The monitoring department of the Israeli Broadcasting Services reported that the radio station of the Palestine Liberation Organization has claimed that “According to reports from the homeland, the Zionist enemy are kidnaping Arab children off the streets in Gaza, and after killing them extract their blood and discard the bodies.” The Cairo station said “Gaza residents have seen this with their own eyes.” Political sources here commented that the revival of the ancient Passover blood libel indicates the real character of the alleged liberation movement, which claims abroad to be in favor of a Palestinian state with a Jewish minority in a secular democracy.
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