アクト・フォー・イスラエルよりのメール：反ユダヤ主義に抗議を

アクト・フォー・イスラエルというアメリカのユダヤ系市民団体が、１２月７日にメーリング・リストよりアメリカのハワード・ガットマン駐ベルギー大使の問題発言を伝えてきました。ガットマン大使はイスラム教徒の間で反ユダヤ主義が広まるのはイスラエルの過剰防衛によるものだと述べ、ヨーロッパには「古い」反ユダヤ主義はもはや存在しないと主張しました。

こうした侮辱と人種差別に満ちた発言への抗議として、以下のメッセージをこちらのリンク先に添付し、ヒラリー・クリントン国務長官に送信して下さい。皆様のご協力を宜しくお願いいたします。

Dear Secretary Clinton,

I am writing to you today to express my dismay at Ambassador Gutman’s recent remarks legitimizing Muslim anti-Semitism and minimizing all other forms of anti-Semitism. It is wholly unbefitting of a representative of the US government to express such ill-conceived and erroneous views in an official setting.

Racism, including anti-Semitism, is never the fault of the person being discriminated against and always an indication of the immorality of those who are discriminating. It is troubling that Amb. Gutman, as an official representative of the US Government and your prestigious and good intentioned State Department, fails to understand this basic truth and uses his position to promote his misguided views.

In order to maintain the prestige of the State Department which you have successfully lead and to maintain American principles of tolerance and goodwill it is essential that you work to ensure that Amb. Gutman’s can no longer make use of the State Department’s good name to espouse hurtful messages. It is not in America’s interests to have an ambassador with such premature notions of racism and demand that you immediately remove Amb. Gutman from his post.