Helen Thomas talks Jews and Israel to Playboy

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I knew I’d hit the third rail,” she said in an interview published in the April issue of Playboy. “You cannot say anything about Israel in this country. But I’ve lived with this cause for many years. Everybody knows my feelings that the Palestinians have been shortchanged in every way.

“Sure, the Israelis have a right to exist—but where they were born, not to come and take someone else’s home. I’ve had it up to here with the violations against the Palestinians. Why shouldn’t I say it? I knew exactly what I was doing—I was going for broke. I had reached the point of no return. You finally get fed up.”

When pointedly asked by Playboy contributor David Hochman, who is Jewish, whether she dislikes Jews,