Posted By  richards on July 25, 2013    
				
				    Helen Thomas, who paved the way for female journalists in    Washington and beyond and retired after saying Jews should get    the hell out of Palestine, died July 20 at her home in    Washington.  
    Thomas, who reported on every U.S. president from John F.    Kennedy to Barack Obama, working mostly for United Press    International, died from what was described as a long illness.    She was 92.  
    She was known for ending many presidential news conferences    with the phrase Thank you, Mr. President.  
    Thomas began as a copy girl at the Washington Daily News before    joining the UPI wire service in 1943. She started out covering    the young Kennedy family, becoming White House Bureau chief in    1974, the first woman in the post.  
    In 2000, she left UPI after it was purchased by News World    Communications, which was founded by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon,    leader of the Unification Church. She was quickly hired as a    Washington-based columnist for the Hearst Corp.  
    At a White House celebration for American Jewish Heritage Month    in May 2010, Thomas was asked on video if she had any comments    on Israel.  
    Tell them to get the hell out of Palestine, Thomas, the    daughter of Lebanese immigrants, told Rabbi David Nesenoff of    RabbiLive.com. Remember, these people are occupied, and its    their land.  
    Nesenoff asked where she thought they should go.  
    Go home, she responded.  
    Asked to elaborate, Thomas said, Poland, Germany, and, after    more prompting by the rabbi, added and America, and everywhere    else.  
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