Blood libel is the flase accustation that Jews abduct and murder non-Jewish children to use their blood for their religious rituals and holidays.

The separation between Jews and Christians in society was often delineated through religious beliefs, cultural practices, and social norms. Jews were often discriminated against and marginalized, leading to segregation in certain professions or neighborhoods. Additionally, religious differences and historical events such as the Crusades and blood libel accusations further deepened the divide between the two groups.

There was no Israel nor Palestine in the 1800s. The area of the southern Levant where the two parties would later fight was an Ottoman backwater with a population barely larger 600,000. There was no conflict per se. There was discrimination against the Jews in the area, especially from the Blood Libel of Damascus in 1840 where Jews were accused of killing a Syrian Christian Monk to use his blood in matzah preparation. Both the accusation of Jews being responsible for the murder and for using his blood in matzah production were unsupported by evidence and the evidence pointed to a very different set of culprits, but the masses would hear none of it and launched a pogrom against the Jews.

King Edward the First signed the Edict of Expulsion, driving all Jews from England in 1290. Jews were not readmitted until 1657. Over the previous 200 years, Jews in England had suffered under increasing persecution. Jews were generally forbidden to engage in any trades but money lending. In 1190, over 100 Jews were massacred in York because of the blood libel, the rumor that Jews slaughtered Christian children to get their blood as an ingredient needed to bake Passover matzah. Ruinous taxes were imposed on Jews starting in 1219, and in 1253 King Edward endorsed the blood libel. Forcing Jews to sell their assets at deep discounts before they fled was very profitable. Wealthy nobles used their cash to buy up the debts of minor nobles, consolidating their power and eliminating their competition.

It is a crime to libel others, no matter how you feel about them .......... heres another sentence .. The celebrity accused her biographer of libel ..... thanks for reading hoped this helped you 6th graders or what ever grade your in