I think the Herod in the bible is just an antiseptic trope, bearing in mind he was written after the supposed death of the Christ character.
“Antiseptic trope”. I liked that one.
Herod the Great, son of Antipater who was an ally of Julius Ceaser, friend of the Romans. Not a popular leader to his people.
My point still stands, is it antisemitic to criticise anyone in power in Israel?
I have answered that so many times, I have called Netanyahu a fascist (gets ignored – maybe it doesn’t suit the narrative) but so many times things like blood libels are made and it’s that I call out, and I get told that’s ‘legitimate criticism of Israel’. It’s possible to criticise Netanyahy, but maybe don’t go into antisemitic tropes? The left says so for dealing with anti-Muslim bigotry, and don’t make snide comments about the butcherous regime of al-Hakim or something.
