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And supposing they did drink blood?
By Michael Pellivert

Throughout history quite a number of reasons and excuses for hating Jews have been found. What they had in common is that they were directed at an entire people as a collective. The crucifixion of Jesus, the evil exploitation of wealth, the sowing of socialism and capitalism and the dismantling of Russia and Germany are only a small part of the "crimes and sins" for which an entire nation was tried and convicted in its absence and to which moral turpitude was attributed for generations.

In those dark days we were able to stand united and strong against the cruel prosecutor. At that time this was essential, taking into consideration our bleak situation of being without a state and without sovereignty. It is only possible to be amazed at the fact that in such circumstances we did not become paranoid and we were not convinced of our wickedness.

But there was an exception: In the 16th century in Padua in Italy the Jew David Morpugo ran screaming through the streets of the city that a 3-year-old girl, the daughter of his Christian neighbor, should be sacrificed to him. Fortunately for him, his insanity was so obvious that the incident did not deteriorate into a pogrom.
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We have disburdened ourselves of the yoke of indefatigable righteousness. Of what do we have to be ashamed? From the very fact of the possibility that at one time an extreme and despicable sect that claimed to be Jewish indeed carried out acts of ritual murder on the grounds of a religious obligation? What do we have to do with this abomination?

And what if one day it turns out that Professor Ariel Toaff's claims are accurate and conform to all the requirements of "academic objectivity"? What then? Will this deny us our right to a sovereign state and to expressing opinions on moral issues, and will the fact of our existence be cast in doubt? After all, no one doubts the Russian nation's right to exist because Christians in Kishinev (which is in today's Moldova) at the beginning of the 20th century stuck nails into the eyes of Jewish children.

There will be those who will justify the criticism of Toaff as an attempt to prevent "a deadly weapon" from reaching the hands of anti-Semites.

These are completely unacceptable arguments. We must stop existing at the world's mercy and pushing ourselves onto the defendants' bench. Those who hate us as a people will not leave us alone as a result of this. We must not panic at the fact that there were and there still are good Jews and bad Jews, just as in any other people or religion.

I assume that it did not occur to Toaff to accuse the Jewish people, but that he wanted to state a fact that has long been known, that never has a people arisen on earth without monsters of its own.

