You hear the usual dark rumours about the Jews, not only from the Arabs but from the poorer Europeans. “Yes, mon vieux, they took my job away from me and gave it to a Jew. The Jews! They’re the real rulers of this country, you know. They’ve got all the money. They control the banks, finance—everything.” “But,” I said, “isn’t it a fact that the average Jew is a labourer working for about a penny an hour?” “Ah, that’s only for show! They’re all moneylenders really. They’re cunning, the Jews.” In just the same way, a couple of hundred years ago, poor old women used to be burned for witchcraft
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