In 1973 during the Arab oil embargo the cry was heard, “Burn Jews, Not Oil!”
This is but one example through history in which the Jews as a people have been singled out for various “reasons,” suffering through persecution, relocation, discrimination and genocide.
Certainly the Jews are not the only group of people who have been subject to gross mistreatment, but it has been a long-standing and consistent “plague.”
It reportedly started with King Nebuchadnezzer who forcefully relocated the Jews from Jerusalem to the city of Babylon.
Some other examples through the years include the Crusades around the year 1100, the Spanish Inquisition in the 1400’s and the Holocaust in World War II.
So as much as times have changed, have they in actuality remained very much the same?
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) survey
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