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Helen Thomas: Zionists Own Congress, White House, Hollywood & Wall Street

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Helen Thomas, the long-time White House correspondent who was forced to apologize and retire last spring after making comments about Israel and Jews, stood by those remarks yesterday at an event in Dearborn, Michigan—and then made even more fiery statements. “Congress, the White House and Hollywood, Wall Street are owned by the Zionists,” Thomas said during her remarks at an Arab-American workshop, according to The Detroit News. “No question.”

Before she spoke, Thomas told reporters that her comments in June, when she said Jews in Israel should “go home,” were “the truth.”

“I stand by it. I told the truth,” Thomas said. “I paid a price but it’s worth it to speak the truth.” Asked by The Detroit Free Press how she’d respond to people who say she’s anti-Semitic, Thomas responded: “I’d say I’m a Semite. What are you talking about?”

Thomas was in Dearborn to give the keynote speech at a workshop titled “Images and Perceptions of Arab Americans: The New America: Mom, Apple Pie, and Arab Bashing.” The event’s program brochure called her retirement a “political execution.” The Detroit News reports she received a standing ovation.

The 90-year-old Thomas, whose parents emigrated from Tripoli in what is now Lebanon, grew up in Detroit.

(This post was written by Eric Lach for Talking Points Memo and appears on Mediaite via a content sharing agreement.)

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  • skyfet

    She’s back and actually saying what’s on her mind rather than being restricted in her job. I don’t know what she prefers more? her former job or the freedom to spew what she actually believes.

  • tatboy

    Well… at least Mediaite linked it. Wonder how Tommy feels about his girl now???

  • disenlightened

    She’s the revolting grandmother kids hate to visit and be kissed by. Thank God she never had children. Jew-haters make terrible mothers.

  • TristramShandy

    tatboy, I was wondering the same thing: will Tommy Christopher be devastated by this?

  • More Liberty

    Mediaite wrote:
    “Before she spoke, Thomas told reporters that her comments in June, when she said Jews in Israel should “go home,” were “the truth.””

    Actually Mediaite, what she said was “get the hell out of Palestine” and that “we should remember that these people are occupied. It’s their land. It’s not German or Poland.” When asked were should they go, Helen replied, “they should go home.” She was asked where home was. Her reply, “Poland, Germany.”

    At least put down what she said, and was asked.

  • equaljustice4u

    Old Hezbollah Heln, what a sweet gal…….if there has been a more disgusting old female reporter…….(OK>>>OK>>>>Barbara aside)…….I sure don’t know who it would be…….Hezbollah-Helen. needed a nursing home about ten years ago…….it’s sad to have to sit and watch an old gal go senile………every time they called on her I had to grnd my teeth while she ‘ranted’!!! I wish some one would make her a poster ‘child’ for Hezbollah, you couldn’t find any one willing to sign up——Hell, you’d have people blowing themselves up to get away from her……IMHO!!!

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Helen Thomas is INSANE. She has always been INSANE. The libs never recognized it because of the liberal gene. They see her insanity as normal. Just like they see gays as normal. They see gay weddings as normal. They see abortion as normal. They see high taxes as normal. They see normal climate change as abnormal. In other words they are all f****d up.
    We must find a way to delete that liberal gene before they destroy the United States.

  • moriarty70

    More Liberty said:
    Mediaite wrote:“Before she spoke, Thomas told reporters that her comments in June, when she said Jews in Israel should “go home,” were “the truth.”” Actually Mediaite, what she said was “get the hell out of Palestine” and that “we should remember that these people are occupied. It’s their land. It’s not German or Poland.” When asked were should they go, Helen replied, “they should go home.” She was asked where home was. Her reply, “Poland, Germany.” At least put down what she said, and was asked.

    So should you, she followed the “Poland, German” with “America.” It looks bad when you selectivly quote something while calling someone out for selectivly quoting.

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: Who’s Helen Thomas I thought it was Tommy Christopher in drag next door to the Palin’s house searching their trash for stories!

  • More Liberty

    moriarty70 said:
    So should you, she followed the “Poland, German” with “America.” It looks bad when you selectivly quote something while calling someone out for selectivly quoting.

    I didn’t selectively quote it. It was a conversation between two people so it appears to be “selectively quoted. I had to stop the quotes somewhere.

