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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/03/eu-official-antisemitism-middle-east-peace-talks
EU Official Apologizes after Blaming Jews for Blocking Mideast Peace Talks
(Guardian-UK) Ian Traynor - EU trade commissioner Karel de Gucht told a Belgian radio station last week that there was little point in engaging in rational argument with Jews and suggested that the latest Middle East peace talks were doomed because of the power of the Jewish lobby in Washington. "It is not easy to have, even with moderate Jews, a rational discussion about what is actually happening in the Middle East," he said. De Gucht, who negotiates for Europe on trade with the rest of the world, and is one of the most powerful officials in Brussels, was forced Friday to issue a statement declaring that the views he expressed were personal.