TIL about the Damascus Affair, where an Italian Monk and his Muslim Servant were definitely not murdered by Jews before Passover and everyone in the Wikipedia article who says otherwise is an antisemite

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TIL about the Damascus Affair, where an Italian Monk and his Muslim Servant were definitely not murdered by Jews before Passover and everyone in the Wikipedia article who says otherwise is an antisemite (en.wikipedia.org)

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"the Christians were supported in their accusation by the French consul at Damascus, Ulysse de Ratti-Menton, an antisemite who was known to favour Christian merchants and advisers over their Jewish counterparts."

What a horrible man, favoring honesty over lies. The oyest of veys.

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