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Monday, April 18, 2011

Anti-Israeli rally planned in US http://english.iribnews.ir/NewsBody.aspx?ID=13468

Renowned American author and veteran journalist Helen Thomas is set to head a mass protest during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the United States, according to PressTV. Netanyahu is expected to travel to Washington for the annual policy meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in May 21-24. Over 50 major peace groups are now organizing a gathering to protest against the Israeli lobby shaping US foreign policy. Thomas, whose couragous call on Israelis to leave Palestine and go back to their original lands led to her departure from the White House press corps last year, is one of the main critics set to address the massive anti-Israeli rally. 

Soon after making the comments, Thomas was forced to retire from Hearst Newspapers. She later reaffirmed her remarks in an interview with Kansas City paper, saying that "I can call a president of the United States anything in the book, but I can't touch Israel, which has Jewish-only roads in the West Bank." Helen Thomas has covered every president since John F. Kennedy and was the first woman reporter to become a member of the White House Correspondents Association. The "Move Over AIPAC” project intends to bring activists and concerned citizens from around the country to learn about the extraordinary influence AIPAC has on the US policy. According to official data, Israel receives about USD 3 billion from the US in direct each year, which is roughly one-fifth of America's foreign aid budget. 

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