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Rabbi threatened for revealing Thomas' face
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 10.06.10, 11:24
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1. I suggest the Rabbi makes Aliyah to Israel
Chris Linthwaite   (06.10.10)
2. 'we are going to kill the jews'
abraham ,   toronto   (06.10.10)
boring ! viva israel
3. oh so now this proves it's not about faith
ghostq   (06.10.10)
cause she is chritian(very shady one, usually chritians want to live or be next to the christ area and not immigrat to the other side of the palnnet). this just proves that arabs have no intention to live with other culturs in peace. and when they immigrat to forign country like the USA they make death threats on others when they r caught red handed. she as immigrant barly 1 generation in the usa neads to go back to lebanon.
4. to #1 y he is more usefull in the usa
ghostq   (06.10.10)
he expose nobama for what he really is. anti semitic muslim.
5. Denigration of Israel
Jonathan ,   Shomron, Israel   (06.10.10)
It is high time that Helen Thomas retire; we are grateful that she showed her true opinion as a hater of Israel and of Jews.
6. NR 1.
Arn. ,   SWEDEN.   (06.10.10)
I SUGGEST ALL JEWS DO ALIYAH TO ISRAEL. LET THE AMERICANS MAKE UP THEIR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEMSELVES IN A CIVIL WAR TO COME !!!. http://parowanprophet.com/george_washingtons_vision.htm Arn.
7. Get the hint
Israel Israeli ,   Tel Aviv   (06.10.10)
Obama is a failure. Increasing US debt, uncontrolled oil spill, unexplained US genocide of the Afghan people, building a mosque on the site of the Twin Towers. Like any third-world dictator, soon he will have no choice but to target the Jews to increase his own popularity. Rabbi, before it's too late, take Thomas' advice and move back to where you came from: Israel.
8. Nothing new under the sun......
Jaacov Baumann   (06.10.10)
We must not worry about the future of Israel, but about the future off all her enemies ! '' He who curses Israel will be cursed !'' Look for instance at BP : The name britain stand s for past and modern antisemitism - so thats what you get for it : curse !
9. Viva Helen Thomas, Not afraid to speak up ..
Chris ,   U.S.A.   (06.10.10)
10. Chris Linthwaite
Daniela   (06.10.10)
I suggest that all the jews living in the diaspora will make the alyah to Israel. I think that we must live all here far from your hate.
11. Not the first time....
Marco ,   Spain   (06.10.10)
and wont be the last that a publicity hungry Rabbi fabricates a story... Get a life Rabbi...
12. it shows US jews the importance of a strong israel
dovdevan ,   ashdod,israel   (06.10.10)
US jews are not safe against antisemitism the only place in the world where we are the majority who can decide for its future is israel ! antisemitism is on the rise everywhere in the world so the american jews should think to strengh israeli position instead of undermining it because they could one day be force to make alyah !
13. These threats come from Muslims residing
Vardina   (06.10.10)
in the U.S.A. Muslims can not live without committing murder. It is in their blood. Therefore they should not be allowed to settle in the western world. those who are laready there are trouble makers and should be expelled back to the Arab countries. I wonder when will come a wise and brave leadership that will send them to where they belong?
14. #1 ALL Jews should make Aliyah while Haters like you around
Alan ,   SA   (06.10.10)
15. SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED!
disgusted with Helen ,   Israel / USA   (06.10.10)
Helen Thomas should not have been allowed to resign. SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED AND HAD HER CREDENTIALS REVOKED!!!! If she said anything even similar regarding the Muslims she would have been drummed out of the White House Press Corps and targeted for immediate assasination. When will the world understand that the next generations will exist in aMuslimized USA and a Muslimized Europe. WAKE UP WORLD!!!!
16. It is about time....
Ram ,   London   (06.10.10)
.......that Jews around the world stood up for Israel regardless of what criticism they may have about its actions, policies or strategies. The arab world is out to deligitimise or even obliterate Israel, given half a chance. Jews should not act as useful idiots!
17. Helen Thomas has been surrounded by good company:
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (06.10.10)
Hizballah in Lebanon has honored her; Hamas in Gaza has expressed much regret for her departure from professional life, and now the gangs of anti-Semites whose talkbacks can be read daily at sites such as the Washington Post, the Boston Globe and even the site of National Public Radio (NPR) are coming out to defend their "intellectual" leader, the one who has sent the Jews to the killing fields, to the gas chambers and the burning houses eastern Europe. This is the face of the heroine Helen Thomas.
18. American Jews, come home to Israel before it is too late!!!
Anat ,   Israel   (06.10.10)
19. A Mummy That Spoke Out
Abdel Karim Salim ,   Jerusalem - ISRAEL   (06.10.10)
It seems that old lady Helen Thomas simply wanted some publicity by uttering a fiery statement against Jews . I wonder why she did not have the guts to voice her true opinion long time ago ... ! It is understandable for a 90-year old mummy to spit out some phony venom since she does not have much time left before kissing life good bye as much as she has absolutely nothing to lose by spewing poisonous remarks. I honestly pity & feel sorry for all the Arabs who hailed her as a heroine !
