Blood Libel

Prominent scholars, legal experts among 6,000 signatories to letter rejecting Gaza genocide charge

“The bitter irony is that Israel, home to half the world’s Jews, is the only country to face a sustained war of attempted genocide – from its inception in 1948 until today,” the letter states.

This general view shows the logo of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on January 12, 2024, prior to the hearing of the genocide case against Israel, brought by South Africa.
Protesters carry Palestinian flags near the White House, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 28, 2026

CAM weekly antisemitism report: Demonstration outside Israel’s US embassy descends into blood libel

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk (R) looks on next to Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada al-Nashif during a UN Human Rights Council debate over Israel’s actions on September 16, 2025. PremiumPremium

The blood libel that won't die: How the UN weaponized genocide claims against Israel - analysis

Yaël Perl-Ruiz, Alfred Dreyfus' great grand-daughter

From blood libels to ‘genocide’: Has the Church of England learned from history? - opinion


This week in Jewish history: Blood libels are not new

A highly abridged weekly version of the daily Dust & Stars.

The Simon of Trent blood libel: Illustration in Hartmann Schedel’s Weltchronik, 1493

Shmuley Boteach and daughter file complaint to FBI against Candace Owens - Exclusive

The complainant accused her of making dangerous antisemitic remarks, including falsely claiming that he and his daughter were trying to kill her.

 Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, of the World Values Network, speaks at a Support Israel Rally in response to demonstrators protesting in support of Palestinians, New York City, US, May 13, 2024. Conservative talk show host Candace Owens speaks during at the CPAC, Florida, US February 25, 2022

NGO watchdog organization calls out double standard by Human Rights Watch Oct. 7 report

Their report comes nine months after Hamas ravaged Israeli communities, killing more than 1,200 and taking more than 250 people hostage.

 The Nova Massacre Scene

The Lancet libel: Lies masquerading as medical research - opinion

The Lancet once again allowed disinformation to spread on what is considered a “well-respected magazine” with a readership of 36 million people.

 FRANCESCA ALBANESE, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends an event in Geneva, earlier this year. Even Albanese quoted a piece published in ‘The Lancet.’

‘We don’t want to engage with you people’: UK political candidate hounded at mosque over Gaza war

The political candidate was invited to speak at the mosque, where worshippers told him “We don’t want to engage with you people, we don’t want to engage with you justifiers of child killers.”

Rabbi Arnold Saunders.

Experts: ICC, UN blamed Israel for a famine that never happened in Gaza - exclusive

Columbia University professors: "We found that the food supply entering Gaza is more than sufficient to feed all 2.2 million Gazans."

Trucks deliver humanitarian aid over a temporary pier on the Gaza coast, May 18, 2024

A conspiracy of silence, a blood libel against Jewish nationhood - opinion

The latest decisions by the ICJ and ICC highlight a continuous trend throughout human history where Jewish plight is met with silence, and Jewish response is met with blood libel.

Giuseppe Alberti, Alleged martyrdom of Simonino da Trento, 1677, oil on canvas, Trento, Castello del Buonconsiglio. Provincial monuments and collections.

Blood Libels of today's generation - analysis

‘Genocide,’ ‘apartheid,’ and ‘colonialism’ are but modern blood libels aiming to strip Jews and Israelis of their humanity and declare open season against them.

The Simon of Trent blood libel: Illustration in Hartmann Schedel’s Weltchronik, 1493

S. African politician: Close 'devil' Jewish school, Zionists kill with GMO products

Premiership candidate Mehmet Vefa Dag took to multiple social media platforms to spread his antisemitic rhetoric-filled campaign messages.

Protestors call for the severing of diplomatic ties with Israel during a march in Cape Town, South Africa.

Sen. Merkley invokes Easter to condemn 'indiscriminate bombing of Gaza,’ drawing condemnations

Michal Cotler-Wunsh, a former centrist lawmaker who serves as Israel’s antisemitism envoy, wrote in a post on X that invoking the holiday to slam Israel’s military action was a blood libel.

Sen. Jeff Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, speaks at a press conference on the introduction of the Senate ETHICS Act outside of the U.S. Capitol Building, April 18, 2023.