Helen Thomas forced to resign

This US journalist has been forced to resign after making anti-Semitic remarks. She has covered every President since Dwight Eisenhower & she has served as the White House correspondent for 57 years.

She said, ‘Jews should get the hell out of Palestine. Remember these people are occupied & it’s their land, not Germany & not Poland.’ She was asked where should they go & she replied, ‘Go home. Go back to Germany, Poland and … America & everywhere else.’

Her comments have been widely condemned & now she is being labeled as ‘anti-Semitic bigot.’

This is the charge against Helen Thomas. It seems people are not even allowed to express their opinions openly in America even if they happen to be renowned columnists. And that’s the country that talks about democracy being missing in the Muslim countries. That’s highly ironic!

Robert Gibbs (White House Press Secretary) called her statements as ‘offensive & reprehensible.’ He further said that her remarks ‘do not reflect certainly the opinion of most of the people here & certainly not of the administration.’

Moreover, she has apologized for making those statements. She said, ‘I deeply regret my comments I made last week regarding the Israelis & Palestinians. They do not reflect my heartfelt belief that peace will come to the Middle East only when all parties recognize the need for mutual respect & tolerance.’

However, this apology didn’t make any difference. Her comments are regarded as vile as ever.

Helen Thomas only gave her viewpoint, but if someone holds this kind of opinion about the Jews…that person has to pay the price, cause the administration doesn’t believe in that opinion. Although it’s okay if Muslims are being killed in Palestine on a daily basis. I also don’t think much of suicide bombing done by the Palestinians.

And it’s not about Muslims & non-Muslims; it’s about humans who are being killed & not allowed to have a decent living in their own home. It’s a million dollar concept of usurping someone’s home & then killing them for protesting against the usurpers. And it becomes mockery when highly enlightened countries support such actions.