20. Helen Thomas was born an a-hole and just got bigger. Nothing
more,nothing less. ,   Just an a-hole.   (06.10.10)
21. Oh,please,once again take a look in the map
Keren ,   IL-BR   (06.10.10)
and see the size of Israel and the amount of our People among the whole humanity... These people hating us should ask themselves *what's THEIR problem*! US has been keeping Cuba isolated for 40 years;no boats of "aid"and of anything can approuch those shores without being certainly exploded if they do not comply to get out. US explode the heads of so many Afegans in Afganistan just not to have these same afegans knocking America doors with their terror. Has anyone complaining for America defending its own inabitants? Has anyone in the entire world ever complained? But no,with Israel is different. This old ugly witch has only exposed the face of envy and fear of a great amount of the inabitants of this earth towards a people-the Jewish People-a people who have not threated anyone in this world and whose job is to work and progress,for its own and other's progress.A people who dwells in peace. Maybe,it is about the time for this question-"why"- to be questioned *more deeply* ,including by the media. .
22. CAN THOMAS TELL THE WORLD..........
tony   (06.10.10)
Helen Thomas when asked if she is pro-Arab because of her Lebanese background, she responded that her background most certainly makes her pro-Arab because she knows more about the situation. Since she knows more about the situation, can she tell the whole world the historical background of the Palestinians as follows: 1. When was it founded and by whom? 2. What were its borders? 3. What was its capital? 4. What were its major cities? 5. What constituted the basis of its economy? 6. What was its form of government? 7. Can you name at least one Palestinian leader before Arafat? 8. Was Palestine ever recognized by a country whose existence, at that time or now, leaves no room for interpretation? 9. What was the language of the country of Palestine ? 10. What was the prevalent religion of the country of Palestine ? 11. What was the name of its currency? Can choose any date in history and tell what was the approximate exchange rate of the Palestinian monetary unit against the US dollar, German mark, GB pound, Japanese yen, or Chinese yuan on that date. 12. And, finally, since there is no such country today, what caused its demise and when did it occur? 13And here is the least sarcastic question of all: If the people she call "Palestinians" are anything but generic Arabs collected from all over – or thrown out of – the Arab world, if they really have a genuine ethnic identity that gives them right for self-determination, why did they never try to become independent until Arabs suffered their devastating defeat in the Six Day War? UNTIL ANSWERS ARE GIVEN TO THESE QUESTIONS BY HELEN THOMAS, ABBAS OR ANY OTHER ADVOCATES OF PALESTINIANS, IT IS REASONABLE THAT SILENCE IS MAINTAINED AND PEACE GIVEN A CHANCE TO THRIVE.
23. Jews' response to Thomas pathetic call should be to come
Barrie Small ,   Tivon, Israel   (06.10.10)
home to Israel and do so in mass numbers now.
24. arabs intimidate with violence
Yehoshua ,   usa   (06.10.10)
This what the jews need to do. If we got angry and rioted the world would respect use. But we are mice. They hate Israel because Jews can defend themselves.
25. Rabbi threatened for revealing Thomas' face
Avi ,   Syracuse - USA   (06.10.10)
The Helen Thomas interview - VICE Magazine http://www.viceland.com/int/v17n6/htdocs/helen-thomas-517.php
26. Helen Thomas has the wrong obsession
Joe ,   Canada   (06.10.10)
For Helen Thomas all evil comes from Israel's existence. She is blind to the rogue states of Syria & Iran which have again made Lebanon a de facto colony as it was in the past under different rulers long before she could blame Jews. Her parent's fatherland was an artificial country like Syria & Irak created purposely as heterogenous entities for easier control by the former colonial powers Britain & France. When these Middle East countries are not ruled by brutal leaders like Sadam Hussein or Hafez el Assad they are torn by civil wars, religious bloody conflicts which have nothing to do with Israel. But Israel & the Jews are convenient scapegoats to hide the horrifying deeds of the Arab & Iranian rulers. Helen should look at the recent abject submissive gestures made by Lebanon political leaders to Syria & Iran (through Hezbollah) in selling their country's independance. And if the writers of threatening messages to the Rabbi had any sense left they would also have to look into their own backyard but when you hold opinions like Helen's you are probably a desperate case.
27. Publicity seeking cheap Rabbi.......
Marco ,   Spain   (06.10.10)
not first time and wont be the last....
28. there is only a JEWISH PALISITNI AS DEMANDED BY THE ROMANS
....DACON9   (06.10.10)
She responded that her background most certainly makes her pro-Arab because she knows more about the situation. She proceeded to ask if the same is not true for Zionists. BEING SHE IS LEBANESE SHE IS TAUGHT TO HATE JEWS AND KNOWS FROM HER BACKGROUND A DISTORTED VIEW OF THE WORLD,even if she is a xtian lebanese. ISRAEL WAS THE FIRST STATE IN THE MID EAST ARAB WERE NOMADS. DACON9
29. reality check, antisemitism very much
AY_Lamb ,   Globestan   (06.10.10)
en vogue in America has been on the rise since the rise evangelical fundamentalism of the 1980's , racism as well on the rise. We in Amerikkka are about to witness a reactionary result from the election of the first African American President and some character twice as vile as GWB will ascend to the white house, Thomas and Don Imus should collaborate on a show together highlighting how they are really the innocent victims and they are the ones striving for fairness and accuracy in reporting in this current Amerikkka it will top rated.
30. # 10
Birdi ,   Israel   (06.10.10)
Daniela & friends (you know whom you are) Best to ignore Chris, Peter from ugh Austria, Resistor & all the haters here. Take note, Matty Groves & Michael Hess have vanished !!
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