Thomas announced in June 2010 that she was retiring from Hearst, effective immediately, after comments she made about Israel and the Palestinians, including that Israel should „get the hell out of Palestine“ (..)

In 2009 she asked President Barack Obama, „When are you going to get out of Afghanistan? Why are we continuing to kill and die there? What is the real excuse and don‘t give us this Bushism ‚If we don‘t go there, they‘ll all come here.'“