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Helen Thomas may get statue in museum
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 03.08.10, 08:57
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1. Will it be covered in a burqua?
(08.03.10)
2. Anti-semitic?
Johnny ,   London, England   (08.03.10)
The jewish appropriation of the term anti semitic since its creation by an evil evil man is rather strange. Arabs are semites too, perhaps more so as none of them have lived in the west, unlike the Ashkenazim, and modern Hebrew is not entirely semitic either as it has been renovated.
3. Idol worship
Orit   (08.03.10)
It just shows that in essence they are idol worshipers
4. ARABIC WARRIERS TO RIDE OLD DEAD DONKIES TO SAVE PALESTINE !
ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU   (08.03.10)
STUPID MAGAZINE NEWS. STUPID MAGAZINE PROBAGANDAS. and another stupid ynet day. thats all.
5. Just because she spoke her mind,she has to be demonized?
Johan ,   Germany   (08.03.10)
Wow. Nice logic you guys have. This is no different from what the muslims do when someone draws a cartoon of mohammed or etc. People are allowed to express themselves in regards to another group of people any time they want. Who are you to demonize her??
6. Wow Johan, you actually think that way?
Brian Cohen ,   Judean Peoples Front   (08.03.10)
Gosh, Johan. Am I allowed to say that all Germans should be sent back to prisoner of war camps in Mongolia where you Aryans came from? Everybody is allowed to speak their mind, except when what you say is both wrong and offensive. You sound like a very, very ignorant person if you think that the Jews of Israel all come from Germany and Poland. We don't. Johan - go learn something about Jewish demography. Helen Thomas had a great career, but ended it with her hateful, stupid, racist and very wrong statement. I personally have no objections to a statue, but I do object to ignorant people like you thinking that Thomas was "speaking her mind". What she said about the Jews was wrong and must be condemned. Otherwise, we'll send you and all your fellow Germans back to Siberia where you came from. (Of course you didn't come from Siberia, I'm just emphasizing the point that one is not allowed to speak their mind in public in order to lie and incite racism).
7. #2 Gods chosen claim arabs are NOT semites.
Peter ,   Vienna-Austria   (08.03.10)
If you take a look at the way they both behave,their language structure and a lot more,you come etc. the conclusion that they are indeed from the same race. Its just that the jews don't feel OK with this and use their influence in the world media to cover it up.
8. To Peter #7, jhonny #2 and Johan #5
Omri ,   Israel   (08.03.10)
#7 and #2 Dont be stupid they are seen as semetists also but the term anti-semetism is a term for jews not arabs. This is the ditionary term for anti semetism from http://dictionary.reference.com : "(n.) Hostility toward or prejudice against Jews or Judaism. (n.) Discrimination against Jews. " You're bad english skills are a joke. #5 If a media reporter would hint on kill all muslims i bet they would get also fired. This here isnt just extrem anti-israel its also extrem anti-semetism. Letting important people say those sort of things can have an influence on the watchers to agree. It seems the media doesnt want anti-semetism to spead so easy.
9. Not a Happy Camper with this...
dorothy friend ,   tel aviv   (08.03.10)
...but Jerusalem does have a street named after the guy who blew up the King David Hotel (where Jews were also killed at the time)
10. American Arabs shoot themselves in the foot... Again.
Tahl ,   Ashdod   (08.03.10)
Similarly to those UC-Irvine hooligans who disrupted Michael Oren's speech, this stupid move only proves the true antisemitic motives of American Arabs, and further alienates them from their country and the values it represnets. After all, even their hailed and beloved Obama expressed his disgust with Thomas' words. I wonder what they'd say when someone would call for all American Arabs to get back to the Middle East?
11. making statue for someone
ghostq   (08.03.10)
idolizing a human being seems every day activity in the pagan world.
12. to #2 coming from someone who got rich
ghostq   (08.03.10)
vocabulary of freanch words, the English is very new language, and got other influences, 800 years ago none of you knew how to read or right. hahahaha looks whos talking, brits r not the brightes of the bunch. as for ashkenazis you be surprized how many words from hebrew got rooted in Europene languages. before you post something do research.
13. to #7 peter, we know you r jewish so please
ghostq   (08.03.10)
at least pretend you r smart, talking about someone bored out of his mind, don't ask me how I know because I know, you did too many cultural mistakes to represent yourself as Austrian or Chritian.
14. This promotion of racism, anti-Jewish racism, by the...
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (08.03.10)
...Muslim-Arab community of the U.S. will not be the fist time, and sadly will not be the last. But of course America is a free country, permitting racists to operate politically, socially, economically and even to promote their own in museums.
15. #5 Speaking my Mind....
