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Who was the old lady in the press room that Bush always liked to ignore becuase she asked tough questions?
I forget her name.
Helen Thomas -
Thomas retired in June 2010, following negative reaction to comments she had made about Israel, Jews, and Palestine during a brief videotaped interview with Rabbi David Nesenoff of RabbiLive.com.[1][43][44][45][46][47] Nesenoff was on the White House grounds with his son and a teenage friend[48] for a May 27, 2010 American Jewish Heritage Celebration Day,[49] and he questioned Thomas as she was leaving the White House via the North Lawn driveway.[46][50][51][52]
When asked for comments on Israel, she replied: "Tell them to get the hell out of Palestine." and "Remember, these people are occupied and it's their land. It's not German, it's not Poland..." When asked where Israeli Jews should go, she replied they could "go home" to Poland or Germany or "America and everywhere else. Why push people out of there who have lived there for centuries?" She also mentioned she was of "Arab background."
Helen Thomas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia2010 speech on Arab AmericansOn December 2, 2010, shortly before a speech for the eighth annual "Images and Perceptions of Arab Americans" conference at the Byblos Banquet Center on Chase, Thomas told reporters that she still stood by the comments she had made to Nesenoff. Referring to her resignation, she said "I paid a price, but it's worth it to speak the truth."[78][79][80] During the speech, Thomas said: "Congress, the White House and Hollywood, Wall Street are owned by Zionists. No question, in my opinion."[78] Thomas defended her comments on December 7, telling Scott Spears of Marion, Ohio AM radio station WMRN, "I just think that people should be enlightened as to who is in charge of the opinion in this country."[81]