Judging Israel against perfection - a Twitter thread with Ray Hanania

I had a Twitter conversation with Arab-American journalist Ray Hanania on Sunday. It is worth reading. My tweets are in plain text left-justified, Ray's are italicized and right-justified. Jordan’s King Once Again Smears Israel at the UN ‏ It's about time someone called out Israel atrocities and violations of international law. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You mean Israel...

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Arab Christian describes Muslim bigotry, reveals more than he intends

I've given Ray Hanania both criticism and praise for his positions as an American of Palestinian origin. We exchanged insults over his support for Helen Thomas' bigotry. Even today he plays fast and loose with the facts. But this piece in Saudi Gazette is worth reading because it is a rare Arab critique of Muslim anti-Christian attitudes: Recently, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a rightwing anti-peace Zionist, met with a Christian Orthodox...

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SPJ follows through and retires Helen Thomas award

As I mentioned last week, the Society of Professional Journalists officially decided to retire their Helen Thomas Award. From SPJ: INDIANAPOLIS – The board of directors of the Society of Professional Journalists voted Friday to retire the Helen Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award. The vote means the Society will not give out an award for lifetime achievement. The action does not rename the award or remove Thomas’ name. Both the board of directors...

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Ray Hanania says that "Zionism" is a New York City organization

Yet another article by the "moderate" Ray Hanania  shows that his grip on reality is getting more tenuous by the day. Yes, he still denies that Helen Thomas was demanding, in an unguarded moment, that Jews should  "get the hell out of Palestine." And he insists that her comments about "Zionists" owning Congress, the White House, Hollywood and Wall Street" - classic anti-semitic tropes - were about Zionists. (No doubt, hook-nosed "Zionists"...

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Arab leaders continue to support unrepentant anti-semite

The Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee continues to honor Helen Thomas - not in spite of, but because of her anti-Jewish comments that she made in June as well as more recently when she spouted off anti-semitic stereotypes but tried to cover herself by using the word "Zionist." According to Ray Hanania's Twitter feed, referring to Friday night, Phenomenal turnout of 1,000 people at ADC Michigan banquet tonight with the...

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Ray Hanania a bit unclear on the concept of "free speech"

From UPI: Journalist Helen Thomas ripped Wayne State University in Michigan for ending a diversity award in her name, saying the school mocked the First Amendment. The university ended the Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity Award last week after she made controversial remarks in Dearborn, Mich., about what she saw as Zionist control of American institutions. When announcing the end of the annual award, Wayne State said it pulled the prize and "strongly...

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University drops "Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity Award"

From NPR: Wayne State University won't be bestowing any more diversity awards named for Helen Thomas following more controversial remarks by the former dean of the White House press corps. The university pulled the honor, the Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity Award, after the 90-year-old said this week that "Congress, the White House and Hollywood, Wall Street are owned by Zionists. No question, in my opinion." Thomas made those incendiary comments,...

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