Helen Thomas: Israel lobbies have “total control”
How could we have missed this piece about Helen Thomas? As long as you don’t stay there too long, it’s always fanscinating to visit her fantasy world, where the “Israel lobbies” — meaning the Jews — control everything, including, apparently, the U.S. administration:
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”You know damn well the power [the "Israel lobbies"] have. It isn’t the 2%. It’s real power when you own the White House, when you own these other places in terms of your political persuasion. Of course they have power. You don’t deny that,” and went on to ask the Playboy interviewer “You’re Jewish, aren’t you?” After he answered in the affirmative she noted “That’s what I thought”.
Thomas retains that she is not Anti Semitic.
Of course she isn’t — she just thinks that a shadowy group of Jews holds total control over the U.S. political system and financial markets, and manipulates these institutions to its own nefarious ends. No wonder, then, that she was invited to be a featured guest at “Move Over AIPAC,” an anti-Israel event planned to coincide with the annual conference held by AIPAC, a pro-Israel lobbying group. (Thomas subsequently withdrew from the Move Over AIPAC event when even one of the sponsoring groups found her views too extreme.)
One might ask Thomas why — if the current administration is “in the pocket of the Israel lobbies” — polls have found Israelis critical of many of President Obama’s policies toward the Jewish state, and why a significant portion of the U.S. electorate seems to think that he is not the friend of Israel that he should be. It’s a mystery. Undoubtedly the Zionists have something to do with it.
Comments (26) »Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 at 8:46 AM | David Kuner
Explosion at Chabad House in Santa Monica
Officers were evacuating a 1-square-block area around the site of an explosion on the property of a Jewish religious facility in Santa Monica. No one was injured in the blast, which was reported about 6:45 a.m. Thursday and occurred in the 1400 block of 17th Street, said Sgt. Darrick Jacob, a watch commander with the Santa Monica Police Department.
Besides the evacuation zone, officers were diverting traffic in a larger area and bomb-sniffing dogs were on the scene to gather evidence and as a precaution in the event there were explosive devices in the vicinity, Jacob said.
Santa Monica police had at least 30 personnel on scene. The bomb squad of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was also taking part in the investigation and the local fire department was standing by.
At this time police do not consider the explosion to be a bomb. The local Chabad website wrote that the blast was caused by construction combustibles in a dumpster:
Comments (6) »“In response to news reports of a pipe bomb in our facility,” the website says. “During morning services today the police department came to Chabad House in response to a report of an explosion. The men that were praying did not hear or feel anything. Rabbi Levitansky grabbed one of the new Torah scrolls so they [could] finish services. Which they did at the corner of 17th and S. Monica.”
“The explosion was from a dumpster where someone trashed some construction combustibles,” the website explained. ”It exploded and landed on our neighbor’s roof. We do not know who placed the construction trash there.”
A police spokesperson has since attributed the blast to “mechanical failure.”
Thursday, April 7th, 2011 at 12:26 PM | David Kuner
Israel, Jewish groups respond to earthquake
Following the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Jewish and Israeli groups, among others, are rushing to offer help:
Comments (3) »Hours after a 8.9 magnitude earthquake followed by a devastating tsunami struck Japan, Jewish and Israeli humanitarian groups on Friday pledged to help relief efforts in the island nation.
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) on Friday announced it was collecting funds for relief efforts and has reached out to the Japanese Government to offer its expertise in earthquake and tsunami-related response.
Friday, March 11th, 2011 at 2:05 PM | David Kuner
Jewish student sues UC Berkeley over Muslim assault
University of California at Berkeley is being sued for not providing Jewish students with adequate security against anti-Israel activists on campus. The lawsuit has been issued on behalf of 21-year-old Jessica Felber, who claims that she was attacked by Husam Zakharia, leader of the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), during a rally.
Felber was holding up a sign that read “Israel Wants Peace” when Zakharia rammed a shopping cart into Felber, causing her injury.
The lawsuit claims that UC Berkeley policies “fostered and encouraged” pro-terrorist incitement, by failing “to effectively discipline the MSA [Muslim Student Association] and SJP for their pro-terrorist programs, goals, and conduct.”
Anti-Israel activity has been widespread on university campuses. Last year, two University of California professors publicly warned of the direction in which Muslim extremism on campus was heading, citing the potential risk to Jewish students.
For years, university campuses in the U.S. and Europe have become the new front for anti-Israel propaganda, where students are subjected to misinformation meant to demonize Israel as an oppressive state unwilling to make peace.
Comments (7) »Monday, March 7th, 2011 at 1:34 PM | Amichai Farkas
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Outrageous: New partnership would require Delta to ban Jews on Saudi Arabia-bound flights
In an interview, Delta’s coordinator of Customer Care, Kathy M. Johnston, explained that Delta does not condone discrimination for any reason but said that the airline must abide by the laws of the countries they serve. In fact, Delta could be fined if they bring Jews into Saudi Arabia, since the government denies them from entering the country.
FIne … but most people are asking why an organization that claims not to condone discrimination would partner with a company that openly and unapologetically practices it:
In a Huffington Post op-ed, Rabbi Jason Miller says what many in the Jewish community must be thinking right now:
Regular Delta fliers, take note.
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