Amidst reports that Saudi Arabia is seeking peace with Israel, an article in the Saudi government daily Al-Riyadh shows that extreme anti-Semitism in the Saudi kingdom is still standard fare. The article, translated by Middle East Media Research institute (MEMRI), is written by Dr. Umayma Ahmad Al-Jalahma of King Feisal University, who graphically accuses Jews of using the blood of non-Jewish teenagers for their Purim Hamantashen (pastries) and Passover matzahs. The blood libel appeared in the Saudi paper in two parts, on March 10 and 12. It can be read in full at ; here are excerpts:
\"During this holiday [Purim], the Jew must prepare very special pastries, the filling of which is not only costly and rare - it cannot be found at all on the local and international markets... the Jewish people must obtain human blood so that their clerics can prepare the holiday pastries. ... the victim must be a mature adolescent who is, of course, a non-Jew - that is, a Christian or a Muslim. His blood is taken and dried into granules. The cleric blends these granules into the pastry dough... Let us now examine how the victims\' blood is spilled. For this, a needle-studded barrel is used… [These needles] pierce the victim\'s body, from the moment he is placed in the barrel… Thus, the victim suffers dreadful torment - torment that affords the Jewish vampires great delight as they carefully monitor every detail of the blood-shedding with pleasure and love that are difficult to comprehend... This blood is very carefully collected - as I have already noted - by the \'rabbi,\' the Jewish cleric, the chef who specializes in preparing these kinds of pastries...\"
\"During this holiday [Purim], the Jew must prepare very special pastries, the filling of which is not only costly and rare - it cannot be found at all on the local and international markets... the Jewish people must obtain human blood so that their clerics can prepare the holiday pastries. ... the victim must be a mature adolescent who is, of course, a non-Jew - that is, a Christian or a Muslim. His blood is taken and dried into granules. The cleric blends these granules into the pastry dough... Let us now examine how the victims\' blood is spilled. For this, a needle-studded barrel is used… [These needles] pierce the victim\'s body, from the moment he is placed in the barrel… Thus, the victim suffers dreadful torment - torment that affords the Jewish vampires great delight as they carefully monitor every detail of the blood-shedding with pleasure and love that are difficult to comprehend... This blood is very carefully collected - as I have already noted - by the \'rabbi,\' the Jewish cleric, the chef who specializes in preparing these kinds of pastries...\"