Helen Thomas: Who lost her job for speaking the truth on Israel and the Jews

White House reporter who quit after anti-Semitic comment honored by Abbas
After a long silence following her infamous ‘Jews should go back to Germany’ comment, Helen Thomas receives a medal from PA President Mahmoud Abbas in Washington.


Haaretz
April 2, 2012

...Three months ago, Thomas, aged 91, granted an interview to CNN, her first after a long period of silence following the events that caused the embarrassing end to her career. She did not repeat her previous comments, though she blamed the Zionist lobby in Washington for distorting her comments.

“Everything is distorted, but I don’t care,” said Thomas. “You have organized lobbyists in favor of Israel. You can’t open your mouth. I can call the president of the U.S. anything in the book, but you say one thing about Israel and you’re off limits.” 

When asked if she had any regrets, Thomas explained, “I have regrets that everybody has misinterpreted it, and distorted it. You have [former White House Press Secretary] Ari Fleischer and [President of the Anti-Defamation League] Abe Foxman distorting everything.”

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For those who are Jewish/Muslim and smoke cigarette- you better READ THIS!

Warning to religious groups after traces of pig's blood found in cigarette filters 
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER 
Last updated at 4:12 PM on 30th March 2010

image: DailyMail

Concerns: Dutch research has found that the hemoglobin in pig's blood is used by some tobacco manufacturers in cigarette filters 

An Australian professor has warned religious groups that cigarette filters may contain traces of pig's blood. Simon Chapman said recent Dutch research has identified 185 different industrial uses for a pig - including the use of haemoglobin in cigarette filters. 


The University of Sydney professor said the study offered an insight into the world of cigarette manufacturing and was likely to spark concerns for devout Muslims and Jews. 'I think that there would be some particularly devout groups who would find the idea that there were pig products in cigarettes to be very offensive,' he told the Sydney Daily Telegraph. 


'The Jewish community certainly takes these matters extremely seriously and the Islamic community certainly do as well, as would many vegetarians. 'It just puts into hard relief the problem that the tobacco industry is not required to declare the ingredients of cigarettes - they say "that's our business and a trade secret".' 


The research found pig hemoglobin - a blood protein - was being used to make the filters more effective at blocking toxic chemicals before they entered a smoker's lungs. Professor Chapman said that although some tobacco companies had voluntarily published a list of the contents in their cigarettes on websites, they also noted undisclosed 'processing aids' in the finished product. 


At least one brand of cigarettes sold in Greece has been confirmed to be using pig haemoglobin in its manufacturing processes, he added. Professor Chapman said: 'If you're a smoker and you're of Islamic or Jewish faith then you'd probably want to know and there is no way of finding out.'