It is official: it is anti-Semitic to blame Israel

This is not antisemitism,

says Prof. AbuKhalil, he of Angry Arab fame:

"Wednesday, January 11, 2012

It is official: it is anti-Semitic to blame Israel

"In letter to Chilean Ambassador to US, B’nai B’rith International says blaming State of Israel or Jewish people as whole for alleged actions of tourist is 'absolutely unacceptable and irrational.'" (thanks Khelil)"

The story is here:

"B’nai B’rith International has sent a letter to Chilean Ambassador to the United States Arturo Fernandois, expressing “our grave concern over the outburst of anti-Semitic activity that has occurred in Chile after the arrest of a 23-year-old Israeli backpacker, who is suspected of having accidentally ignited the fire of the Torres del Paine National Park.”

B’nai B’rith President Allan J. Jacobs and Executive Vice President Daniel S. Mariaschin wrote, “Undoubtedly, the fire is a national tragedy, and we share the Chileans’ sorrow for this very unfortunate incident. But blaming the State of Israel or he Jewish people as a whole for the ‘alleged’ actions of a tourist is absolutely unacceptable and irrational.

”In the wake of the fire in Chile’s Patagonia region, the outburst of anti-Semitic attacks and charges included outrageous claims made by Chilean politicians.

The vice president of the Christian Democratic Party wrote on his Twitter account, “I bet that the Israeli ‘tourist’ that burned Torres del Paine is one of those sent by his State after killing Palestinian children.”

According to the rationale of AbuKhalil, any hatred expressed for Jews, either in or out of Israel, triggered by the (accidental) act of one Jew, cannot be regarded as antisemitism, as long as someone somewhere somehow has invoked the Palestinians as the victims of Jews.