By COLlive and newswires
Veteran reporter Helen Thomas, who has covered the White House since the John F. Kennedy administration, has annouced her retirment following her controversial anti-Semitic statements about Israel.
Thomas, 89, was captured on video by RabbiLive.com, saying Israelis should “get the hell out of Palestine,” suggesting they “go home” to Germany, Poland or the U.S.
The controversy prompted Thomas, a columnist for Hearst Newspapers, to be dropped by her speaker’s bureau. Her commencement speech at Walt Whitman High School in suburban Bethesda, Md. was canceled too.
Thomas later wrote on her website that “I deeply regret my comments I made last week regarding the Israelis and the Palestinians.”
Thomas’ front row briefing room seat at the White House was empty today, as she did not show up for the daily briefing.
Asked about her remarks, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs called them “offensive and reprehensible” and added that they “do not reflect certainly the opinion of most of the people here and certainly not of the administration.”
Thomas, according to her biography, is the daughter of a Lebanese immigrant who came to the United States in 1892.
Former Bush Press Secretary Ari Fleischer called for Hearst news service to fire Thomas:
THE OLD WITCH OWES MORE THAN AN APOLGY
shes 1 million times worse
nice one
Sorry but she didnt retired she was fired!
I agree with number 32.
This comment is racist and this is not accepted in US, but more than that. Imagine what would be of Her people without the jews there? They would be one already. This is our land and H’ said so. Thats what they hate most. The fact that the know it is our land.
SHE IS!!!!
hashem is the true judge. may you find peace in your heart. I am a proud Jew. I know Hashem gave us the land for a reason… and we have to do what Hashem asked us to do… we will accept and we will do.. Helen and others who hate, may you find peace somewhere. And fellow Jews, light a new candle this Shabbos to let the world know we will find the good in all as Hashem has required. BRING LIGHT TO THE WORLD AND MAY MOSHIAH COME NOW
Savage called her “Hitler’s wife”. that about sums her up.
But what did Obama see in her? Maybe she was his shadchan?
I’ve known from her questions and comments regarding Israel that she’s an anti-semite for over 20 years but that never bothered anyone in the media until this comment.
really scary i should not have to look this pic before going to shluff
she looks like vashti in the coloring books i am just waiting for the tail
she is a nasty old jerk.
go live in hell!!!!!!!!!!
what a witch she looks like a terror to me no good will come out of her
First she says “go back to poland or jermany”, where 6 million jews were killed, after realizing what she said she tryed to cover up by saying “or america where ever they come from”.
I WOULD RATHER BE READING HER OBITUARY
now this ugly thing knows what its like to be tried by media. teh very media she was part of and led for years has now hunger her out dry. she is putrid
she looks like a witch
she is evil just look at her. imach shima
They really are , so why is it such a surprise that she hates Jews not Just Israelis.??
listen to her words. she anti jew!!!
Now she will go work for al jazirra! hahahah
Love it, you see, the answer is to be proud and loud, and off she goes…
What took so long?
And the funniest part: She apologized, hahahah!
go Ari Fleischer.
no shes way worse than mrs doubtfire!!!
the wizard of oz
AWFUL LOOKING!!!!!!!
Well done!! He’s proud to be a Jew… kol hakavod!
she now passes the litmus test!
is she the witch from the story of SNOW WHITE ?
I’V never seen such an ugly women i repeat UGLY women in my life…go to HELL women where you belong!
she looks iranian with that nose wouldn’t be surprised if her reletive is haman harasha!
if she was 40 years younger the word would be RESIGNED! only bc she is 89 do they call it Retired…
The land of Israel belongs to the nation of Israel. All Jews from the entire world are all coming to Israel very soon . Those comments cost the old nazi witch her job in the white house. She apologized on the way to hell where
she belongs.
witch lost her job in the white house . Is trying to apologize
she will go to hell.
she is of lebanese origin herself
WHAT AN UGLY WOMAN!
Go back home to hell where you belong!
good bye and good riddance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!