Blood Libel

Deir Yassin and the birth of the anti-Israel blood libel

The battle at Deir Yassin was turned into a fabricated “massacre," helping launch a strategy of demonization that is still used against Israel today. Opinion.

3-part series: The Big Lie as Blood Libel:

Part 2: The weaponization of “International Law"

“Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it." Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951). Op-ed.

3 Part Series: The Big Lie as Blood Libel

Part 1: “The Palestinian People" is neither

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Questions sur les miracles, Voltaire (1765). The pattern is constant: invent a lie, claim fear, commit atrocities.

'Blood libel'

Jeremy Corbyn shares unfounded Gaza organ harvesting claims

Former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused of spreading a "wild blood libel" after claiming that the IDF harvested organs from dead Palestinian Arab women’s bodies.

Public exhibit in Turkey features motifs of blood libel

The Movement to Combat Antisemitism says the exhibit reproduces motifs of historical accusations attributed to Jews over the centuries.

Jewish groups criticize:

Antisemitic blood libel display at Union Station in DC

Jewish groups condemn a grotesque anti-Israel protest at Union Station in DC which echoed an ages-old antisemitic blood libel. The display featured fake blood, organs, and leaders portrayed as drinking Gazans’ blood.

British university bans lecturer over blood libel claims

University College London reports lecturer Samar Maqusi to police and bans her from campus over a lecture reviving blood libel and antisemitic tropes.

Prof. Phyllis Chesler:

The Blood Libel gathers monstrous proportions

There is no Genocide in Gaza, but the truth no longer matters. Such lies have always, always led to the isolation, persecution, and then, to the massacre of Jews. Opinion.

The 'Settler' Blood Libel:

How Taybeh became a case study in manufactured outrage

Israel is falsely accused of targeting Christians while being attacked for defending the Druze minority in Syria. So what else is new?

Melanie Phillips:

Blood on their hands

Horrifyingly, antisemitism has become a moral obligation for liberals. Opinion.

The Damascus Affair:

Blood, Lies, and the Birth of Modern Jewish Solidarity

So much has changed, yet so much of it seems so familiar... The crisis demonstrated that despite progress toward emancipation in Western Europe, ancient prejudices remained potent.

Do not forget:

The first antisemitic "Fake News" of the Modern Era was in Syria

The Damascus Blood Libel began in Adar of 1840 and is a prototype for the way fake news about the Jews spreads like wildfire leaving wasteland in its wake. Op-ed.

ADL head:

Ilhan Omar's claim Jewish students 'pro-genocide' a blood libel

Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO Jonathan Greenblatt condemns Squad member's claim Jewish students shouldn't face antisemitism even if they are 'pro-genocide.'

The triumph of the blood libel

We’re seeing lots and lots of it these days. It’s worth recalling what a blood libel really is. Op-ed.

The scapegoating of Israel

Humanitarian aid has become the blood libel of the day as wiith breathtaking arrogance and malice, Cameron presumed to dictate to Israel how to conduct this desperate war for its survival. Biden is the same. Opinion.

South Africa's blood libel against Israel

Israel's army of Jewish soldiers is well aware of what genocide means because the Jewish People suffered a real genocide at the hands of the Nazis. There were no international aid organizations and shipments to relieve the suffering and hunger of Jews as they were shipped off to death camps. Op-ed.

Samaria council head:

Govt. must refute 'settler violence' blood libel

Chairman of the Samaria Council appealed to the Head of the Central Command and IDF Spokesperson to publish the documents showing a decrease in Jewish nationalistic crime.

Rabbi accuses BBC of blood libel in Bennett interview

Europan Jewish Association chairman Rabbi Menachem Margolin reacts to BBC interviewer's claim Israelis 'are happy to kill children.'

City with history of antisemitism may get Jewish heritage center

The British town where the antisemitic blood libel theory was born could get a Jewish heritage center.

Norwich mayor apologizes for 12th century pogrom

Mayor of English city issues apology for medieval blood libel that led to the deaths of 17 Jews.

Passover and the Blood Libel

The libel exists in the US in a different form, preached by people like Obama lying that the IDF targets kids, Louis Farrakhan, and others.

Op-ed:

The blood libel pedigree common to Internat'l Law professors

Because of the "occupation" lie, the world gives Arab terrorists a pass for murdering Jews, like the two young Israelis shot today. Op-ed.

CNN slammed for blood libel cartoon with antisemitic tropes

CNN facing major criticism for publishing cartoon depicting Jewish family celebrating Passover surrounded by sea of blood.

Netflix hosts film depicting IDF as bloodthirsty murderers

Itamar Ben-Gvir demands Foreign Ministry act with Jordanian film showing IDF soldiers murdering a baby set to premiere on Netflix.

Israel can’t ever be innocent

The creed of international policing insists that Jews are always to blame. Op-ed.

Ukrainian Jews call for arrest of ex-politician for blood libel

Ukrainian Jewish org calls for ex-Kyiv city councilor to be arrested for spreading blood libel in social media post.

Watch: 'Palestinian Apartheid Week' on US campuses

'Imagine Jews defending themselves from the blood libel by claiming Christian blood in matzos was kosher,' says one campus activist.

