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Poison : modern manifestations of a blood libel
- Title
- Poison : modern manifestations of a blood libel / Raphael Israeli.
- Author
- Israeli, Raphael.
- Publication
- Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DS110.W47 I86 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 250 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- In March 1983 a mass poisoning was reported in the girls' middle school of Arrabeh, a village near Jenin in the West Bank. The malaise recurred in the following weeks in Jenin, Hebron, and other towns in the West Bank. All the sufferers, mainly young Arab women, were hospitalized, but soon released. The toxic agent which allegedly caused the malaise was not found; Israeli authorities concluded that the attacks were caused by mass hysteria. Nonetheless, both local Palestinian authorities and the PLO leadership accused Israel of an attempt of mass poisoning, aiming to affect the women's reproductive system and thus to tamper with the natural growth of the Palestinian population. The accusation was taken up by the media, not only Arab but also in the West (French, British, German, etc.). Once the hoax became apparent, the whole affair disappeared from the media. Compares the "poisoning affair" to blood libels in the past. Raises questions regarding the strange credulity of the Western press, otherwise very cautious in presenting similar affairs in other countries, its anti-Israeli disposition, and its disproportionally great interest in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Contends that the media's incrimination of Israel is a manifestation of its latent antisemitism. Where the Arabs incriminate the Jews as a people, the Westerners, reluctant to look ethnophobic, incriminate the Jewish state. Includes many quotes from the press.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-239) and index.
- Contents
- pt. I. Rashomon. 1. The Israeli Bewilderment. 2. The Palestinian Outrage. 3. The World's Complicity or Indifference -- pt. II. Out of the Grove. 4. The Verdict of World Bodies. 5. The Medical Explanation. 6. The Role of the Press -- pt. III. The Lie Has No Feet. 7. The Nature of Political Lies. 8. Lying about Jews. 9. Israel's Legitimacy Under Attack.
- ISBN
- 0739102079
- 9780739102077
- 0739102087
- 9780739102084
- LCCN
- 00059592
- OCLC
- ocm44676049
- 44676049
- SCSB-1251757
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library