In Berlin we have a similar simple minded representative. Obama's ambassadors 'bought' their positions. The more they offered, the better the posting: London, Berlin, Paris,.... I am sure Bruxelles was a bargain. Well-trained professional staff would never mouth such words or statements. Ezer, Cairo

There are more Semetic Arabs in this world then there are Semetic Jews. Arabic is the most commonly spoken Semetic language compared to Hebrew. Palestinians are more Semetic than the Zionists with European blood. So calling an Arab anti-Semetic is an absolute joke. But I'm not surprised, I see the word "self hating Jew" use so much on Ynet comments lol - سلام :)

The word "anti-Semitic" was coined in the 19th century to refer to anti-Jewish hatred and was never intended or used to refer to anti-Arab hatred. Arabs indeed can be anti-Semitic. And they are.

How about nominating this world-class putz aka Gutman along with his fellow J-Streeters for a "Revisionist Antisemites of the Year" award? They all have reached, without exceptions, at least yeoman-level (or even higher) for their incessant attacks on Jews and Israel and should be recognized for their unstinting and unrelenting contributions to global antisemitism. Even a Nobel could be in the cards for them so these relative newcomers would be able to join the hallowed ranks of such "Israel/Jew-hating" luminaries such as Arafat, Carter, BHO, Tutu et al. As to Peres and his ilk (Gutman?), the best one could wish for them would be that they earn without any delays the privilege of having kaddish recited on their behalf...which would be a great honor considering the ongoing damage they are inflicting on Jews and Israel.

There was?! Whoops, there goes that theory.

Care to point out the "wisdom" of invading the British Embassy compounds in Iran? You are the last person on the face of the earth to lecture ANYONE about wisdom. Can't wait to read your pearls of "wisdom," though. Please don't make us wait too long.

Jews had "lived UNDER Moslems" for centuries, and in certain areas under poor conditions. Ambassador read of the Almohads, the persecutions of Yemen, and Persia in old times. Israel, and Jew hatred is the result of Islamic prejudice, not the cause of it.

Obummer should be tossed out on his Ass now. Why wait another year for him to make his last devastating blow againt the peaceful and harmless Jewish people who always mind their own business? Give me a Jew anyday to sobs like Obummer! and his arab brothers.

Yes Arabs are Semites, they are the children of Ishmael, Abraham's illegitimate bastard son, who was kicked out of the family and denied any inheritance by Abraham to please his wife Sarah. And that is why the Arabs hate the Jews to this very day because God chose Isaac over Ishmael to inherit Abraham's blessing.

Yet another one way anti semitic street. Needless to say, he would never accept that hatred of Muslims is caused by Muslim violence. Then again, that kind of perception might cause coexistence, the most horrible outcome for the One Muslim State Solution.

oh yeah, Poland 1942!

how can Arabs who speak a semitic language be anti-semitic? easy! they hate Jews.

It is quite unfortunate that some US diplomats are not students of history or they are delibrately carrying out the policy of the devil. How can an ambassador open his mouth and blame the Israelis policies in Palestine as the cause of hate from Arabs/Muslims? Was the state of Israel existing when the Jerusalem Imam/Mullah assisted Hitler in WW 11 with a Muslims' SS/Gestapo units during the holocaust?

Gutman is at best an ignoramus. The Arab opposition to Israel is based on religion, namely, that the Muslims hate Jews and hate Israel because it is a Jewish state.

Sorry to have to repeat this for the hundredth time, but I'll do it as long as you keep trotting out the denials. The adjective "antisemitic" was coined by the 19th century German propagandist Wilhelm Marr as a deliberate means of obfuscating "Judenhass" - Jew-hatred (of which he had an abundance). In other words, he INTENDED it to specifically mean hatred of JEWS, not hatred of Jews and Arabs. Check the Wikipedia entry for "Wilhelm Marr" if you dare.

