Helen Thomas - "Zionists control it all"

reply to post by dontreally


Again, you have massively distorted what I have said. Your defensiveness comes off as hostile and arrogant. I feel I have lent my compassion by repeatedly stating I thought Jews have historically been subjected to unnecessary persecution, more so than most other groups of people, especially in the broad scope of recorded history. But one must logically ask why this has happened, and question if there is SOME self-responsibility that must be held by themselves. To say there is no self-responsibility that should be held by them for their continuous problems with almost every other group of people on earth, seems very short sighted and arrogant IMHO And your notion that 95% of all Jews are Zionists, I feel is largely exaggerated, as many of my friends and acquaintances who are Jewish do not subscribe or support political Zionism. Maybe that is the difference, maybe this is the line you are blurring, being political/state run Zionism and the religious context of Zionism. The latter is not propagated in the same sense as the former, and most Jewish people I know do not describe themselves as Zionists, but they do support and love their religion of Judaism, namely for the Torah and great teachers (Rabbi's). So let me correct myself, I am not Anti-Zionist in a religious context, or am I anti-israel, but I am against the political/state run organization that hides itself under the cloak of Zionism and seeks to war with its neighbor states and conquer their land in its name.

Einstein Letter Warning Of Zionist Facism In Israel

I didn't see a link in the OP so I went looking to see what I could find and found the story..

College Scraps Helen Thomas Award After Remarks About 'Zionists'

Wayne State University has terminated its Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity in Media award after the former White House correspondent claimed that the United States is controlled by "Zionists."

Thomas, 90, told a workshop on anti-Arab bias in Dearborn, Mich., that Jewish influence made it impossible to criticize Israel in the United States.

"Congress, the White House and Hollywood, Wall Street are owned by the Zionists," Thomas said on Thursday. "They put their money where their mouth is."

Wayne State University yanked its Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity in Media award after the former White House correspondent once again made comments that are being denounced as anti-Semitic. Here, Thomas listens to President Barack Obama during a news conference in May.

The university yanked the award Friday and denounced her comments.

Wayne State "strongly condemns the anti-Semitic remarks made by Helen Thomas," the university said in an e-mailed statement, according to The Associated Press

Anyways - for those that want it - more info at the link above.