Jewish groups are expressing deep alarm after a shocking performance in Washington, DC, mimicked the classic blood libel—an accusation that has fueled hatred and violence against Jews for generations.
A circulating video shows actors donning masks of political leaders, among them Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump, seated around a table smeared with red stains on an Israeli flag. The participants raise glasses filled with what appears to be fake blood as part of the spectacle.
The display goes even further, with artificial severed limbs and mock organ meat placed across the table. The performers rub red dye onto their faces and wipe it off with Israeli flags, while the characters portraying Netanyahu and Joe Biden tear apart a pile of imitation entrails.
Beside them stands a giant menu titled “Israel’s Friendsgiving Dinner.” Its list of “dishes” includes grotesque items such as “Gaza children’s limbs,” “stolen organs,” “illegally harvested skin,” and a beverage labeled “Gaza’s spilled blood.” A heart sits next to Netanyahu’s name at the bottom.
The demonstration was staged at Union Station, one of the capital’s busiest transit hubs and a gateway for visitors arriving by train or bus.
The American Jewish Committee denounces the performance, declaring, “Blood libel was on full display today.” The group continues, “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,” adding that “Blood libel has fueled violence, persecution and massacres of Jews for centuries. Seeing it resurface in our nation’s capital is both horrifying and unacceptable.”
The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater DC also issued a statement, describing the exhibit as “just steps away from the symbols and heart of American democracy, a scene that would have been right at home in Nazi Germany played out in the United States. Seldom have we seen such a sickening display of full-throated antisemitism.”
Pro-Palestinian activists in Washington have taken responsibility for the display via social media platforms.
{Matzav.com}
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