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Were the attacks in Boulder and D.C. the product of 'blood libel'? Not so fast

JL;DR SUMMARY The article discusses the problematic use of 'blood libel,' an antisemitic myth originating in medieval Europe, by Israeli politicians to describe criticisms and attacks against Israel. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryNetanyahuPalestinian ConflictHistorical ContextViolenceBlood LibelPolitical RhetoricMedia Criticism

Places mentioned

Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"The awful killing of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., a few weeks ago?"
Boulder, Colorado, United States
"The terror attack in Boulder, Colorado, in which a man hoping to kill all Zionist people burned marchers peacefully calling for the release of the hostages in Gaza?"
Fulda, Hesse, Germany
"the small German town of Fulda on Christmas Day in 1235, and came back to find their five sons dead."
Israel
"the product of blood libels against the Jewish state and people, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."
France
"including his political rival Yair Golan and French President Emmanuel Macron, of spreading blood libels."
United Kingdom
"most famously in the case of William of Norwich, an English boy whose killing in 1144 was blamed on local Jews."

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