The International Criminal Court would issue arrest warrants charging the Israelite leaders with genocide and other versions of the blood libel.
When Jews worldwide sit around the Seder table and retell the 4,000 year old story of the Exodus from slavery to freedom, we have no doubt about the identities of the heroes and villains. Jacob (aka Israel) and his extended family, later to become the 12 tribes, were invited by Joseph and Pharaoh to settle in Egypt to escape the famine, and they prospered.
But then, their descendants were enslaved for over 200 years, and the reigning Pharaoh, concerned that they would join with Egypt’s enemies, ordered the murder of male Israelite children – a form of genocide. When the slaves cried out, God heard and appointed Moses to lead them out of the house of bondage through 10 plagues that devastated the entire Egyptian population.
In the finale, the first-born son in every household died (and among their animals), and only then did Pharaoh fold briefly to allow the slaves to march out, carrying unleavened dough on their backs
