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MEMRI: Article In Egyptian Magazine: 'The Jews Can Rejoice In Their Holidays
Only If They Eat Matza Laced With The Blood Of Non-Jews'
Special Dispatch | 5714 | April 17, 2014
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/7940.htm

On the occasion of Passover, Egyptian journalist Firnas Hafzi wrote in an
article titled "The Jewish Bloodsuckers On Passover" that Jews kill non-Jews
during this holiday in order to use their blood in preparing matzas. Quoting
researchers who describe this alleged Jewish custom, she listed many alleged
cases, including the 1840 Damascus blood libel. She added that as part of
their efforts to disassociate themselves from these murders, the Jews wrote
stories and made films about vampires, or else blamed their crimes on
deranged individuals. The murders that the Jews are known to have committed
as part of their Passover rituals, she said, are "a drop in the ocean
compared to the Jewish crimes that no one knows about" and thousands of
children and adults who have vanished around the world were likely victims
of these Jewish rituals.

The article, accompanied by reproductions of well-known antisemitic
illustrations and paintings, was published in the Egyptian monthly magazine
Al-Kibar, which was founded in July 2013 following the fall of the Muslim
Brotherhood regime; its articles deal mostly with the economy, art, and
society.

The claim that Jews use blood in preparing their matzas was also made on the
website Cairodar.com, which describes itself as the "educational portal" of
the Egyptian daily Al-Yawm Al-Sabi'. An article titled "The Bloodsucking
Jews Kill Children And Offer Them Up As A Sacrifice," which purported to
reveal "the terrifying truth about the Jews," stated that one of their
Passover rituals is baking matzas with human blood, and that rabbis
slaughter children as part of witchcraft rituals.

The following are excerpts from Hafzi's article:

The Jews Use Blood In Their Passover, Purim And Circumcision Rituals, And In
Acts Of Witchcraft

"The festival of Passover, Pessah in Hebrew, is considered one of the most
important Jewish holidays. The Israelis celebrate it to commemorate the
exodus from Egypt under the leadership of Moses, and their rescue from the
tyranny of the Pharaoh at that time…

"According to the Book of Genesis and the Book of Exodus, and the
traditional Jewish commentaries on them, the Children of Israel were slaves
of the Egyptians. They rebelled against the Pharaohs and spent 40 years in
the Sinai [desert] until they settled in the land of Canaan. During their
trek in the Sinai desert, God gave Moses and the Children of Israel His 10
commandments and made them a united people. That is why many Jews ascribe
national significance to Passover, in addition to its religious
significance, and regard it as the festival of freedom or the birth of the
Jewish nation…"

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