The writer directs the ideological activity of the association of graduates of the Na'aleh Program.
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  1.   Is this a Purim joke? 11:08  |  Ben Azai 20/02/07
  2.   Pellivert is Right 11:14  |  Walid 20/02/07
  3.   People you`ve got to stop... 11:21  |  Nada 20/02/07
  4.   YES ITS TIME TO STOP THE GHETTO CRINGING 11:50  |  paul harris 20/02/07
  5.   What is striking me is... 12:12  |  Edith 20/02/07
  6.   If it is true 12:24  |  Chris Linthwaite 20/02/07
  7.   ^ CHRIS AND THE WRONG TARGET 12:41  |  paul harris 20/02/07
  8.   If a Jew drank blood, it is like a Jew eating pork 12:41  |  Steven 20/02/07
  9.   Finally an objective glimpse at the painful issue! 12:43  |  Alicia 20/02/07
  10.   Toaf Has Already Said "It Never Happened" 12:48  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 20/02/07
  11.   # 2 Walid Theory and reality 12:49  |  Swiss (Dino) 20/02/07
  12.   Chris Linthwaite 12:58  |  Zardos 20/02/07
  13.   #6, Chris Linthwaite 12:58  |  JB 20/02/07
  14.   Chris Linthwaite 13:14  |  Walid 20/02/07
  15.   Pellivert is right 13:15  |  Jeff 20/02/07
  16.   A correction for Harris 13:20  |  Jeff 20/02/07
  17.   Keep this in mind when ... 13:32  |  VoiceOfReason? 20/02/07
  18.   Swiss (Dino) 13:50  |  Walid 20/02/07
  19.   chris linthwaite # 6 re: human sacrifice 14:04  |  bible student 20/02/07
  20.   PAUL HARRIS IS RIGHT! 14:05  |  Alicia 20/02/07
  21.   100% RIGHT 14:10  |  Lebanese 20/02/07
  22.   Dino in Switzerland 14:12  |  Alicia 20/02/07
  23.   # 22 Alicia 14:28  |  Swiss (Dino) 20/02/07
  24.   #17, VoiceOfReason? 14:29  |  JB 20/02/07
  25.   The Powerful vs the Vanquished-Part I 14:31  |  Yaakov Sullivan 20/02/07
  26.   To Alicia @22 14:36  |  JustCurious 20/02/07
  27.   # 18 Walid 14:37  |  Swiss (Dino) 20/02/07
  28.   The Powerful vs the Vanquished Part II 14:40  |  Yaakov Sullivan 20/02/07
  29.   #13 JB 14:42  |  Chris Linthwaite 20/02/07
  30.   The Powerful vs the Vanguished Part III 14:48  |  Yaakov Sullivan 20/02/07
  31.   Pellivert is an idiot 14:49  |  Michael O. 20/02/07
  32.   To JB @24 14:51  |  VoiceOfReason? 20/02/07
  33.   I was waiting for Guantanamo 14:58  |  Michael O. 20/02/07
  34.   Swiss and Walid: Sleeping GIants 15:00  |  Ronnie Wolman 20/02/07
  35.   Swiss (Dino) 15:04  |  Walid 20/02/07
  36.   #16 JEFF GETS THE MEANING WRONG 15:10  |  paul harris 20/02/07
  37.   Another interesting call during a pogrom used to be HEP. HEP. 15:13  |  PETER SM 20/02/07
  38.   Walid 15:14  |  Danite 20/02/07
  39.   Walid 15:19  |  Danite 20/02/07
  40.   Walid 15:19  |  Danite 20/02/07
  41.   blood is not kosher 15:20  |  nicole 20/02/07
  42.   Swiss Dino 15:22  |  Danite 20/02/07
  43.   TO LEBANESE 15:25  |  Nicole 20/02/07
  44.   "Yaakov" 15:25  |  Danite 20/02/07
  45.   Peter SM 15:31  |  Danite 20/02/07
  46.   TO #23 and #26 15:43  |  Alicia 20/02/07
  47.   Haarrtz Really! 15:47  |  Danite 20/02/07
  48.   "Danite" your comprehension of Christianity... 15:48  |  Yaakov Sullivan 20/02/07
  49.   Lebanese 100% wrong 15:57  |  Christina 20/02/07
  50.   # 34 Ronnie Wolman and sleeping giants..... 15:59  |  Swiss (Dino) 20/02/07
  51.   To Nicole (No. 43) 15:59  |  TheEducator 20/02/07
  52.   Danite ~44 16:02  |  Hubal 20/02/07
  53.   #32, VoiceOfReason? 16:06  |  JB 20/02/07
  54.   Nicole Smith, Britney Spears, Professor Toaff, Please Go Away 16:08  |  Tony Anthony 20/02/07
  55.   #29, Chris Linthwaite 16:10  |  JB 20/02/07
  56.   "BIBLE STUDENT"? What are you talking about?"White man`s bible"? 16:12  |  PETERSM 20/02/07
  57.   Hubal, there is a medival midrash on the Akada #52 16:17  |  Yaakov Sullivan 20/02/07
  58.   To #53, JB 16:18  |  VoiceOfReason? 20/02/07
  59.   TO EDUCATOR 16:22  |  Nicole 20/02/07
  60.   Michael O- thank you 16:23  |  Avrum 20/02/07
  61.   #21 | Lebanese: "Zionists are jews"? 16:25  |  Spoon 20/02/07
  62.   Swiss: Dissections of Football are better 16:26  |  Ronnie Wolman 20/02/07
