An ambassador smeared

[leprofessional]

An ambassador smeared
Obama's man in Belgium faces calls for his firing after factual remarks on Israel and anti-Semitism
Source: Salon
BY Justin Elliott

Comments

[rosicrucian]

The Jews will make aliyah en masse to Israel and rebuild the Temple. That's the jist of it.

[rosicrucian]

I'm interested to see where this post ends up heading...

[sesmo]

So far I'm pleasantly surprised at the comments here. Hopefully it stays analytical and rational.

[dangerousdame]

+1

[hashishinahooka]

Right! Considering that it used to be sport in Europe to go burn to Jewish villages, I wouldn't call it a small sector.

[hashishinahooka]

I also will find way more white non-jewish USians more willing to talk about Israel's crimes against humanity and war/imperialism than the US's (with full accountability) which I always find very suspect in liberal circles.

Really? That's depressing. The same people I know who refuse to believe that the US can do any wrong are the same people who believe Israel can do no wrong.

[dangerousdame]

I don't know if it warrants firing, but I am made very uncomfortable by those remarks. There are ways of talking about the conflict without dismissing antisemitism.

[milleniumrex]

Gutman is Jewish, so that sort of puts it in a different light for me. I feel like he's trying to overrationalize something that's never been rational. Anti-semites have had shifting rationales for thousands of years, and for a lot of them - the really hardcore ones, who actually think it's okay to attack or harass Jews - the Mideast conflict is just another one.

I'm not going to go nuts and call for him to be fired or anything, but I agree - his comments aren't helpful. I haven't seen a real distinction between Jew-haters based on their motivation.