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General Category => 3DHS => Topic started by: Michael Tee on June 15, 2010, 12:05:27 PM
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http://sheldonfreeassociation.blogspot.com/2010/06/helen-thomas-affair.html (http://sheldonfreeassociation.blogspot.com/2010/06/helen-thomas-affair.html)
Excellent take on the hypocritical shitstorm that enveloped the unfortunate reporter. Blogger makes the point that nobody has ever been criticized in the MSM for suggesting that the Palestinians go back where they came from (a ludicrous suggestion in any case since the Palestinians didn't come from anywhere, they were born in what is now Israel) and a quote from David Ben-Gurion that, while strongly upholding Israel's right to exist, puts the issue squarely where it belongs (it's a matter only of which side has the superior force) and acknowledges very eloquently the Palestinians' legitimate claims on the land. (Although nothing that the blogger posted confirmed to my satisfaction the authenticity of the B-G quote.