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It takes a Jew (US Diplomat)…to blame Jew Hatred on Jewish State
How many non-Jews would dare to raise the outrageous charge that it is the fault of the Jewish State, Israel, that Muslims hate Jews? And yet, perhaps if uttered by a Jew the hope is that it might gain some traction.
When the US Ambassador to Belgium, Howard Gutman, (a Jewish name, a Jewish face…) said at a conference in Brussels this week that “Muslim anti-Semitism ‘stems from the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians,” we have to wonder whether that was an official statement of this US administration.
Because if it were not, this administration must fire Mr. Gutman for his calumny of the Jewish State. And if Gutman is merely representing the position of his employer, this US administration, then we must ask every voter in America whether that represents their views. Already the Emergency Committee for Israel has, in no uncertain terms, condemned Gutman’s remarks and called for his dismissal, as has the Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Z STREET is adding its voice to the call. As any casual student of the Middle East surely knows, Muslim hatred of Jews far precedes the rebirth of the Jewish State in 1948, and in fact dates all the way back to the time of Mohammed, the father of Islam. How Gutman could be so undiplomatic is hard to fathom. Whether this Administration allows Gutman to continue playing diplomat is worth asking. If you don’t think it should, as we don’t, contact President Barack Obama and let him know.
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