Howard Jacobson’s framing of Gaza media coverage as a "new form of blood libel" is deeply problematic for several reasons. It equates factual reporting on Israel’s documented war crimes—indiscriminate bombings and targeted shootings that have killed over 15,600 children—with a historical antisemitic myth, undermining the legitimacy of journalistic efforts to expose these atrocities. This framing minimizes the suffering of Gaza’s children, deflects accountability from the Israeli military, and risks reinforcing the very stereotypes Jacobson claims to oppose by implying that blood libel has a modern parallel in Israel’s actions.