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Apparently Muslim antisemitism is Israel's fault, or all Jews' or something like that. The US ambassador to Belgium made these comments recently to other Jews at a closed door meeting in Europe:

http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/201...-semitism.html

A distinction should be made between traditional anti-Semitism, which should be condemned and Muslim hatred for Jews, which stems from the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, Gutman said. He also argued that an Israeli-Palestinian peace treaty will significantly diminish Muslim anti-Semitism.


ECI has called for his firing:
http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/201...istration.html

"For example: as reported in the Israeli press, the U.S. ambassador to Belgium, Howard Gutman -- a top Obama fundraiser in 2008 -- told a conference in Brussels this week that Muslim anti-Semitism 'stems from the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.' Pardon us for retaining our belief that Muslim anti-Semitism in the Middle East predates 1967, and even 1948 -- and in any case is the fault of the anti-Semites, not of the Jews.


SWC has called for his firing:
http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/201...-calls-on.html

"The Simon Wieaenthal Center calls on Secy of State Clinton to immediately rebuke Gutman for excusing Muslim hatred of Jews"' said Rabbis Marvin Hier, Dean and Founder and Abraham Cooper, associate Dean in a statement on behalf of its 400,000 constituent families of the leading Jewish Human Rights NGO.

Other voices in protest:
http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/201...d-to-fire.html
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/201...mitism-is.html

This follows on the heels of Panetta essentially saying the same thing:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/...st_610962.html
http://www.yourish.com/2011/12/03/15401
When last we saw Panetta he was paying a ransom for a kidnapped American in Egypt with a new tranche of F-16's and a billion dollars in M1A1 tank upgrades.