Articles tagged with "blood libels"

    Canadian Government’s Fig Leaf of Anti-Semitism

    Submitted by: MarilynLeff, September 15th, 2009 Topic: Education Forums

    Advancing a Right-wing Foreign-Policy Agenda

    Which Canadians suffer more discrimination: Those of African descent, Muslims, Latin Americans, South Asians, East Asians, Arabs, First Nations or Jews?

    The Refusal to Recognize Anti Semitism

    Submitted by: Honeyleft, September 2nd, 2009 Topic: Community Forums

    Blood libels against Jews have been with us from time immemorial. Last week, one occurred in a Swedish tabloid, Aftonbladet, where it was falsely claimed that Israeli troops were murdering Palestinians and harvesting their organs. Rejecting Israeli calls for official condemnation, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt retorted that freedom of expression had to be protected and that he lacked time to edit "all strange debate contributions [emphasis added]."