Meanings of blood libel in English

After all, we had stopped the blood libel from becoming excessively murderous.

Israeli foreign minister Mr Benjamin Netanyahu likened the decision to a " blood libel".

She caused controversy last month with comments about a media " blood libel" against her after the Arizona shootings.

Sarah Palin's use of the phrase " blood libel" could scarcely be more incendiary, especially in a religious country like the US.

Hatred of the Jewish people has persisted in European societies for two millennia, manifesting itself in blood libel, persecution, expulsions, pogroms and massacres.

She then explicitly argued that the medieval " blood libel" -that Jews kill Christian children -has a basis in fact.

Astonishingly, ideas as spurious as the blood libel are still very much with us, having found a large cult of believers in the Muslim world.

Using the symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism (e.g., claims of Jews killing Jesus or blood libel) to characterize Israel or Israelis.

He must have known that anti-Semites were posting these blood libels on his Web site.

It harked back to Jewish blood libels.