Leo Frank blood libel artifacts to be auctioned in Jerusalem

Leo Frank was lynched by a mob in Atlanta after being falsely accused of murdering a teenage girl in 1913.

Iran airs lecture by official claiming Hitler had Jewish origins

In International Quds Day speech official also claims Israel harvests organs of abducted Muslim children for rich Westerners.

Op-ed:

Pseudo-scholars promoting the malevolence of Israel and Jews

Academia’s contemporary blood libel. There is no more accurate way to describe the vicious and ugly tropes. Opinion.

The season of Blood Libel

The myth was revived by Hitler and persists today in places like Russia, some of the Muslim world, and in the US in a different form..Op-ed.

Former Dutch PM accuses Jews of poisoning Arabs

Dries van Agt accused of antisemitism, spreading a blood libe; after stating that Jewish settlers poison Arab neighbors.

UK college student given course material featuring ‘blood libel’

Student at a French campus of the University of London speaks out after experiencing anti-Semitism on campus.

PA official: Israeli merchants 'sell' terrorists' organs

Senior PA official rehashes the blood harvesting libel in an official TV presentation.

BBC removes journalist who tweeted "Hitler was right"

Tweet from 2014 also said Israel was worse than the Nazis and told the IDF to "go to hell."

Polish university defends lecturer’s anti-Semitic blood libel

Lecturer who accused Jews of ritual murders won't be punished, with university saying anti-Jewish claims are part of 'scientific discourse'.

Toronto bus shelter vandalized with anti-Semitic poster

Investigation underway after bus shelter in Toronto vandalized with poster promoting anti-Semitic blood libel.

Brazilian political party leader says Jews ‘sacrificed children’

Labor Party chairman Roberto Jefferson accuses Jews of child sacrifice to 'Satanic deity' Baal.

Israel, the Palestinians and the COVID-19 vaccine

The current wave of criticism of the Jewish state is based on patently false claims and has the nature of a literal blood libel. Op-ed.

Arabic paper in Canada claims Israelis bury Palestinians alive

Modern-day blood libel in Canada: Jews bury Muslims alive and steal their organs.

British school to change logo referencing blood libel

St. Hugh's School promises to change logo to remove reference to 'Little Saint Hugh' anti-Semitic blood libel.

The resurrection of the Blood Libel - by pseudo-scholars

Egyptian scholar says ‘extremist’ Jews use blood to make matzah

Hebrew scholar working in Saudi Arabia spreads blood libel on Egyptian radio.

Arab professor spouts blood libel at Columbia University

Hebrew U prof claims Israel carries out arms tests on Arab neighborhoods during lecture at Columbia.

Episcopal bishop apologizes for false stories about Israel

Episcopal Church apologizes after Massachusetts clergyman shares fake stories about Israeli atrocities.

Labour official admits to Facebook post saying Jews drink blood

British lawmaker admits to sharing post saying it is a Jewish ritual to drink blood after suspension from Labour party

NYT columnist compares Trump immigration talk to 'blood libel'

Krugman: 'There is no immigration crisis; there is no crisis of immigrant crime.'

Former Hamas official says Jews make Hamentashen out of blood

Former senior Hamas official echoes classic anti-Semitic canard, claims that Jews bake non-Jewish blood into popular Purim pastry.

Al Jazeera dredges up Ukrainian blood libel

Network reports on Ukrainian woman claiming she killed children during her IDF service - even though her story was already debunked in 2013.

Newest blood libel: Jews steal chickens for Yom Kippur

French cops 'warn' farmers of theft of sacrificial animals ahead of Yom Kippur.

Bennett: Arab MKs guilty of blood libel against Jews

Education Minister accuses Arab MKs of lying to incite Arab population against Jews over Temple Mount.

Russian lawmaker accuses Jews of boiling Christians in cauldrons

Pro-Kremlin lawmaker claims ancestors of Jews boiled Christians in cauldrons and fed them to wild animals.

Belgian newspaper urges condemnation of Abbas 'blood libel'

Jewish newspaper from Belgium urging European leaders to condemn PA chairman's accusation that rabbis poisoned Palestinian wells.

Canada blasts Abbas's blood libel accusations against Israel

Canada lodges formal complaint with the PA after Abbas accused rabbis of poisoning Palestinian water.

Inside the PA's anti-Semitic propaganda machine

How the Palestinian Authority creates, inflates, and broadcasts outrageous anti-Jewish canards.

Palestinian Authority resurrects poisoned well blood libel

PA fabricates call by Israeli rabbi allegedly calling on 'settlers' to poison Arab water - then uses it to call for international sanctions.

Hamas: Jews execute Palestinians as part of 'religious rituals'

Hamas newspaper claims Purim rituals involve murdering Palestinians, complete with rabbinic blessing.

US professor: Israel assassinates teens, harvests organs

Prof gives lecture at Vassar, claims that Israel assassinates teens, harvests organs, and keeps Arabs undernourished.

Hamas: Jews kill Palestinian children for their blood

Senior Hamas leader in Gaza revives ancient blood libel claim on live television, claims Israelis kill Palestinians to make matzah.

Blood-Libel: Israel Accused of 'Stealing' Arab Children's Organs

ADL condemns as 'outrageous and incendiary' Palestinian activist's accusation that Israeli gov't harvesting Arab children's organs.