Thursday, January 29, 2009

Xymphora quotes Israeli students and soccer fans: "Death to the Arabs"

Xymphora writes:
You think it's bad now?
You can start to have an inkling of where the idea of the 'blood libel' came from (my emphasis in red):


"When the leader of Israel's religious-Zionist Meimad Party recently addressed a meeting of 800 high-school students in a Tel Aviv suburb, his words on the virtue of Israeli democracy for all its citizens were drowned out by student chants of 'Death to the Arabs.'"


and:

"Israeli soccer matches were suspended during the assault on Gaza. When the games resumed last week, the fans had come up with a new chant: 'Why have the schools in Gaza been shut down?' sang the crowd. 'Because all the children were gunned down!' came the answer."

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