That Christian Europe of the Middle Ages feared the Jews is an established fact. Perhaps the widespread fear that Jews were scheming to abduct children, subjecting them to cruel rituals, even antedates the appearance of stereotypical ritual murder which seems to have originated in the 12th century.

Bahrain is a small archipelago located in the southwestern coast of the Persian Gulf. It is a Muslim country with a Shi’a majority that has been ruled by the Sunni al-Khalifa family since the 18th century.

Jamal Khashoggi, looks on during a press conference in the Bahraini capital Manama, on December 15, 2014.

The meeting was rushed and, for Jamal Khashoggi, as risky as they come. The famed Saudi journalist, living in exile in the suburbs of northern Virginia, was furious with his government. He had just learned that it had imposed a travel ban on his adult son, blocking him from leaving Saudi Arabia

Bahrain, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia are Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) countries [The GCC is a political and economic union of Arab States bordering the Persian Gulf, namely Bahrain, Kuwait,  Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates]