BANGLADESH, April 7 -- A number of conspiracy theories have quickly emerged linking Jews and Israel to the coronavirus pandemic. These are new mutations of historical strains of antisemitic conspiracy theories, including the "poisoning of gentiles" motif and the accusation that the Jews want to control the world. These theories are all linked to the most popular antisemitic conspiracy theory of all, the modern mutation of the ancient blood libel that claims that Israel behaves like the Nazis and has Nazi-esque intentions toward the Palestinians.
The outburst of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has led to the rapid proliferation of a host of antisemitic conspiracy theories. This is unfortunately hardly surprising, as the tendency to blam...