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Thomas to head anti-Israeli rally in US
[Iran Press TV] Renowned American author and veteran journalist Helen Thomas
Oh, thank goodness! Reading the headline, I thought it was Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and I was severely disappointed.
is set to head a mass protest during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the United States.
Look at meeeeeee! I'm still impoooooortant!!!!
Netanyahu is expected to travel to Washington for the annual policy meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in May 21-24.

Over 50 major peace groups are now organizing a gathering to protest against the Israeli lobby shaping US foreign policy.

Thomas, whose contentious comments about Israelis led to her departure from the White House press corps last year, is one of the main critics set to address the massive anti-Israeli rally.

The outspoken 90-year-old journalist, stoked controversy on December 2, 2010, when she suggested Jews should leave "Paleostine" to Arabs and head to Europe and the US.

Soon after making the comments, Thomas was forced to retire from Hearst Newspapers.
It was no longer possible to ignore the fact that she'd reached that stage of early senility when one can no longer govern one's tongue.
She later defended her remarks in an interview with Kansas City paper, saying that "I can call a president of the United States anything in the book, but I can't touch Israel, which has Jewish-only roads in the West Bank."
No, dear. It's the segregated Palestinian West Bank that has Jewish-only roads, quite unlike unsegregated Israel. We understand that facts are hard, but do try, just a little.
Helen Thomas has covered every president since John F. Kennedy and was the first woman news hound to become a member of the White House Correspondents Association.

The "Move Over AIPAC" project intends to bring activists and concerned citizens from around the country to learn about the extraordinary influence AIPAC has on the US policy.

According to official data, Israel receives about USD 3 billion from the US in direct each year, which is roughly one-fifth of America's foreign aid budget.
Posted by: Fred 2011-04-18
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