Posted on 06/13/2010 6:22:28 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Unconscionable. Offensive. Hurtful. Bigoted. Terrible. Hateful.
These are the words being used to describe Helen Thomas' recent comment about Israel and Palestine. Editorialists across the country have condemned her statement that Jews should "get the hell out of Palestine" and "go back" to Europe.
If, however, it is unacceptable to say that Israeli Jews don't belong in Palestine, it is also unacceptable to say that the Palestinians don't belong on their own land.
Mainstream politicians, civic leaders, university presidents and others in this country routinely express their support for Israel as a Jewish state, despite the fact that such a state only could have been created in a multicultural land by ethnically cleansing it of as many non-Jews as possible. Today, Israel is only able to maintain its Jewish identity because it has established an apartheid regime, both in the occupied territories and within its own borders, and because it continues to reject the Palestinian right of return.
An endless deluge of statements of support for the actual, calculated, methodical dehumanization of Arabs in general and Palestinians in particular goes without comment; whereas a single offhand comment by an 89-year-old journalist, whose long and distinguished record of principled commitment and challenges to state power entitles her to respect — and the benefit of the doubt — causes her to be publicly pilloried.
To accept this appalling hypocrisy is to be complicit in the racism of our age.
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The Nazis are in America, at last.
Mr. Makdisi should write a column suggesting that black people go back to Africa and see how well his career progresses afterwards. He could report back on his progress if he finds anyone willing to publish him.
Sure, ship back to Jordan tomorrow!
Sure, ship back to Jordan tomorrow!
“Mr. Makdisi should write a column suggesting that black people go back to Africa and see how well his career progresses afterwards. He could report back on his progress if he finds anyone willing to publish him.”
...or maybe he could simply suggest Mexican illegals should go back to Mexico?
"First they came for the Jews......"
The LA Times needs to move to Mexico City.
I think this schmuck means Arabs. And there are about a million Arabs in Israel, outside of Judea and Samaria.
ML/NJ
"Palestinians" are legal citizens of Israel and even serve in the Israeli Army. The ones that Israel seems to have a problem with are the ones that want to wipe them off the map.
The first step in peacefully resolving the dispute seems would be for all to agree that Israel is a legitimate nation with a right to exist and to stop teaching in schools and the media in places like Syria, Jordan, Gaza etc. that this is not the case.
Wonder why the anti-Israelies don't seem to point this out? Don't they want peace? Or maybe they just define peace as total submission to their authority.
My google skills are terrible. I cannot find the LA Times editorials supporting Trent Lott’s speech rights.
When the leftwingnuts run out of arguments, they ALWAYS play the race card.
Excellent idea. Fire them all.
And, when they get there, the Hispanics can keep going back to Spain and give Mexico back to the Aztecs.
He is a Palestinian/Lebanese hater of Jews, whom the state of California has kindly put on the public payroll in order to bankroll his propaganda campaigns. Just what we need: Israel’s enemies telling us what to think. Oh, wait, that was Helen Thomas’ job.
Why bother to move when Mexico City has already taken over the LA Times like the Mexicans have re-conquered California? It hasn’t been an American newspaper for years now.
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