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The Bottomless Demand for Stories of Israel’s Malevolence

There’s a reason officials and journalists keep making such patently outrageous claims.

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Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a press conference during a session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, March 24, 2026.

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Jews have long been blamed for the world’s great evils, from catastrophic weather to the Black Death to the kaiser’s commitment of some 13 million men to stagnant trench warfare.

Yet, of all the outlandish charges, the accounts surrounding the war in Gaza take the cake.

Becket Adams

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Becket Adams

Becket Adams is a columnist for National Review, the Washington Examiner, and The Hill.

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