  63.   #55 I tend to do that 16:30  |  Chris Linthwaite 20/02/07
  64.   Sin is not sin when you do not know that it is sin. 16:33  |  Simon 20/02/07
  65.   Tony Anthony: Toaff and Cheese 16:33  |  Ronnie Wolman 20/02/07
  66.   Swiss: Of Course I meant the FA Cup 16:36  |  Ronnie Wolman 20/02/07
  67.   Israel is the only nation that whines like this 16:38  |  Marilyn 20/02/07
  68.   # 62 Ronnie Wolman with (very) dark thoughts.... 16:47  |  Swiss (Dino) 20/02/07
  69.   To # 51 the educator: Everything you said is true 16:49  |  Michael O. 20/02/07
  70.   # 42 Danite (2nd try) 16:59  |  Swiss (Dino) 20/02/07
  71.   #63, Chris Linthwaite 17:07  |  JB 20/02/07
  72.   peter sm # 56 17:17  |  bible student 20/02/07
  73.   Great article 17:19  |  KUTW 20/02/07
  74.   bible student=mischief maker #19 17:20  |  Yolanda 20/02/07
  75.   PAUL HARRIS #7 17:23  |  Psalm 20/02/07
  76.   Marylyn- # 67-Wandering Jew now a Whining Jew 17:26  |  Avrum 20/02/07
  77.   Yaacov Sullivan 17:34  |  Hubal 20/02/07
  78.   67. Marilyn: On right to complain 17:48  |  KUTW 20/02/07
  79.   At Danite: Christianity not so innocent 18:04  |  Edith 20/02/07
  80.   Avrum 18:04  |  EC 20/02/07
  81.   Walid 18:18  |  ODP 20/02/07
  82.   Great article 18:22  |  Psalm 20/02/07
  83.   Edith on eating Christian children 18:32  |  Yaakov Sullivan 20/02/07
  84.   Pellivert defends Toaff`s blood-stained ivory tower 18:35  |  Wendy 20/02/07
  85.   who makes mischief yolanda? 18:37  |  bible student 20/02/07
  86.   To: VoiceOfReason, Re: Guantanamo and torture 18:37  |  Voice of Reason 20/02/07
  87.   # 65 Anyone Want To Buy A Toaff Doll? 18:37  |  Tony Anthony 20/02/07
  88.   guilt 18:40  |  TAZ 20/02/07
  89.   AVRUM 18:54  |  Brauner 20/02/07
  90.   ODP 18:57  |  Walid 20/02/07
  91.   Hubal 19:06  |  danite 20/02/07
  92.   "Yaakov" wrong 19:07  |  Danite 20/02/07
  93.   marilyn 19:10  |  Danite 20/02/07
  94.   Swiss Dino Like i said 19:12  |  danite 20/02/07
  95.   Edith 19:14  |  danite 20/02/07
  96.   bible student #85 19:19  |  Yolanda 20/02/07
  97.   Danite 19:22  |  Walid 20/02/07
  98.   "Danite" you go out and get me.... 19:22  |  Yaakov Sullivan 20/02/07
  99.   VoiceofReason 19:23  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 20/02/07
  100.   Haaretz, what is the point to this? 19:32  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 20/02/07
  101.   Academic priviledges demand responsability or perish 19:32  |  Wendy 20/02/07
  102.   to voiceofreason 19:36  |  alonitzafoni 20/02/07
  103.   Pullivert`s mistake 19:39  |  Tosefta 20/02/07
  104.   # 94 Danite Separation is the magic word.... 19:42  |  Swiss (Dino) 20/02/07
  105.   I cannot believe that Jews can drink blood..... 19:42  |  Abu Moossa 20/02/07
  106.   Let`s talk about Jewish blood 19:43  |  Alain 20/02/07
  107.   Walid and the BolshevikJews 19:50  |  Danite 20/02/07
  108.   Yaakov 19:55  |  Danite 20/02/07
  109.   Having it both ways 19:55  |  Fed up 20/02/07
  110.   # 97 - Walid re Genrikh Yagoda 20:00  |  ChanahS 20/02/07
  111.   YAACOV SULLIVAN 20:00  |  Brauner 20/02/07
  112.   Abu Moosa & Walid 20:02  |  Eli 20/02/07
  113.   # 1 Ben Azai. WELL,THE JOKE IS NOW FINISHED... 20:02  |  Kath` 20/02/07
  114.   Swiss Dino "Rock on Dude Rock on" 20:03  |  danite 20/02/07
  115.   Abu MoosaThank you 20:04  |  danite 20/02/07
  116.   it is a miracle, yaakov sullivan #98 20:13  |  bible student 20/02/07
  117.   Why not apply the same logic to 9/11? 20:15  |  justiceseeker 20/02/07
  118.   bad for the Jews BECAUSE its false 20:20  |  Galgal ha-Khozer 20/02/07
  119.   PAUL HARRIS, YOU ARE SWEET! 20:40  |  Cord H. Kaldrack 20/02/07
  120.   ChanahS 20:41  |  Walid 20/02/07
  121.   Galgal Ha-Khozer - Well Stated 20:45  |  Phinias Whoppy 20/02/07
  122.   Marilyn 20:49  |  Realistic 20/02/07
  123.   Walid 20:51  |  danite 20/02/07
  124.   # 120 Walid - Forgiven 20:53  |  ChanahS 20/02/07
  125.   Danite doesnt want you to lose FOCUS 21:10  |  Najdt 20/02/07
