How the Epstein files are fueling antisemitic conspiracy theories [View all]
WaPo, No Paywall: https://wapo.st/3OF4E8t
The scourge of rising antisemitism in recent years has found its latest manifestation in the government’s release of millions of files about sex offender Jeffrey Epstein....
The latest batch of files, released on Jan. 30, contains a great deal of interesting information. But in many quarters, careful weighing of evidence has given way to wild speculation and barely concealed expressions of animus. Denunciations of out-of-touch elites and the “money power” are a recurring feature of American politics. But in response to the Epstein files, antiestablishment voices have advanced the claim that Jewish networks and interests are corrupting American society.
In doing so, they have revived two ancient slanders against the Jewish people: the medieval blood libel, which states that Jews engage in ritual killings of children to advance their power; and the 1903 hoax “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” which asserts that Jews use blackmail to subvert democratic societies.
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