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Helen Thomas abandoned over comments
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 07.06.10, 09:59
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61. # 46 Israelis to Seattle & more to NY
Jose ,   Mexico   (06.07.10)
62. send European Moslems back to their countries
Baruch ,   Boston, USA   (06.07.10)
send Hispanic-Americans back to South America. send African-Americans back to Africa. Send European-Americans back to Europe. What the hell is this old bag talking about? It's pure Lebanese anti-Semitism. Send her back there.
63. #52 Thanks for the link Gregg
Mark ,   Lodz, Poland   (06.07.10)
Maybe indeed Thomas is reflecting the atmosphere around the White House and thought she'd be immune from the fallout.
64. #50 Can't resistor 1000%, eh?
Mark ,   Lodz, Poland   (06.07.10)
Rather you than me!
65. Europeans are close with Hamas thinking
William ,   Israel   (06.07.10)
Where as Hamas complains that Jews won't let the terrorists physically attack them... Europeans are upset that Jews won't let them verbally attack them. Same hateful mentality, different methods.
66. #34 - But would Muslims disagree, threaten attacks?
William ,   Israel   (06.07.10)
That's the question. You're on an Israeli website, with many readers knowing personally what Muslim terror looks like. So, let's take your experiment a step further. Helen Thomas instead says "All Arabs must leave Palestine. Go back to Arabia". What would happen? CAIR would get involved. Imams the world over would make her their target during sermons. Radical groups like Revolution Islam would post statements saying her life was in danger. And the White House would distance themselves from her really f*cking quick! Is this free speech or coercion? One thing is true - while the uproar would cause Muslims to threaten and become violent, Jews simply called for her firing....through the use of a 'pen'.
67. #51 - Zionists didn't displace Arabs
William ,   Israel   (06.07.10)
The ran like hell when the myth of Deir Yassin got out. The architect of that very lie admitted it during a BBC interview in the 1990s saying it was their biggest blunder in the war. Ben Gurion made public calls for Arabs to stay and build the State with Jews. Some stayed, some left. Even today, any settlements built in the WB are on land neither occupied nor cultivated, usually on arid hill tops. How is that racist? Are you making up definitions again Tim?
68. #1, is not Maurice Chevalier's" Louise".
joe   (06.07.10)
To our sorrow, too many "Louise" in our midst. This one in particular, probably a "remnant" of world fame "Inquisitors" , must have some Saracen leftover blood in her veins, same as Helen Thomas. Surely they must share the same ugliness (in & out) that even a Picasso or a Goya would cringe at any attempt to display this wretched "chef d'oeuvre" of mankind ---- in full bloom. The gods wouldn't dare to duplicate this anatomical misjudgment of design.
69. EDITOR!!!! I protest #54 racist remark
ILANA   (06.07.10)
How could you possibly have allowed this to go through?????
70. #58 - And I quote: "get the hell out of Palestine"
Freedom of Speech ,   Democracy   (06.07.10)
It's people like you that Helen Thomas was referring to. The Jewish people who lived amoung us for centuries were Middle-Eastern. The occupiers are European. There is a differece between race and religion. Race: Is based on: "various sets of heritable characteristics. The physical features commonly seen as indicating race are salient visual traits such as skin color, cranial or facial features and hair texture." Religion: "is the belief in and worship of a god or gods, or any such system of belief and worship" I understand that the Europeans don't want you, nor does the middle-east and most other countries in the world dont want you either except maybe the U.S, although i'm not so sure. But there is a reason why, In my opinion, that reason is your greed for land and attitude towards others.
71. #70 Where were you when G-d was handing..
Mark ,   Lodz, Poland   (06.07.10)
...out brains??? "There is a differece between race and religion." However, being Jewish is race and religion...we're both...unless you convert into it. You covert our know how though, you dithering hypocrite
72. Editor-post #54 is racist hatred-ERASE IT
Ilana   (06.07.10)
73. Illana #69 and #72
Resistor   (06.07.10)
Just smile, sweatie!
74. #71 - So where did the women come from?
Freedom of Speech ,   Democracy   (06.08.10)
12 Tribes, all son's of Jacob. So how did they reproduce? If Jews follow their mother, did the sons of Jacob all marry their sisters? Your religion is Jewish. Your race is destermined and traced by your features.
