Blood libel in Berkeley

This past weekend, a pro-Israeli rally in Berkeley was, not surprisingly, met by pro-Palestinian counter-demonstrators. Photos and video clips are featured here, and this is the most disturbing:

The "blood libel", about Jews allegedly killing non-Jewish children to harvest their blood, has been updated. Now, many in the Middle East believe Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian children to harvest their organs. The Iranians even made a TV mini-series about it. (Of course, the old blood libel is still believed, as well.)

A poor child in Berkeley was drafted, presumably by his parents, to spread that blood libel, and the "progressives" who organized the counter-demonstration didn't understand it or were willing to tolerate it.

Or maybe they believed it, too.

Posted by damian at January 18, 2005 07:46 PM