Helen Thomas. 'Lack of understanding of history'
Jewish group: Dismiss Helen Thomas
B’nai B’rith International says 'Jews, go back to Poland' remark made by long-time White House correspondent is 'beyond offensive'
The B’nai B’rith International organization says that the YouTube video showing long-time White House correspondent Helen Thomas saying
that “Jews should go back to Poland…back to Germany…and America, and everywhere else" demonstrates an outrageous and complete lack of understanding of history.
"Thomas ignores historical facts that Jews have called the Land of Israel home for more than 3,000 years, long before any other group made a home in the land."
The Jewish group said in a statement released Saturday, "Thomas seems to have been schooled by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a belief that Jews appeared in Israel after the Holocaust.
Expressing Regret
White House correspondent, 89, issues statement apologizing for anti-Jewish statements that provoked storm in US, saying her comments that Jews should 'get the hell out' of Israel 'do not reflect belief in need for mutual respect and tolerance'
“Thomas’ comments are contemptible,” said B’nai B’rith International President Dennis W. Glick. “Her distortion of historical reality is astonishing. Her call for Jews to return to Poland and Germany—site of the Nazi genocide, the worst genocide in modern history—is beyond offensive.”
“These vile comments, unfortunately, are the culmination of Thomas’ ongoing anti-Israel sentiments that she kept thinly veiled over the years,” said B’nai B’rith International Executive Vice President Daniel S. Mariaschin. “There should be no place for her in a news organization. Her comments go beyond commentary and land well in the camp that will stop at nothing to delegitimize Israel.”
B’nai B’rith called on the Hearst Corporation to dismiss Thomas, its current columnist, immediately.
