“The antisemitic attacks around the world are a direct result of blood libels against the Jewish state and people, and this must be stopped,” he said. His comments echoed those of an earlier statement by Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who blamed the “terrible antisemitic terror attack targeting Jews” on “pure antisemitism fueled by the blood libels* spread in the media.”
*blood libelnoun blood libels an accusation that Jewish people used the blood of Christians in religious rituals, especially in the preparation of Passover bread,
