In Jews in Lincoln were accused of ritually torturing and murdering a local boy. King Henry II arrested 93 local Jews and 18 were hanged. This Blood Libel - following a similar myth in Norwich the previous century - spread across Europe. Many restrictions were placed on Jews in the following years and life became increasingly dangerous. King Henry III imposed heavy taxes on Jews in , forcing them to claim back money people owed them, which made them even more unpopular.
As a result, anti-Jewish riots erupted and hundreds of Jews were murdered - and in some cases the archa local record of who owed money to Jews was destroyed. Following that, in King Edward I imposed the Statute of Jewry which ruled that Jews were no longer allowed to collect interest and most people owing them money would not have to pay.
This made him popular with the many people who owed money. In some cases the archa the local record of who owed money to Jews was destroyed. This statute ruled that Jews were no longer allowed to collect interest and most people owing them money would not have to pay. This made him popular with the many people who owed money.
This was a disaster and forced most Jews into extreme poverty. They were forced to trim edges off coins, melt them down and sell the silver. This was highly illegal. If caught - and many were - they were executed. Under the statute Jews also had to wear yellow badges and were allowed to live in only a few towns. At the end of the War, Israel kept much of Palestine, resulting in the forced exodus of roughly , Muslim Palestinians from their homes. The conflict created resentment over Jewish nationalism in Muslim-majority nations.
As a result, anti-Semitic activities grew in many Arab nations, causing most Jews to leave over the next few decades. In , three children and a teacher were shot by a radical Islamist gunman in Toulouse, France.
In the wake of the mass shooting at the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris in , four Jewish hostages were murdered at a Kosher supermarket by an Islamic terrorist. The U. In the United States, anti-Semitic incidents rose 57 percent in —the largest single-year increase ever recorded by the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish civil rights advocacy organization.
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