews the world over despise Spain. So much hatred of the Jewish people in just one post, it's really incredible.
25. Helen Thomas
Solange   (06.07.10)
Why should she apologize? She merely told them to leave? Next thing you know people will label her as a terrorist for calling for Israel's end. Enough already!
26. above
moishe   (06.07.10)
one should always guard the things they say especially if they are in the public eye! H.T. will be forced to fully retire and await her demise away from the limelight she once lived. perhaps she will go back to Lebanon to be with others of her ilk. she has sullied her legacy, by herself!
27. Helen Thomas
leo ,   montreal, canada   (06.07.10)
Watch her "spiritual" face and remember - appearances aren't necessarily deceptive.
28. I support Helen Thomas 1000%
Resistor   (06.07.10)
She says what we all think.
29. Thomas
natalio ,   West Hills< Ca   (06.07.10)
I'm not going to comment on her anti-jewish statement, just because besides being anti Israeli, she is also ugly.
30. Helen Thomas
JDL ,   san diego usa   (06.07.10)
Hey Helen, didn't the Palestinians come from other arab countries? By the way, why are you in the US since you came from Lebanon? Get the hell out of the US and go back to Lebanon.
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