A Bad Day for Helen Thomas, a worse day for Israel

Jim Treacher:

If you think your life stinks, at least you're not Helen Thomas

Her virulent hatred of Israel is nothing new, apparently, but she went over the line this time. Interesting reactions by others in the press and in politics. Even President Obama condemned the idea of the ethnic cleansing of Israel. She's enjoyed a lot of deference, as well as political cover, from colleagues over the years.

But the violent "peace activists" on the ill-fated flotilla to Gaza were even more specific:

We can at least thank Ms. Thomas for clarifying that we now live in a world in which the Turkish Prime Minister accuses Israel of killing children on the beach and in which the doyenne of the White House press corps no longer recognizes Israel's "right to exist".

Charles Krauthammer: Israel is being asked by the world to commit suicide.

. . . The whole point of this relentless international campaign is to deprive Israel of any legitimate form of self-defense.

The world is tired of these troublesome Jews, six million — that number again — hard by the Mediterranean, refusing every invitation to national suicide. For which they are relentlessly demonized, ghettoized, and constrained from defending themselves, even as the more committed anti-Zionists — Iranian in particular — openly prepare a more final solution.

Many of the ideas which informed Ms. Thomas' shocking statement are standard fare on college campuses. Is dishonesty concerning Israel destroying Academia and the Media?

Cassandra has posted an excellent, detailed piece on willful Ignorance and Blind Hatred.

What was the meaningful difference between Helen Thomas saying Jews in Israel should “go home” to Germany or Poland or America, and Joe Biden saying that refugee relief volunteers should just let Israel decide whether humanitarian supplies can go through to Palestinians who are imprisoned inside the Israelis’ blockade of Gaza?

Let's look at a few of the differences between Europe's treatment of the Jews and Israel's treatment of the Palestinians. . . .

YouTube has removed the Israeli parody song about the Turkish "peace" flotilla. Reuters is doing their part to make sure that "The truth will never make it's way to your TV".They haven't managed to block these horrific images of life in Gaza, though. Or these. Compare to Darfur.

Here's one serious solution: Let Turkey have Gaza. And a question: Would Turkey allow an uninspected flotilla of vessels through with aid for its oppressed Kurdish minority? Time for Turkey to leave NATO? MARK STEYN on Israel, Turkey and the End of Stability.

Compare the world's reaction to Israel's boarding of the Turkish vessel and the North Korean sinking of a South Korean ship.