Mustafa Tlass
In 1983, [[Mustafa Tlass]], the [[Ministry of Defense (Syria)|Syrian Minister of Defense]], wrote and published "[[Mustafa Tlass#The Matzah of Zion|The Matzah of Zion]]", which is a treatment of the [[Damascus affair]] of 1840 that repeats the ancient "blood libel", that [[Jew]]s use the blood of murdered non-Jews in religious rituals such as baking [[Matza]] bread. In this book, he argues that the true religious beliefs of Jews are "black hatred against all humans and religions", and no Arab country should ever sign a peace treaty with [[Israel]]. Tlass re-printed the book several times and stands by its conclusions. Following the book's publication, Tlass told "[[Der Spiegel]]", that this accusation against Jews was valid and he also claimed that his book is "an historical study ... based on documents from France, Vienna and the American University in Beirut."