75. #66 - Israelis say that everyday
Freedom of Speech ,   Democracy   (06.08.10)
They say it's their land not the Palestinians. They say there is no such thing as a Palestinian & even drive them out of their homes to build settlements. They call them and their children Terrorists, and gentiles and kill them and sanction them. All of this has caused more irrepairable damage and is far less humane than an opinion from a single journalist.
76. To all anti-Semites:
Scott ,   Haifa   (06.08.10)
- God will not be mocked Genesis 12:3 I will bless those that bless you (the Jew) and curse those who curse you.
77. To#1 She destroyed her reputation all by her lonesome self!
EST ,   Miami USA   (06.08.10)
Rabid anti-Semitism is a disease of the soul...you certainly undersatnd that apparently and revel in it. But then again...Barcelona, Spain???? The land of the inquisition? The land where road signs are NOW in Arabic as well as Spanish? It figures you would take that stand....'nuff said!
78. #76 - Revalation 2:9 - NIce, Here's what my bible says...
Freedom of Speech ,   Democracy   (06.08.10)
“‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan."
79. #78 - careful about misapplying book of Revelation
Scott ,   Haifa   (06.08.10)
Romans 11:28 From the standpoint of the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but from the standpoint of God's choice they are beloved for the sake of the fathers; Romans 11:29 for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. Romans 11:17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree, Romans 11:18 do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you. Be careful about arrogance to the Jews...God is not finished with them. ...Hitler used to use Martin Luther's material in his anti-Semite speeches. There may be Jews who say they are Jews and are not...but promises throughout the old covenant to bring His people back to the land of Israel in the last days and breathe the breath of life upon them again.
80. Helen Thomas
Alfred Powers ,   Los Angeles, USA   (06.10.10)
Thomas was not "abandoned" as your writer suggests. She was REJECTED -- totally different meaning. Sad ending -- after a long career, truth emerged, cast its shadow.
81. @ #3. Howard Immanuelson
Miguel de Espinosa ,   Berlin & T-A   (06.12.10)
Howard, what you do is the best evidence that Luise is right. I'm a Jew (you too), I am ISraeli (are you? probably not...) and still I am not like you, we are as different as it should be. Spanish were more merciful 1492 than Israel 1948: they allowed the Jews who came with the arab invadors and were ready to "christinize" to stay and become normal Spanish subjects. And they let the rest to leave with their property - as one side of my ancestors did as they "moved" to Amsterdam, then Mainz. And today there is a lively and happy Jewish community in Spain... Your Q. about Muslim majority in Spain demonstrates what Luise says, (but inadvertenly totally generalizes): the arrogance of many Jews, their publicly well-hidden, but in private clear ethno-religious racism, the symbiotic mentality with a clear sense of egocentric advantage taking. Fortunately a rapidly increasing proportion of the young generaiton in US and Europe distance themselves from such "traditions" as they become fully integrated in their multi-ethnic, multi-culture, multi-religion homelands in the Diaspora. As I said, I'm a Jew, I'm an Israeli. And I live with proud in Germany, i9n the middle of a tolerant, educated, humanist modern society, where the strongest anti-Semites are my fellow Jews when they talk about Arabs :-) G_d be with you & enlight you!
82. MUST Read from the Rabbi
Miguel de Espinosa ,   T-A & Berlin   (06.12.10)
This is what Rabbi D. Nesenoff, the video maker, thinks and says on his website. And is worse almost that what Helen Thomas did: “Why is it our homeland? Well ask anyone they’ll tell you. Everyone knows why Israel is the Jewish homeland. We know, you know, I know. The television knows. The media knows. The public knows, the world knows. All the schools know. The senior citizens know, the college kids know. Everyone knows why Israel is the Jewish homeland.” “So Jews started arriving in the late forties to Israel to live and start a new life. They had a rightful claim to the land because thousands of years earlier they once had lived there. In torah we read about Abraham who was in Israel and who was promised that land by G-d. And when his wife Sarah dies Abraham actually buys land in Hebron to bury her.” “So it was a natural for the Jews to go back there– to their land and reclaim it again. And with the world feeling really guilty right after the Holocaust it made it that much easier to get the land back and kick out hundreds of thousands of Arabs who were living there and dwelling peacefully with their families and loved ones. But it was ours first as it was promised to us by G-d in the Torah so we have a claim to it. And that’s why we have a Jewish Homeland …” ! (Rabbi Nesenoff)
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