Arab Press and Hezbollah Praise Helen Thomas for 'Courage'

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Arab Press and Hezbollah Praise Helen Thomas for 'Courage' Reporter's Comments That Jews Should 'Go Home' Stir Emotions, Politics in Heated Region By LARA SETRAKIAN

BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 11, 2010 —

When a video surfaced this week of veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas suggesting Jews "go home" and "get the hell out of Palestine," the media shock wave eventually led to Thomas' retirement after a decades-long career.

In the Middle East, where the imbroglio played to a region recently polarized by Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, reactions mirrored the Arab-Israeli divide.

Hussein Moussawi, a Hezbollah official, praised Thomas' "courage," and said she resonated with people who believe that Israel is "a racist state of murderers and thugs."

On the other hand, Yoram Dori, an advisor to Israeli President Shimon Peres, wrote an open letter to Thomas in the Jerusalem Post recounting how his parents escaped the gas chambers of Auschwitz during World War II by their emigration to what would become the Jewish state.

Thomas, 89, suggested that Jews return to European countries some of their ancestors fled during the Holocaust. She later apologized for the comments, but that didn't stop the controversy that cost her a front-row seat in the White House briefing room.

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Just swell.........

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[moovova]

That’s a resume enhancer for sure...

[jiggyboy]

Tony Snow to Helen Thomas: “Helen, thank you for the Hezbollah view...”

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ODc5N2U0ZmIwY2MxMWYwZGNmZjYzYTdjNmY3OTI5NTQ=

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‘Courage’

Does this word have special meaning, for every disgraced “journalist”?

[Libloather]

Arab Press and Hezbollah Praise Helen Thomas for 'Courage'

You could say she's another pal of Hussein - no?

[Sleeping Freeper]

Arab Press and Hezbollah Praise Helen Thomas for 'Courage'

Saint Helen to the muzzies.....

[cubreporter]

There’s another :

“There ya go folks”

[elpadre]

of course they would support helen - she freely admits her Arab (Lebanese) heritage.

[Lonely Bull]

I saw a link to a related article, the title of which starts "Hezbollah lauds Helen Thomas," and for a moment I read "Hezbollah lands Helen Thomas." :þ