Warren ,   Israel   (08.03.10)
You forget that Freedom of Speech comes with responsibility and consideration. It is not what she said but how she said it. According to your logic I could call you @#%! right now. Because I am allowed to express myself doesnt make what I say ok. Plus You dont see me or my people trying to cut off peoples heads for what they draw or say. So how are we the same as those muslims. People have been offending us for 1000's of years, we would like it to stop. You have no justification trying to wave your wand of righteousness in front of my face...Get a life...
16. What does one mean by antisemite?
Haider ,   Gothenburg, Sweden   (08.03.10)
Why is it whenever someone criticises Israel, he or she gets branded as antiemite? It is so tiring. Listen to what the Jewish Israeli Mark Braverman says about the subject in the video Fatal Embrace by Mark Braverman, on Youtube.
17. To 2 & 5 Logic train coming in last stop you two!
The Dude   (08.03.10)
To 2 Johnny in England: This is a complete faux pas of an argument. Arabs are indeed semites, but the term anti-semitism, since the time of Luther, has had a VERY specific definition. Which is the hatred of the Jewish people. This is a cheap attempt at a logical fallacy, when there is an accusation of anti-semitism, the definition is clear. And whats your point that Hebrew isn't entirely semitic, grammatically it is indeed semitic and the fact is that basically almost all non-English languages have had to go through renovation. Hell even Germans who are big on keeping out English words from their language have a been forced to adopt them or create long nonsensical indirect words to describe things related to computer technology, science, and so on. So I don't your point in this case... To 5 Johan: Really you cannot see the difference between a group of people complaining that she be fired because she is an anti-semite and in many ways filters the news and information coming from the white house. Compared to people going out on the streets; rioting, burning, threatening to kill, and just plainly intimidating a population over religious criticism? This is literally the difference between filing a complaint at the police station and burning down the police station. And who are we to demonize someone for calling out the expulsion of the Jewish people and indirectly saying we should be sent off to die in a concentration camps! Let me explain a basic logical gap you are missing. Indeed Thomas has the right to express herself. But just because she expresses her opinion does not automatically make her correct. Secondly it does not prohibit me or anyone else for that matter from expressing their opinions about what she said. Thirdly it also brings into question whether she should be allowed to have been in a position where she in some form or another influences the information being released from the white house, as reporters should technically be neutral not acting as activists trying to force their point of view on the white house and obscuring the voices of the electorate. Try to grasp this.
18. Make statue of Helen smile :)
Salma ,   Palestine   (08.03.10)
Helen Thomas deserves a real statue because she is great Journalist , and she said that many in this world fear to say it !
19. Thomas
Poppy   (08.03.10)
LET THEM MADE A STATUE OF HER SO THEY CAN KEEP SEEING HER UGLY FACE
20. #5 Johan,Germany
John ,   Accra,Ghana   (08.03.10)
Johan go back to college and come back to spew your ignorance here.%50 of Jews in Israel are from the middle east who made Aliyah to Israel.As u said about the mohammed cartoons,I don't see Jews going about smashing thomas house and hunting her,We all know muslims went chasing and hunting the artist of the mohammed cartoons,don't compare Jews peaceful ways of life to muslims violent ways of life.Have a nice day in your darkness age of life.
21. Helen Thomas expressed herself in the most
Margie ,   Kensington, MD USA   (08.03.10)
racist fashion against Jews, sending them to the killing fields of Europe - never mind that the overwhelming majority of them are Israeli born or Jews who were refugees of Muslim and Arab states - and the American public realized it and said to her: get out of our face, now. Now come those who are eager to rehabilitate her well deserved one as a racist, and who are they? They are members of the same ethnic group that has called for years, like Thomas, to push the Jews into the sea from their homeland. I am only waiting for Obama and friends to chip in and hep elevate her image. That would be natural for both Obama and Thomas.
22. Arab American National Museum?
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (08.03.10)
Whoa, there's an honor! Helen Thomas is a discredited journalist. No one of any import will come to her funeral. She blew it. Too gosh-darn bad. The Jew-haters and the Israel-haters always get their just desserts. She will pass on in iniquity. Never remembered, except as a postscript to history who is reviled. Just desserts, indeed. Am Israel Chai, Ms. Thomas. You, on the other hand, are destined for the humiliating trash heap of history. And don't you ever forget it.
23. To 8 & 12
Johnny ,   London, England   (08.03.10)
8: Learn to spell before you post. Nope, they are semites. Not semetists. Just because the meaning of the word anti-semitism has been corrupted in GERMAN doesn't mean the English is applicable solely to Jews. 12: I don't really care where English words come from but thank you, I really didn't know that our language has european roots. Maybe you can enlighten me next on how to breathe or walk? Secondly, i don't care if the European languages borrow Semitic terms, or English from Scandanavia, France and Germany. Do some research? So I can find out that because the Ashkenazim contributed words to European languages, when my point is that Arabs are semites, so the term anti-semitic is not applicable solely to Jews? I don't really understand your point.
