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2004-08-20 Europe

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Posted by tipper 2004-08-20 2:53:03 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

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the discredited 1997 publication the Protocols of the Elders of Zion

The year in that phrase should be 1897. The following is a history of the forgery, from The Skeptic's Dictionary.

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is a forgery made in Russia for the Okhrana (secret police), which blames the Jews for the country's ills. It was first privately printed in 1897 and was made public in 1905. It is copied from a nineteenth century novel by Hermann Goedsche (Biarritz, 1868) and claims that a secret Jewish cabal is plotting to take over the world.

The basic story was composed by Goedsche, a German novelist and anti-Semite who used the pseudonym of Sir John Retcliffe. Goedsche stole the main story from another writer, Maurice Joly, whose Dialogues in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu (1864) involved a Hellish plot aimed at opposing Napoleon III. Goedsche's original contribution consists mainly of introducing Jews to do the plotting to take over the world.

The Russians used big chunks of a Russian translation of Goedsche's novel, published it separately as the Protocols, and claimed they were authentic. Their purpose was political: to strengthen the czar Nicholas II's position by exposing his opponents as allies with those who were part of a massive conspiracy to take over the world. Thus, the Protocols are a forgery of a plagiarized fiction.

The Protocols were exposed as a forgery by Lucien Wolf in The Jewish Bogey and the Forged Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion (London: Press Committee of the Jewish Board of Deputies, 1920). In 1921, Philip Graves, a correspondent for the London Times, publicized the forgery. Herman Bernstein in The Truth About "The Protocols of Zion": A Complete Exposure (1935) also tried and failed to convince the world of the forgery.

Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-08-20 8:48:26 AM|| 2004-08-20 8:48:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 [the broadcast by the channel was] . . .alluding to "Jewish ritual killings"

The channel denies the charge of anti-Semitism, saying the programme "depicted reality"

so discussing "Jewish ritual killings" isn't anti-Semitism, it's simply a matter of "fact" according to the channel.

What scum.

Posted by PlanetDan 2004-08-20 9:12:43 AM|| 2004-08-20 9:12:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The CSA says the Criminal History of Zionism - broadcast in late 2003 - quoted extensively from the discredited 1997 publication the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, alluding to "Jewish ritual killings".

Any organization that disseminates part or parcel of "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" is automatically guilty of fraud, hate speech and anti-Semitism.

The channel denies the charge of anti-Semitism, saying the programme "depicted reality" and did not incite hatred.

Add "delusional behavior" to list as well. I hope France has the good sense to permanently revoke al-Manar TV's license to broadcast. They are essentially promoting a terrorist agenda and need to be shut down immediately.

Posted by Zenster 2004-08-20 3:42:20 PM|| 2004-08-20 3:42:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Ah the famous Protocols... still ranking Number One on Amazon Arabia...

Posted by True German Ally 2004-08-20 4:14:09 PM|| 2004-08-20 4:14:09 PM|| Front Page Top

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