  • Georgia999

    Helen is a nasty little troll. And who are the idiots that hire her to speak?

  • moriarty70

    More Liberty said:
    I didn’t selectively quote it. It was a conversation between two people so it appears to be “selectively quoted. I had to stop the quotes somewhere.

    Leaving out that one key word plays into the spin at the time that she wanted them to go back and finish the Holocaust. Whereas including the word America shows the point of the comment as being going back to their homes from before Isreal was created. One word, huge difference in implied meaning.

  • kit9

    Wow, the mask, to the extent she bothered to have one, is down in full. Sadly, she’s just more vocal than lefties who feel the same way. It reveals a jew hating left that some deny existis. But, the truth is that antiiSemitism is where the far left and David Duke come together. It’s really depressing.

  • btimsah

    I’m not anti-Semitic but the Jews have a wonderful defense system. It’s almost like you just have to ignore them completely. Is it a shock to say that Jewish people are littered throughout the top political, economic and educational systems in America? Of course they are. Is that a bad thing? I don’t know.

    I just focus on the individual’s beliefs and knowledge. One of my favorite economists, Peter Schiff, is Jewish. But I’m a fan of Ron Paul, who some think is anti-Israel and Peter Schiff was his economic advisor! There’s a LOT OF BULLCRAP going on out there. Bernanke and Greenspan are both Jewish. You know how many Jews I’ve met in my lifetime? Zero. It has seemed odd to me the level of influence they have though.

    Just imagine if they (Elitist Jews) were up to no good. We couldn’t say or do anything about it, could we?

  • justanotherconservative

    what she says is true. everyone knows that. so what?

  • The_Reasonable_Lib

    gordonbloyershow said:
    Helen Thomas is INSANE. She has always been INSANE. The libs never recognized it because of the liberal gene. They see her insanity as normal. Just like they see gays as normal. They see gay weddings as normal. They see abortion as normal. They see high taxes as normal. They see normal climate change as abnormal. In other words they are all f****d up.
    We must find a way to delete that liberal gene before they destroy the United States.

    Pot calling the kettle black!!!!!
    And why aren’t gays normal? They eat, walk, breathe and pay taxes just like you and I. Statistically speaking they are more likely to be financially stable than you and I. No kids and all.

  • The_Reasonable_Lib

    Rusty Shackelford said:
    Helen….please just lie down and die….and if you could take Jimmy Carter with you.

    Wishing death on a former POTUS? That’s low!

  • Bronco46

    This woman’s infirmities are allowing her prejudices to show through. And sadly she
    still has a national platform to trot out this bilge.

  • Cecelia

    Well, you know what they say… freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose….

  • Dave Richards

    Helen, it’s time to go back to the home.

  • Kitsune

    gordonbloyershow said:
    Helen Thomas is INSANE. She has always been INSANE. The libs never recognized it because of the liberal gene. They see her insanity as normal. Just like they see gays as normal. They see gay weddings as normal. They see abortion as normal. They see high taxes as normal. They see normal climate change as abnormal. In other words they are all f****d up.We must find a way to delete that liberal gene before they destroy the United States.

    You’re not far behind her, Gordon. Thomas is insipid and her attituded are repulsive, but there’s no reason for you to be dragging the Gay issue into an article that has nothing to do with it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jon-Martin/43100610 Jon Martin

    I really don’t think she’s insane. I wish people would listen to what she is saying, not villify jewish people.. but perhaps there is a large group of Jewish people in control of certain sectors of the media.

    Maybe that’s why we never hear the Palestinian side of the Israel v Palestine conflict.

    Or maybe that’s why we let Israeli soldiers kill an American citizen on the peace flotilla months back.

    What THomas says doesn’t seem so far fetched.. however, I would not endorse her comments.

  • cjd ohio 1

    maybe the american should not try to run the blockade

  • disenlightened

    Jon Martin said:
    I really don’t think she’s insane. I wish people would listen to what she is saying, not villify jewish people.. but perhaps there is a large group of Jewish people in control of certain sectors of the media.

    Maybe that’s why we never hear the Palestinian side of the Israel v Palestine conflict.

    Or maybe that’s why we let Israeli soldiers kill an American citizen on the peace flotilla months back.

    What THomas says doesn’t seem so far fetched.. however, I would not endorse her comments.

