The Swedish article accusing Jews of killing Palestinians to steal their organs is only the latest of many similar stories. Some of the most popular ones are about Simon of Trent, William of Norwich, Hugh of Lincoln, and Andreas of Rinn, who were all Christian boys said to be victims of ritual Jewish sacrifice.

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has a research centre with more information about blood libel against Jews.

For some reason is the idea of Jews harming boys very popular in Europe. Whenever circumcision is debated, quite a few people tend to say similar things to demonize Jews and Jewish customs.