The UN’s new blood libel: How genocide accusations echo centuries-old antisemitism

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In early 1991, at a session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, the Syrian delegate, Nabila Shaalan, delivered a blistering attack upon Israel during which she warmly recommended a book written by her country’s defense minister.

The book, she enthused, “unmasked the racist character of Zionism.” But this was no mere political critique.

Ben Cohen is a senior analyst and directs FDD’s rapid response outreach.