    I could call you just another modern liberal Jew hater, but I won’t. Like other liberals you just don’t have the guts and fortitude to stand behind an ally when the times get tough. Liberals will always cut and run, and can never be trusted to watch your back. You think if we just turn our backs on Israel and allow the Muslim nations to overrun them, then the Muslim nations will be content and we’ll have peace. Well, you’re wrong. They want it all, and it’s people like you who are willing to lay down and hand it over who are a danger to us all.

  • disenlightened

    btimsah said:
    I’m not anti-Semitic but the Jews have a wonderful defense system. It’s almost like you just have to ignore them completely. Is it a shock to say that Jewish people are littered throughout the top political, economic and educational systems in America? Of course they are. Is that a bad thing? I don’t know.

    I just focus on the individual’s beliefs and knowledge. One of my favorite economists, Peter Schiff, is Jewish. But I’m a fan of Ron Paul, who some think is anti-Israel and Peter Schiff was his economic advisor! There’s a LOT OF BULLCRAP going on out there. Bernanke and Greenspan are both Jewish. You know how many Jews I’ve met in my lifetime? Zero. It has seemed odd to me the level of influence they have though.

    Just imagine if they (Elitist Jews) were up to no good. We couldn’t say or do anything about it, could we?

    It’s amazing that a people who have been through so much have managed somehow to not only survive, but to excel, despite so much hate and so many people’s efforts to destroy them. Instead of resenting them, those who hate them might be better off emulating them.

  • ganymede

    What’s worse than the false accusations of anti-semitism being heaped on Helen Thomas is how the media constantly distorts reality. By leaving out one word of what she said, namely, that the “Israelis should go back to where they come from, Germany & Poland”, and leaving out “America” creates a total distortion. Many Israelis were Holocaust survivors from Germany and Poland and obviously they wouldn’t want to go back to these countries. Many survivors, though, did come to America. Mediaite is very clever in twisting things to make them more enticing, but they should be more careful. Also, some of the rabid rightwing remarks are motivated by the fact that Helen Thomas has been for many years an outstanding critic of rightwingers. She was one of the louder voices against Bush, especially his Iraqi holocaust. Also, she can’t be an anti-semite because she is of semitic Arab ancestry! And Israel does have undue influence in America, most of it good, but in the case of Israel it’s definitely one-sided against the Arab world. Eventually, world opinion will force Israel to make serious accomodation to the Palestinians. Most likely, there will have to be one state for both Palestinians and Israelis with protection for all. If something like this happens, Israel will be the lynchpin for modernizing the entire Middle East.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Linda-Marie-Lovison/1607994524 Linda Marie Lovison

    Poor Helen. She must be miserable (and cuckoo-nuts!).

  • Nachi

    Alas, Helen is very well-informed. Reality upset you, does it???

  • disenlightened

    ganymede said:
    Eventually, world opinion will force Israel to make serious accomodation to the Palestinians.

    If the goal of Palestinians were to have their own nation, Clinton handed it to them on a silver platter and Arafat spit on it and said piss off. They don’t want their own state, and they wouldn’t have a clue how to run a state if they had one. They want the destruction of Israel, and nothing more or less. Until ignorant people like you realize this, the killings will continue. People like yourself, whom the Muslims have managed to fool, are the real problem.

  • david r

    I don’t know. Before she rode off on her broom, she said something about “turning Netanyahu into a newt.”

  • michiganruth

    this is rich. Helen speaks at a workshop about Arab Americans’ image problems. huh–I wonder why they might have image problems with a vitriolic hater like Helen Thomas on their side.

    but no, it must be Islamophobia, the hatred that didn’t exist until it was needed.

    SO glad to see this happening only 20 miles down the road from me in Dearbornistan. the morning call of the muzzein moves ever closer my way…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jon-Martin/43100610 Jon Martin

    disenlightened said:
    I could call you just another modern liberal Jew hater, but I won’t.

    Statements like that are beyond retarded. Say what you mean, you wuss.

    Jew hater though? and a liberal one? You do know most Jewish people in the US are liberal right?

    http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2010-11-01-jewish31_ST_N.htm

    You don’t know enough about me to call me a Jew Hater. I don’t even think I commented on Jewish people. You’re just putting words in peoples’ mouths. Just because I’m an American doesn’t mean I have to support everything Israel does.. and disagreeing with the way they do things, defintly doesn’t make me a “jew-hater”. I’m sick of hearing immature things like that.

