Special Dispatch-Lebanon/ Antisemitism Documentation Project
February 6, 2007
No. 1453

Lebanese Poet Marwan Chamoun: Jews Slaughtered Christian Priest in Damascus
in 1840 and Used His Blood for Matzos

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The following are excerpts from an interview with Lebanese poet Marwan
Chamoun, which aired on TeleLiban TV on January 30, 2007.

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Marwan Chamoun: "How many of us Lebanese, or even Arabs, know anything about
the Talmud? Or about the book, Exposing the Talmud? Or about the book, Pawns
on the Chessboard? Or about another book, The Secret World Government? Or
about Exposing the Talmud? Or about Blood for the Matzah of Zion, [which
deals with] the slaughter of the priest Tomaso de Camangiano, who was a
Sicilian with French citizenship, in the days of Muhammad Ali Pasha, in
1840..."

[...]

"[Former Syrian] Minister Mustafa Tlass wrote a voluminous book about this,
in which he included all the documents written by the French diplomats and
consul in Lebanon."

[...]

"The world loves the Jews. The 'ruler' is Christianity - the Christian West.
Arabs, Muslims - why don't you take advantage of something like this? A
priest was slaughtered in the presence of two rabbis in the heart of
Damascus, in the home of a close friend of this priest, Daud Al-Harari, the
head of the Jewish community of Damascus. After he was slaughtered, his
blood was collected, and the two rabbis took it. Why? So they could worship
their god, because by drinking human blood, they can get closer to God.
Where are our diplomats and politicians? Why don't we profit from these
historical matters, which are presented to us on a simple, eternal, golden
platter?

"As I've said, these books can be found on the streets of Beirut. There are
approximately 20 to 30 such books. I must have bought about 2,000 copies
since they were published, maybe more. I'd like to say 20,000 copies, but I
don't know. When somebody gets married, instead of chocolates, I give him
one of these books. Whoever reads this for the first time feels a chill of
horror and disbelief. He cannot believe it."

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