Rights advocates are condemning the “sweetheart deal” struck for a former US State Department official for harassing an Egyptian Muslim street vendor over his background, dropping the hate crime charges in exchange for anti-bias training. Weeks into Israel’s war in Gaza, in November, a video of Stuart Seldowitz went viral, showing the former government official, who previously worked for the State Department’s Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs, repeatedly harassing and threatening Mohamed Hussein, 24, a New York City food vendor. “Did you rape your daughter like [Prophet] Mohammed did?”…