24. An Intentional Jew Bashing
iObserver and News ,   US/Israel   (08.03.10)
Arabs have NO honor in anything they do: they are he££ bent on harming the Jews everywhere they go. It's not that ANYONE ever goes to this dumb "museum" aside from the low-lifes that live in Dearborn (they hate Christians there and have assaulted many who ask questions about their religion of peace). This was an intentional stab in the back, nothing more. However, it won't be long before The US takes Islam to the supreme court for being a literal "enemy of the state" because of it's revolutionary disposition and beliefs which are against constitutional law (bet you didn't know that!). And there are NO "loopholes" around that FACT. No Institution that stands in opposition to the bill of rights may be an active part of any sector of society, public or private. Islam calls for the dissemination of beliefs that directly oppose the core of the constitution and it's by laws. It is actually illegal to have a mosque in the US! But here we are pandering to a theo-political organization that calls to reace the constitution and bill of rights. Americans will wake up to this fact very soon and Helen thomases "bust" will be shipped off to lebanon. With Israel having almost 70% of popular support from Americans and less than 15% support for Arabs...it's not like this dumb, hateful act will amount to a hill of beans. Lol!
25. To the three stooges - Johnny, Johan, and Peter
Tahl ,   Ashdod   (08.03.10)
Johnny, your argument is getting old and battered. Read the formal definition of antisemitsm in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism And especially this passage: "While the term's etymology might suggest that antisemitism is directed against all Semitic peoples, the term was coined in the late 19th century in Germany as a more scientific-sounding term for Judenhass ("Jew-hatred"), and that has been its normal use since then" Johan, are you just playing stupid, or you really are? Helen Thomas is not the average man on the street, she was the most senior White House media correspondent, and as such - is subject to restrain herself from making offensive comments, as her words carry enormous weight, and may be mistakenly attributed to the whole White House staff. How would Germans feel if a senior figure like her, would say that all Germans are rotten Nazis and should return back to their Viking lands? Peter, what utter rubbish. The majority of Jews are nothing like Arabs. Our culture is completely different, our values are completely differentt, and most imporatnatly, our love of life, studying and excellence is the exact antithesis of the Arabs' culture of war and martyrdom. In fact, Europe's Jews, prior to the Holocaust, were more European than Europeans - they composed the elite in just about any cultural and professional category - writers, musicians, playwrights, comedians, physicians, economists, politicians, industrialists, and much more. These European Jews were very loyal to their European countries, and considered themselves patriots first, and only then Jews. Of course, all this did not impress your Nazi heroes whom you idolize so much, who performed history's greatest genocide against them.
26. I thought Moslems were against
Linichka ,   Gdynia, Poland   (08.03.10)
art depicting the human form? Not, that is, that I am entirely convinced that the wretched Helen Thomas is much representative of humanity.
27. Typical
Talula ,   Israel   (08.03.10)
Ms. Thomas has been elevated to saint-hood in the Muslim world because she's a Jew hating dried up old cow. Who's surprised that they now want to immortalize her. Our response should match their childish but expected gesture – most suitable would be to have the Jyllands-Posten Mohamed spread fashioned in wrought-iron and placed in Dizzengoff center.
28. The Dude, no. 17
Johnny ,   London, UK   (08.03.10)
You've almost got your facts right. The definition actually was invented, or at least publicly populised in the 19th century by Steinscheider and yes, in German it was used as a means to insult the Jewish population solely. But the word is German, not English, and my opposition to the term stems as much from my hatred of Nazism as the fact that it is clearly a term which should not apply to one race of semites. The use of the term to descrbe anyone approaching criticism of Israeli policy is completely unjustified, as it tars them with the same brush as the forerunners of Nazism. This is why the term is invalid today when applied specifically to Israel, and particularly when applied to Arab condemnations of the State of Israel.
29. propoganda
jonathan barker ,   Ottawa, Canada   (08.03.10)
Thomas' comments were taken out of context, and as usual, used as propoganda fuel. Why would a veteran of the white house for decades intentionally ruin her reputation? "They" should get the hell out of Palestine. Can someone explain what is Anti-Semetic about this if she was referring to foreign occupiers? Unreal
30. to #1: Will it be covered in a burqua?
heifait ,   heifa   (08.03.10)
I really hope so. 1st, it should be cheaper that way; 2nd, the lady will surely look prettier.
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