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Everybody is in the pocket of the Israeli lobbies.

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Helen Thomas
Age: 92 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 4
Died: 2013
Died: July 20
Author
Journalist
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Winchester
Kentucky
Helen Amelia Thomas
Everybody
Lobbies
Pocket
Israeli
Pockets

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