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Anti-Zionist activists stage blood libel display at DC train station

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Anti-Zionist activists staged a display at a Washington, DC, train station on Thursday that echoed a blood libel, an age-old antisemitic conspiracy that has caused repeated mass violence against Jews for centuries.

The libel falsely claims that Jews murder non-Jews to harvest their blood for ritual use or as a sacrifice.

Performers wearing the masks of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, former US president Joe Biden, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former secretary of state Antony Blinken were seen in videos of the display drinking mock blood from wine glasses at a table adorned with blue Stars of David, red drops splattered on the stars.

The video is captioned, “Israeli Friendsgiving.”

The actors gnawed on fake, bloody limbs and organ meat, red liquid dripping from their chins.

The performers, their hands stained red, wiped the blood off their faces with Israeli flags, and the characters playing Netanyahu and Biden pulled apart a heap of bloody entrails. An activist filming instructed the actor playing Netanyahu to consume skin for the cameras.

The actor playing Netanyahu, at the center of the table, stood, patted the heads of Biden and Trump, as the activists shouted that the US leaders were “loyal lap dogs.” The Netanyahu actor then extended his hands over the others.

An oversized menu that was placed next to the table was titled, “Israel’s Friendsgiving Dinner,” and its offerings included, “Gaza children’s limbs,” “stolen organs,” “illegally harvested skin,” and for a drink, “Gaza’s spilled blood.”

The bottom of the menu was signed with a heart next to Netanyahu’s name.

Blood libel was on full display today at Union Station in Washington, D.C.

Dressed up as “activism” and “performance art,” this was nothing less than the revival of one of the oldest and most dangerous antisemitic tropes in history.

Blood libel has fueled violence, persecution,… pic.twitter.com/YIY3hltMQA

— American Jewish Committee........

© The Times of Israel