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Russian blood libel: Jews use children's blood for matzot
Yael Branovsky
Published: 19.03.08, 20:34
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31. #3 Keren
Said ,   London, UK   (03.20.08)
Unfortunately for you, your are deluding yourself. Israel is not central to the world, you just so happen to be in an oil rich region and causing havoc in it. 60% of the world's oil is supplied from this region and thus your presence here automatically grants you a certain status. Had Israel been created in Uganda, no one would have cared. Think about it before you reply: how many conflicts with far higher death tolls are going on in Africa? How much air time do they receive?
32. said#31-Why are we causing havoc in this oil rich region?
Keren ,   Israel-SP   (03.20.08)
33. Said . London . Keren is RIGHT
charles ,   petach tikva   (03.20.08)
Israel has nothing to do with oil , we have'nt any . Yes , Israel is central in the world because of our contribution to the world . You would not have you PC protected without Israelis . The greatest HI Tec companies have R&D facilities here [ to mention only HP , Microsoft and Intel ] Not to forget that Israel has more companies listed at the Nasdaq than any other country exept the USA and maybe Canada . Israel has morte engineers per 10.000 workers than any other . Here are issued more books [ per capita ] as anywhere in the world . And last but not least , everyone here knows that London is in the UK , not necessary to add it .
34. Yes, yes. Jesus was the vampire...as all blood sucking Jooos
val   (03.20.08)
35. It makes sence now
Moishe ,   Golutsk   (03.20.08)
Now I know why my shmura matza had that funny taste
36. Who believes in it?
Damir ,   Russia   (03.20.08)
I thought this libel was forgotten long ago. Some 70 years old anti-semite woke up?
37. LOL!!! Tahl!!!!!!
Yonatan ,   USA   (03.20.08)
38. 2008 and there are STILL so many idiots in the world!?
Ami ,   USA   (03.20.08)
god, it's 2008 and people STILL think jews kill people and use blood for matzot? how stupid can an idea be? XD have you ever SAW a matza?! there is no tiny relation to blood! ...and jews have only 1 god, idiot. learn about them if you're going to hate them. it's funny, all of the jews enemies are such idiots...
39. Talkbacks: Denial and antisemitism
David Turner ,   Richmond, US   (03.20.08)
Coincidental to an article about this throwback to Europe of the Middle Ages reappearing in 21st Century Russia was an article in another webpaper by Abe Foxman. Director of the Anti-Defamation League he warned of countries participation in the upcoming scheduled for next year. The 2001 meeting, misnamed Conference Against Racism concluded with positions both antisemitic and anti-Israel. Foxman noted that France is saying that it will not attend if the conference agenda remains, and Canada has already concluded that the agenda will not be changed so announced it will not attend. The point of Foxman’s article is to suggest that other participants decide to attend or not based on the absence of antisemitism also. How conclude that such an appeal warrants attack as anti-American, yet several Talkbackers did exactly that, suggesting that Foxman go live in Israel! What motivates such blind and heated responses? Are there grounds for Jews to remain alert to antisemitism today, of course. And one need look no further than today’s article in Ynet, Russian blood libel: Jews use children's blood for matzot. That the slander was fairly common throughout Christendom in the past and reappears in the third largest city in 2008 Russia recommends Jews remain alert, sensitive to our situation in the Diaspora. Merely sixty years since Europe nearly accomplished its final solution of its Jewish Problem, Jews are accused of not being patriotic, told to move to Israel for expressing our concerns? Antisemitism in the Diaspora is not something to shrug off! So, if Foxman’s moderate article is not a rational and legitimate target for the violent tone of those Talkbackers what else might explain it? For our Jewish responders Denial of the obvious, that Jews have been for two thousand years targets of violence individually and collectively by our Diaspora neighbors. Germany*s Jews also managed to convince themselves that their country was exceptional, until the obvious became Obvious and it was too late. If our security as Jews living in dispersion is questioned, if we are confronted with the Obvious (and history is provides an obvious warning) and still choose the comfort of the Diaspora over the survival of our children, well that might serve as explanation. For the non-Jewish responder the answer is easier and more obvious: Jewish identity is cause enough to accuse us of disloyalty to our country of birth. Antisemitism is antisemitism and that is explanation enough. What I find puzzling is why persons reflexively anti-Jewish would even read Israeli publications. I, for one, take no interest in the on-line publications of the antisemites, feel no need to provoke them. Perhaps its just that our Talkbackers prefer anonymity rather than expressing themselves in public? That the bluster of their anonymous responses hides the coward behind the bluster?
40. russian blood libel
bachrach Andres ,   kfarsaba   (03.20.08)
And the priesta are silent again END andi mihakfar
41. A RUSSIAN TRUTH 100,00 RUSSIANS RAPED
petra ,   USA   (03.25.08)
GERMAN FEMALES. 25,000 OF THE GERMAN WOMEN COMMITTED SUICIDE. FACTS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE REMEMBERED. RUSSIA IS AN IGNORANT BACKWARDS NATION WHO CAN'T FEED HER OWN KIDS. SHE PERPETUATES THIS CRAP AS SHE IS EXPOSED AS THE PAUPER AND IDIOT SHE IS. THE ONCE HUGE EMPIRE IS NOW A SERIES OF BEGGAR STATES. SHE AND THE ARABS ARE FRIENDS, TELL YOU SOMETHING?
42. petra
j ,   nyc   (03.26.08)
petra i think it's time for the nice nurse to give you your medication. stay away from this internet thing, it will only upset you more! mental illness truly heartbreaking. good luck to you and your family!
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