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75. About blood libel from the NYT Kristof article

Tue May 12, 2026, 03:07 PM

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>>“Blood libel” has a specific historical meaning: the medieval antisemitic myth that Jewish people murdered Christian children for use in religious rituals. There is no evidence that this ever happened. It was a murderous fiction used to justify persecution.

But nobody disputes that Israel, a heavily militarised state, deploys violence on a mass scale, or that it has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza alone. Even Israel’s defenders do not deny that. To be absolutely clear: medieval Jews were not murdering children in ritual sacrifice. Israel, a state armed with one of the world’s most advanced militaries, has objectively killed vast numbers of people.

Yet “blood libel” is now routinely deployed to smear anyone who speaks out about Israel’s crimes as antisemitic. Netanyahu has even used the term against political opponents inside Israel itself - including figures who fully supported the genocidal onslaught against Gaza.

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I would like to see verification as well Mossfern Tuesday #11

The dog part sounds odd. RandySF Tuesday #12

Seems very odd to me too Mossfern Tuesday #16

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Why? Mossfern Tuesday #20

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"these people," oof WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #84

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