ISRAEL: The Blood Libel
"Israel scorns 'anti-semitic little Belgium'. Furious backlash after court rules against Sharon: Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's foreign minister, summoned the Belgian ambassador yesterday and told him that the action of
the court was equivalent to a "blood libel" against the Jewish people. He also asked the Israeli ambassador to Belgium to
return for consultations. Israel's attack on Belgium is the latest dispute between Israel and Europe. In January, Mr Sharon
said the EU had no relevance in proposed peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. He also undermined a
conference organised by the UK government on reform in the Palestinian Authority. Mr Netanyahu told the ambassador:
"Israel will not accept another blood libel against the Jewish nation. "It's an outrageous decision and it reminds us of 'Old
Europe', and all its sicknesses."
RH: Who invented the expression "Old Europe"?
Ronald Hilton - 2/14/03
Christopher Jones says "Phyllis Gardner will probably shake her head at my "racism" but nevertheless I forward this very
interesting article which perfectly illustrates the Likud mentality. I had heard of the "blood libel" when I was a child in
Catholic Sunday school and thought it was forgotten. It seems to be very much alive". For the text of the article, see
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4605375,00.html. Here is an extract:
Israel accused Belgium of anti-semitism yesterday following a court decision which could lead to the prosecution of Ariel
Sharon, the Israeli prime minister. The Belgian supreme court ruled that Israeli military commanders could be prosecuted
for complicity in the massacre of 800 Palestinians in Lebanon in 1982.
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