Maybe because the 1973 movie was shot in Israel itself, and it was felt that it was impolitical to have the “villains” of the piece explicitly saying that the actions of the “traitor” were to the benefit of Israel.
Or something like that, perhaps.
It is slightly less obviously an echo of the “the wicked jews killed Jesus” passion play meme that way.
Political Correctness is such a bummer . . .
Bobbi Flekman: You put a greased naked woman on all fours with a dog collar around her neck, and a leash, and a man’s arm extended out up to here, holding onto the leash, and pushing a black glove in her face to sniff it. You don’t find that offensive? You don’t find that sexist?
Ian Faith: This is 1982, Bobbi, c’mon!
Bobbi Flekman: That’s right, it’s 1982! Get out of the '60s. We don’t have this mentality anymore.
Ian Faith: Well, you should have seen the cover they wanted to do!
– This Is Spinal Tap
I believe Agatha Christie uses the phrase “nigger in the woodpile” in And Then There Were None. But in the version of the book I read, “Nigger Island” was changed to “Indian Island.”
So I might be misremembering.
In all fairness, it was for a different show.
The Little House series was mentioned. I seem to recall Ma Ingalls saying, “The only good Indian is a dead Indian”.