Gas Attack
This canard–the “blood libel” that Jews drain the blood of murdered Christians for their rituals–has haunted Jews for centuries and has been traced back at least as far as the cult of William of Norwich, a 12-year-old supposedly murdered before Passover on March 22, 1144. Not a century since has been free of similar accusations.
Levendel and Hoshen are highly willful people. He’s the author of Not the Germans Alone: A Son’s Search for the Truth of Vichy, which describes his search for the killers of his mother, who died in southern France in 1944 and his discovery that French collaborators were heavily involved. Hoshen, a cancer survivor and distance runner, led a 1992 campaign to persuade the first Bush administration to allow the abortion drug RU-486 into the country to be used to fight cancer. The highlight of that ultimately successful campaign was the time she and a couple dozen other demonstrators trapped their archenemy, Congressman Henry Hyde, in his limousine and wouldn’t let him go until he agreed to a meeting.
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Many more damned the Reader: “This is a blatant lie and a libel on the Israeli government.” “You are not far away from the ultimate goal of accusing the Jews of using the blood of Christians or Muslims to make Matza.” “This is nothing but a form of ‘blood libel.’” “I hope you die from nerve gas.” “The nerve gas you need to examine is what travels from those adults (Hamas, et al) via poisonous minds and deposited directly into the skulls of impressionable Arab children.” “Never has Israel used anything close to nerve gas.” “The height of irresponsible journalism.” “A blatant blood libel.” “This is a Lie, Malicious, Devious and Dangerous. Israel has morals and standards beyond your comprehension.” “The late Joseph Goebbels would be proud of your achievement.” “Ted Shen is a pig.”
“For me it’s very, very simple,” says Hoshen. “What the Reader needs to do is apologize. Do you know what Henry Hyde did at the end? He admitted he made a mistake, and he wrote the [pharmaceutical] company and asked them to release the drug. Even Henry Hyde could admit a mistake. But not the Reader.”
“A. The children were exposed to tear gas and had a physical and/or psychological response to it.
