Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Israeli government ministry
Did It 6 Times:
- 2026-05-14Foreign Ministry calls Kristof's IDF sexual-abuse column "one of the worst blood libels in modern media"A New York Times opinion column reported allegations of systematic sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners by Israeli soldiers, guards and interrogators during the Gaza war.
- 2026-01-02Israel's MFA calls Mamdani's IHRA and boycott reversal "antisemitic gasoline on an open fire"On his first day as New York mayor, Mamdani scrapped his predecessor's adoption of the IHRA antisemitism definition and lifted city restrictions on boycotting Israel.
- 2025-03-13Israel calls UN report on Gaza "one of the worst cases of blood libel"The same UN commission report alleged genocidal attacks on Gaza women's reproductive health and systematic sexual violence by Israeli forces.
- 2024-12-19Israel’s Foreign Ministry: Human Rights Watch is "spreading its blood libels"HRW had reported that Israel deliberately deprived Gaza of water.
- 2023-12-29Israel’s Foreign Ministry: South Africa’s genocide case is a "blood libel"South Africa had just filed the case at the International Court of Justice.
- 2022-01-31Israel calls Amnesty's apartheid report "false, biased and antisemitic" before it is publishedThe foreign ministry said the report would "pour fuel onto the fire of antisemitism."