Obama's Ambassador to Belgium blames Israel for Islamic antisemitism

Posted by Robert on December 5, 2011 2:54 AM

Of course. It was the Mossad that managed to insert into the Qur'an the idea that the Jews were the worst enemies of the Muslims (5:82).

And what a surprise that Barack Obama, who has never met an antisemite he didn't like, would be associated with yet another anti-Israel, pro-jihad, self-hating Jew. Obama's many antisemitic associations are detailed in [1] The Post-American Presidency.

"Obama Ambassador Under Fire For Blaming Israel For Muslim Anti-Semitism," from [2] Fox News, December 4 (thanks to all who sent this in):

Republicans are urging President Obama to reconsider his ambassador to Belgium after the ambassador told a conference in Europe that Israel is causing a new and understandable strain of anti-Semitism among Muslims in Europe, altogether separate from traditional hatred of Jews.

Speaking to the European Jewish Union and an association of Jewish lawyers in Brussels, Ambassador Howard Gutman said a distinction should be made between traditional anti-Semitism, which is the purview of people who hate everyone and not just Jews, and Arab and Muslim hatred for Jews, which can be explained by an inability to reach a two-state solution in Israel.

"There is significant anger and resentment and, yes, perhaps sometimes hatred and indeed sometimes an all too growing intimidation and violence directed at Jews generally as a result of the continuing tensions between Israel and the Palestinian territories and other Arab neighbors in the Middle East," Gutman told the group, according to a transcript of his remarks published in the European Jewish Press.

Gutman, who is Jewish and described how his father survived the Nazi occupation of Poland, also shared a video of himself receiving a warm welcome at a Muslim school in Brussels, and said it showed proof that Muslims are not anti-Semitic in general....

Gutman, who was a bundler for Obama in 2008 and raised $500,000, later reportedly said he regretted that his Nov. 30 remarks were misinterpreted.

Misinterpreted. Of course. They always are. No Leftist antisemite and no Islamic supremacist has ever made a statement that has been properly interpreted, just as no non-Muslim has ever quoted the Qur'an in context.


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/12/obamas-ambassador-to-belgium-blames-israel-for-islamic-antisemitism.html

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