Obama Appointed Ambassador Says Israel At Fault for Muslim Anti-Semitism
by: warner todd huston | published: 12 08, 2011
Since he ascended from nothing to the office of President of the United States, Obama has shown a disdain for most of our western allies that borders on hatred. But he's reserved his most backhanded treatment to Israel. It isn't just what he's done to show Israel that he has no use for them, but it goes all the way down to his every last appointment and this week we see another reminder of that in the comments belched forth by Obama's U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, Howard Gutman, who basically said that anti-Semitism perpetrated by Muslims is really all Israel's fault.
As Jake Tapper (one of the few real reporters in Washington) reported on Sunday, Gutman made his remarks at a conference on anti-Semitism organized by the European Jewish Union on Dec. 2.
At the conference Gutman said, "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 imagined that tensions between Muslims and Israel is one, "largely born of and reflecting the tension between Israel, the Palestinian Territories and neighboring Arab states in the Middle East over the continuing Israeli-Palestinian problem."
Gutman said that “throughout the Muslim communities that I visit, and indeed throughout Europe, there is significant anger and resentment and, yes, perhaps sometimes hatred and indeed sometimes and 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…every new settlement announced in Israel, every rocket shot over a border or suicide bomber on a bus, and every retaliatory military strike exacerbates the problem and provides a setback here in Europe for those fighting hatred and bigotry here in Europe.”
What is all this if not a way to blame the Jews for Muslim anti-Semitism?
Naturally, many in Israel are not happy. In fact, one of the speakers that followed Gutman's disastrous comments denounced him right there on stage,a s well he should, according to Tapper's report.
But Gutman's blaming of the Jews for everything that befalls them -- akin to blaming the woman for being raped, in my opinion -- fits in nicely with Obama's attitude against Israel. It also fits in with most of his appointees to the Middle East. Some of his past appointees were Susan Power -- a woman that said we should be giving military aid to the Palestinians -- and Robert Malley -- a man that has close working ties to Hamas.
So, it just shouldn't surprise that yet another Obama team member is blaming the Jews for radical Muslim terror and hatred.
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