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In reply to the discussion: "Anti-semitic tropes" [View all]DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)The conspiracy theory of the Jew as the hypnotic conspirator, the duplicitous manipulator, the sinister puppeteer is one with ancient roots and a bloody history. In the New Testament, it is a small band of Jews who get Rome then the greatest power in the world to do their bidding by killing Christ. Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, speaks to the Jews about Jesus in the book of John: Take him yourselves and judge him according to your own law. But the Jews punt the decision back to Pilate: We are not permitted to put anyone to death. And so Pilate does the deed on their behalf. In the book of Matthew, the implications of this manipulation are spelled out: His blood is on us and our children, the Jews say a line that has been so historically destructive that even Mel Gibson cut it from his Passion of the Christ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/opinion/ilhan-omar-israel-jews.html