#65 - you obviously have no idea of the facts; anti Jewish pogroms occurred in the middle east in 20s and 30s and Arabs wiped out entire Jewish communities. Hundreds of men women and children were murdered. The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Mohammad Amin, Al-Hussayni was a Nazi collaborator and raised a Muslim division to fight alongside the Nazi SS. This was a quid quo pro for Nazi mobile killing units with "gas" vans for murdering Jews riding along with Rommel and the Afrika Corps. Learn your facts before making such stupid statements.

Despite what you say, Arabs are in fact Semites. Not all Jews are Semites. All Arabs are Semitic. German Jews are not Semites. Secondly, the term "anti-Semitism" is just that, propaganda. But despite the propaganda meaning, Arabs being Semitic themselves we can't be anti-Semitic. Sorry to burst your bubble - سلام :)

Obama is perpetrating anti-semitism. Most Americans know this. We're going to replace him next year. Please be patient and do not support him.

He must be ignorant to think that Muslim Antisemitism started in 1948 or 1967. All you need to do is look into the history of Israel and see it and also in the Muslim countries.

Hey, tribesmen, are you gonna pay for my child's health insurance and unemployment benefits if Obama loses next election. 'Cause your Republican friends who fetishize Israel sure won't. So, get your schnozz out of my cabbage patch and take care of your your own kakers in the governement. The above nonwithstanding, the ambassador is obviously a schmuck, and so is this old poiltical macher, Panetta.

Muslims will stop hating us when we kiss their feet and are subservient to them. Personally I'd rather they kept on hating us to be honest...

Career state department are slightly less stupid.

Complete hogwash! He falls into the Obama appeasement camp - a group who know nothing about the true roots of the conflict and spew out inane, empty rationalizations.

"Earlier, Gutman also presented participants with a short video clip showing him received with warm applause at a Muslim school in Brussels. While he did not mention what prompted the warm reception, his message was that this is the kind of welcome given to a Jew who supports President Obama’s policy of openness to Islam." What he means to say but did not have the guts, is that they applauded a Jew who tells mozlems that Jews should give up Israel to them!! And afterwards, all lie down and die!!

Felt like I was walking through digital Bedlam reading through the talkbacks. Relieved to be a goyim & infidel.

there was always a reason the jew was hated, this goes back 1000's of years, terrorists always have excuses

It is not Israel's insistence that it has the right to exist as an independent/sovereign Hebrew/Israelite/Israeli/Judean/Jewish ethnic nation state within defensible borders and with an overwhelming Jewish demographic majority - the birthplace and ancient and original and historical homeland of the Jewish people - a land of 4000 years of Jewish history - a land called ISRAEL which we defend against Pan-Arabism, Arab imperialism and Arabization of the Middle East - that is the so called "problem". The real problem is global Arab/Moslem insistence to spread hate, violence, wars, terrorism, lies, false accusations against Jews and reducing Jews to subhumans or second class citizens - slaves or servants - without any human rights, civil rights or national rights whatsoever. We Jews never opted for this Arab-Israeli conflict - Arab/Moslem anti-Semites have forced this conflict upon us. Anti-Semitism does not spring from Israel's treatment of the "Palestinians" (no "Palestinian" people has ever existed in recorded human history. They are multi-ethnic Arab speaking Moslems without history in Israel or the Middle East. The Arabs are hostile, armed and aggressive foreigners in our land.). It is anti-Semitism that caused the broader Arab-Israeli conflict which includes the so called "Palestinians". The Arab-Israeli conflict did not produce anti-Semitism - it is anti-Semitism that produced the Arab-Israeli conflict. What is the Arab-Israeli conflict about? Arab Jew hatred and Arab refusal to recognize our right to live and exist - they want to kill us and take our land through falsification of history and through terrorism and blackmail and threats. The Arab-Israeli conflict is about ANTI-SEMITISM/JEW HATRED. And what produced Arab/Moslem anti-Semitism? One word: Islam. Moslem anti-Semitism has existed for 1400 years.