You might have heard this weekend about former White House columnist Helen Thomas’ recent answer to the question “Any comments on Israel?” She replied, “Yeah, tell them to get the hell out of Palestine. . . Remember these people are occupied.” Aside from the obvious anti-Jewish slant of her pronouncement, she is flat wrong. It’s a shame that someone who has called herself a journalist for 50+ years cannot represent the truth correctly. Actually, veritas and journalism aren’t nascent adversaries come to think of it..

The prevalent understanding of the region of “Palestine” is best represented by Yasser Arafat’s description from 1974:
“The Jewish invasion began in 1881. . . Palestine was then a verdant area, inhabited mainly by an Arab people in the course of building its life and dynamically enriching its indigenous culture.”

The main problem with Mr. Arafat’s quote is that it isn’t founded in fact or historical accuracy. Read More→

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