(Algemeiner) Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib faced a firestorm of criticism on Sunday after retweeting a false assertion on the micro-blogging website accusing Jews of murdering a Palestinian child in Jerusalem, with critics describing the claim as a “blood libel.”
Eight-year-old Qais Abu Ramila was found dead on Saturday in Jerusalem’s Beit Hanina neighborhood after being missing for several hours. Authorities have concluded that Ramila died of accidental drowning in a reservoir swollen by recent rainstorms.
Rumors swirled, however, that he had been kidnapped and murdered by Jewish “settlers,” causing clashes with police when a mob of rock throwers attempted to invade an adjoining Jewish neighborhood.
