Helen Thomas: Calculatingly Biased.
What is shocking about Helen Thomas's remarks are not her anti-semitism or her anti-Israel position, but rather her ASTOUNDING ignorance! She seems to reflect the stupidity of some of the poorly educated anti-semites in America who think that the racial composition of Jews in Israel is the same as it is here. Consequently, they think that all of the Jews in Israel are Americans of German or Polish ancestry.
This is ASTOUNDINGLY IGNORANT! As many as 50% of Israelis are of Arabic extraction. They come from countries like Yemen, and even Iran and Iraq. There are LARGE numbers of Jews, the Sephardic branch, who come from Spanish-speaking countries.
Helen Thomas is incidiously attempting to hide the tremendous DIVERSITY of Jews in Israel. The number of Jews in Israel of Polish or German ancestry is not by any means a majority.
Furthermore, it has been 62 years since the formal creation of the modern state of Israel. In that time, there are at least 3 generations of native-born Jewish Israelis. Additionally, there have been Jews in Israel considerably longer than 62 years. The Zionist movement began over a hundred years ago, and of course, there is abundant archeological evidence of Jews in Israel dating back at least 4,000 years.
The people who put forward an "imperialist" idea about Israel have no understanding of the reality of Israel. Any person putting forward the idea of Israelis as imperialists knows nothing whatsoever about Jewish history.
Why on earth would any "imperialist" want to come to a place like Israel!? There is no oil there. No diamonds. When most of the Jews came there they worked slavishly making the deserts bloom and draining Malaria-infested swamps. Indeed, anyone wanting to live in Israel must serve in the citizen-army for 2 1/2 years, and serve one month a year to age 60.
That's a little different then the fat, lazy life in America, where one can live in the richest country on earth and give absolute ZERO service in return. Indeed, it has long been accepted that if an Israeli wants to live a comfortable life, he should go to America. When Americans go to Israel, they are making a significant economic and comfort sacrifice. Life is far more comfortable in America.
People who emigrate to Israel from America are almost always Jewish idealists who are making significant sacrifices to live in the Holy Land. This is a million miles from "imperialism". They are not going to Israel for economic gain.
I'm sorry, but I view anti-Israel people as being anti-semitic at worst and simply IGNORANT at best. I should also add "reverse RACIST" as well. Many black racists like Lewis Farrakhan and Jeremiah Wright dislike Israel because in their simple-minded, racist pea-brains they think that Israel is all a bunch of rich, white Polish and German Jews. Well, it ain't.
And this is what I most hated about Helen Thomas biased, anti-Israel opinions. That they DO NOT accurately reflect the racial composition of Israel.
Not to mention the ABSURDITY of Jews going back to German and Poland. Didn't she ever hear of the Holocaust? The Jews are supposed to go back to a country that raped, plundered, and murdered 6 million of them! How DUMB can you get?
Or how about going back to Poland, to lovely Auschwitz? Unreal.
I am also rather annoyed with her "apology". There is an old Hebrew proverb that when you tell an untruth, it is like scattering a handful of seeds into the wind. In order to "take back" your untruth, you would have to find every single seed that you scattered into the wind. Not possible.
I would just as soon that she didn't apologize, since it is highly unlikely that she is at all sorry.
And another thing: This business about her "freedom of speech". Sure, she has freedom of speech. But when you insult millions of people, you can expect that those millions of people ALSO have a right to THEIR free speech to say what they think of Helen Thomas.
Additionally, no one took away Helen Thomas's rights. She was not arrested, incarcerated or sued. However, various important people, Jews and non-Jews alike, were shocked at her statements, and told her so. She decided to retire of her own accord. And at age 89, it is not exactly shocking that she would retire.
Draft 2: 6/17/10 Removed some insulting language from draft 1.
This is ASTOUNDINGLY IGNORANT! As many as 50% of Israelis are of Arabic extraction. They come from countries like Yemen, and even Iran and Iraq. There are LARGE numbers of Jews, the Sephardic branch, who come from Spanish-speaking countries.
Helen Thomas is incidiously attempting to hide the tremendous DIVERSITY of Jews in Israel. The number of Jews in Israel of Polish or German ancestry is not by any means a majority.
Furthermore, it has been 62 years since the formal creation of the modern state of Israel. In that time, there are at least 3 generations of native-born Jewish Israelis. Additionally, there have been Jews in Israel considerably longer than 62 years. The Zionist movement began over a hundred years ago, and of course, there is abundant archeological evidence of Jews in Israel dating back at least 4,000 years.
The people who put forward an "imperialist" idea about Israel have no understanding of the reality of Israel. Any person putting forward the idea of Israelis as imperialists knows nothing whatsoever about Jewish history.
Why on earth would any "imperialist" want to come to a place like Israel!? There is no oil there. No diamonds. When most of the Jews came there they worked slavishly making the deserts bloom and draining Malaria-infested swamps. Indeed, anyone wanting to live in Israel must serve in the citizen-army for 2 1/2 years, and serve one month a year to age 60.
That's a little different then the fat, lazy life in America, where one can live in the richest country on earth and give absolute ZERO service in return. Indeed, it has long been accepted that if an Israeli wants to live a comfortable life, he should go to America. When Americans go to Israel, they are making a significant economic and comfort sacrifice. Life is far more comfortable in America.
People who emigrate to Israel from America are almost always Jewish idealists who are making significant sacrifices to live in the Holy Land. This is a million miles from "imperialism". They are not going to Israel for economic gain.
I'm sorry, but I view anti-Israel people as being anti-semitic at worst and simply IGNORANT at best. I should also add "reverse RACIST" as well. Many black racists like Lewis Farrakhan and Jeremiah Wright dislike Israel because in their simple-minded, racist pea-brains they think that Israel is all a bunch of rich, white Polish and German Jews. Well, it ain't.
And this is what I most hated about Helen Thomas biased, anti-Israel opinions. That they DO NOT accurately reflect the racial composition of Israel.
Not to mention the ABSURDITY of Jews going back to German and Poland. Didn't she ever hear of the Holocaust? The Jews are supposed to go back to a country that raped, plundered, and murdered 6 million of them! How DUMB can you get?
Or how about going back to Poland, to lovely Auschwitz? Unreal.
I am also rather annoyed with her "apology". There is an old Hebrew proverb that when you tell an untruth, it is like scattering a handful of seeds into the wind. In order to "take back" your untruth, you would have to find every single seed that you scattered into the wind. Not possible.
I would just as soon that she didn't apologize, since it is highly unlikely that she is at all sorry.
And another thing: This business about her "freedom of speech". Sure, she has freedom of speech. But when you insult millions of people, you can expect that those millions of people ALSO have a right to THEIR free speech to say what they think of Helen Thomas.
Additionally, no one took away Helen Thomas's rights. She was not arrested, incarcerated or sued. However, various important people, Jews and non-Jews alike, were shocked at her statements, and told her so. She decided to retire of her own accord. And at age 89, it is not exactly shocking that she would retire.
Draft 2: 6/17/10 Removed some insulting language from draft 1.
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