  126.   Took a while... 21:48  |  Colin Wright 20/02/07
  127.   re #67 "Israel is the only nation that whines...` 21:57  |  Colin Wright 20/02/07
  128.   Psalm`s Problem 22:17  |  CHGODMK 20/02/07
  129.   Najdt 22:19  |  Danite 20/02/07
  130.   Toaff`s "15 minutes of fame" trumps the truth 22:37  |  Wendy 20/02/07
  131.   BIBLE STUDENT.Where does your quote say"Human Sacrifice"? 22:47  |  PETER SM 20/02/07
  132.   Don`t you get it? 22:49  |  Cheryl 20/02/07
  133.   MARYLIN-ISRAEL IS THE ONLY STATE YOU WHINE ABOUT !! 23:03  |  Buncha Kooks 20/02/07
  134.   #67..Marilyn?? 23:13  |  nemesis 20/02/07
  135.   Danite 23:15  |  Walid 20/02/07
  136.   Judaism, Marxism Arab Nationalism and Simplistic explanations 23:44  |  Najdt 20/02/07
  137.   peter sm 23:51  |  bible student 20/02/07
  138.   And supposing they did drink blood 23:58  |  Helena 20/02/07
  139.   EC # 80 00:01  |  Avrum 21/02/07
  140.   Marilyn gets it wrong - again!!! 00:06  |  Tuemi 21/02/07
  141.   who cares 00:29  |  Igor D. 21/02/07
  142.   re: bible student 00:39  |  Igor D. 21/02/07
  143.   Bible student.I gave you an exact translation.WHERE does it 00:41  |  PETER SM 21/02/07
  144.   JUST STOP PLAYING VICTIM 00:48  |  Brad 21/02/07
  145.   and, you are exactly wrong # 143 00:51  |  bible student 21/02/07
  146.   # 103 Tosefta. GOT`CHYA!! (this is for your eyes only) 00:59  |  Kath` 21/02/07
  147.   Israel and Canaan 01:24  |  Another Bible studen 21/02/07
  148.   # 87 Tony Anthony.re: Ronnie Wolman. AND THE VENTURE.... 01:40  |  Kath` 21/02/07
  149.   Kath: An Oaf to Toaff and other critical businesses 02:32  |  Ronnie Wolman 21/02/07
  150.   Missing article (Kath` #146) 02:42  |  Tosefta 21/02/07
  151.   Okay Walid I believe you! 02:53  |  Danite 21/02/07
  152.   Najdt 02:58  |  Danite 21/02/07
  153.   Dracula - Was he Jewish? 03:10  |  * BEN JABO 21/02/07
  154.   #6 Chris Linthwaite 03:14  |  * BEN JABO 21/02/07
  155.   #127 Colin`s wrong again 03:24  |  * BEN JABO 21/02/07
  156.   # 150 Tosefta. NO, I DID NOT PURSUE WITH THE KABBALA... 03:27  |  Kath` 21/02/07
  157.   Brad 03:45  |  CHGODMK 21/02/07
  158.   Whatever you say, Nada, whatever 04:02  |  Jake 21/02/07
  159.   Lebanese in London, I fail to see the analogy here 04:11  |  Jake 21/02/07
  160.   Cheryl - You are correct 04:11  |  Moises 21/02/07
  161.   No. Blood Libel comes from pagan accusations against Christians 04:24  |  Jake 21/02/07
  162.   #3 we were always a people of the region 04:26  |  Henryk 21/02/07
  163.   Jewish Blood Suckers? Shakespear was right! 04:53  |  George 21/02/07
  164.   The origins of Haman`s Ears, Gingerbread Men and... 05:31  |  Maureen Ann 21/02/07
  165.   The Jews Of Those Times Were HERO`S! 05:52  |  Me 21/02/07
  166.   #163 George 07:09  |  * BEN JABO 21/02/07
  167.   blood 07:10  |  mike 21/02/07
  168.   #164 Maureen Ann 07:11  |  * BEN JABO 21/02/07
  169.   Does anyone rember that Abraham wouldn`t Sacrafice his son? 07:13  |  * BEN JABO 21/02/07
  170.   JEWS HAVE PLENTY OF DUMMIES 07:22  |  JOJO 21/02/07
  171.   This is ridiculous 07:31  |  Palestinian Prince 21/02/07
  172.   let`s be real 08:20  |  Kira 21/02/07
  173.   re Ben Jabo `#127 Colin`s wrong again` 09:14  |  Colin Wright 21/02/07
  174.   re #170 `JEWS HAVE PLENTY OF DUMMIES` 09:20  |  Colin Wright 21/02/07
  175.   to KUTW #73 10:42  |  zeev 21/02/07
  176.   ben jabo # 169 12:29  |  bible student 21/02/07
  177.   bible student - Shame on you 12:42  |  * BEN JABO 21/02/07
  178.   #173 - Colin`s Wrong one more time 12:49  |  * BEN JABO 21/02/07
  179.   ben jado is so filled with pride... 13:42  |  bible student 21/02/07
  180.   #179 bible student 18:30  |  * BEN JABO 21/02/07
  181.   ben jado # 180 23:26  |  bible student 21/02/07
  182.   #164-2 Gingerbread men & East Timor 03:54  |  * BEN JABO 22/02/07
  183.   Michael Pellivert on "Blood Drinking" 20:53  |  Stephen Steinlight 26/02/07
  184.   "Ben Jabo - bible student" Duel 21:03  |  S 04/01/08
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