Friday, January 31, 2020

Rashida Tlaib, Blood Libels and the Democratic Party

Hanan Ashrawi, a prominent Palestinian official and no stranger to blood libels, retweeted the troll account's mendacious comments adding, "The heart just shatters." She later recanted, noting that the report was unverified.

Blood libels are an affront to humanity and refer to a centuries-old mendacity that Jews murder non-Jews - Muslims and Christians - for ritualistic purposes.

The Hamas charter, which subscribes to the notorious Protocols of the Elders of Zion, is riddled with blood libels.

The PLO's Hanan Ashrawi heads a Western-funded non-governmental organization called Miftah, which has in the past, advanced blood libel hoaxes.

We expect blood libels to emanate from such quarters; after all, the Muslim world is exposed to a steady diet of antisemitism from both official and unofficial mediums.

In light of these sad facts, it did not come as a surprise when Ashrawi tweeted a vile blood libel.

One crucial difference between today's blood libels disseminated by the likes of Tlaib and Ashrawi, and those of yesteryear propagated in Medieval Europe and the Muslim world.

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/01/rashida-tlaib-blood-libels-and-democratic-party-ari-lieberman/

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