    If you disagree with israel and suddenly people are throwing “anti-semite” at you. Can we elevate the discussion above an 8-year old level please? It’s kind of dramatic to get “I hate Jews” from “I’m not sure I agree with Israel”. I don’t agree with what you’re doing does not mean ‘I hate you’. I wonder if this all has to do with some weird world war 2 post-traumatic stress disorder where Israel cries out ‘holocaust’ whenever someone criticizes them. It’s pretty lame. If they have rational excuses for their ideas, that’s fine but don’t bring up people being “anti-jewish” whenever they disagree with you.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Jones/1384303476 Chris Jones

    We know Helen, you hate Jews. We kind of got that point a couple of decades ago.

  • repletus

    Helen Thomas also said that “I can call a president of the United States anything in the book, but I can’t touch Israel, which has Jewish-only roads in the West Bank,” Thomas said. “No American would tolerate that — white-only roads.” …
    This was conveniently edited out by Mediaite because it would not fit the demonization narrative that Mediaite and other like-minded media have adopted towards Ms. Thomas now that she has spoken out against a sacred cow.
    As Rush Limbaugh would say: typical Drive-By Media.

  • Tommy Christopher

    More Liberty said:
    I didn’t selectively quote it. It was a conversation between two people so it appears to be “selectively quoted. I had to stop the quotes somewhere.

    Busted. Deal.

  • Tommy Christopher

    repletus said:
    This was conveniently edited out by Mediaite because it would not fit the demonization narrative that Mediaite and other like-minded media have adopted towards Ms. Thomas now that she has spoken out against a sacred cow.

    You don’t know what you’re talking about. Have you ever even read this site before?

  • BatBoy

    Headline from Daily Caller reads… “ADL calls on universities to strip former White House correspondent Helen Thomas of all professional honors following anti-Jewish speech”

    Tommy…you need to get your “GAL PAL” squared away. One last thing…why are you posting in the middle of the night…do you want that little boy of yours to grow up without a father…take it easy.

    Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/12/03/adl-calls-on-universities-to-strip-former-white-house-correspondent-helen-thomas-of-all-professional-honors-following-anti-jewish-speech/#ixzz17A1u2ZJa

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Leah-Ma/1391341060 Leah Ma

    Hey, I’m a lefty and I don’t hate Jews. In fact, I am part Jew. Also most Jews are left wing so what do you make of that?

  • disenlightened

    Jon Martin said:
    Statements like that are beyond retarded. Say what you mean, you wuss.

    Jew hater though? and a liberal one? You do know most Jewish people in the US are liberal right?

    http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2010-11-01-jewish31_ST_N.htm

    You don’t know enough about me to call me a Jew Hater. I don’t even think I commented on Jewish people. You’re just putting words in peoples’ mouths. Just because I’m an American doesn’t mean I have to support everything Israel does.. and disagreeing with the way they do things, defintly doesn’t make me a “jew-hater”. I’m sick of hearing immature things like that.

    If you disagree with israel and suddenly people are throwing “anti-semite” at you. Can we elevate the discussion above an 8-year old level please? It’s kind of dramatic to get “I hate Jews” from “I’m not sure I agree with Israel”. I don’t agree with what you’re doing does not mean ‘I hate you’. I wonder if this all has to do with some weird world war 2 post-traumatic stress disorder where Israel cries out ‘holocaust’ whenever someone criticizes them. It’s pretty lame. If they have rational excuses for their ideas, that’s fine but don’t bring up people being “anti-jewish” whenever they disagree with you.

    You might want to read things a couple times before you misunderstand something and make a complete ass out of yourself. I said, ” I COULD call you a Jew hater, but I won’t. Like other liberals you just don’t have the guts and fortitude to stand behind an ally when the times get tough”. The second sentence accuses you of being something other than a Jew-hater. Understand?

    Now, your defensive, neurotic over-reaction is troubling to me. I bring up the term Jew-hater, but give you the benefit of the doubt and deny you are one, yet you still think you’re being called one. Is there something you want to tell us? Feeling guilty? Please explain.

  • Nahu Tuk

    Poor miserable woman still trying to be relevant.

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