The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion -- Book - A Gentle Cynic
The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion -- Book - A Gentle Cynic
The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion -- Book - A Gentle Cynic
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BOOK ONE — INTRODUCTION<br />
Mr. Lewis states that Arabs are not unhappy or disappointed nor turned away from <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Protocols</strong> merely because <strong>the</strong>y are alleged to be a forgery, but because <strong>the</strong> document projects<br />
that (<strong>Zion</strong>ist) image <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Jew as possessor <strong>of</strong> immense hidden powers. This represents a<br />
danger to Arab morale. It also makes great and attractive “copy” for Arab writers. But when one<br />
considers <strong>the</strong> Jew as “a short man with a short-man attitude” <strong>of</strong> haught, arrogance, bluster and<br />
intimidation — standing a full five-foot-two, looking down his nose at <strong>the</strong> world he thinks is<br />
beneath him, all that Jewish-superiority image flees with <strong>the</strong> smoke after <strong>the</strong> curtain is opened<br />
upon <strong>The</strong> Wizard <strong>of</strong> Oz.<br />
By March, 1970, a newspaper in Lebanon ranked <strong>The</strong> <strong>Protocols</strong> at <strong>the</strong> top <strong>of</strong> its list for<br />
“non-fiction” best-sellers, and <strong>the</strong>re has been a rapidly developing, original literature <strong>of</strong> Arabic<br />
anti-Semitic design provoked by <strong>The</strong> <strong>Protocols</strong>, which are cited and quoted as “authoritative.” 179/<br />
Egypt has been <strong>the</strong> main source <strong>of</strong> this Protocol-generated, anti-Semitic literature; its<br />
“Information Department” published and widely distributed across <strong>the</strong> continent an English<br />
language pamphlet titled Israel, <strong>the</strong> Enemy <strong>of</strong> Africa. <strong>The</strong> pamphlet quoted directly from <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Protocols</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Learned</strong> <strong>Elders</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Zion</strong>, and also from Henry Ford’s <strong>The</strong> International Jew.<br />
This was alleged to be <strong>the</strong> basis for subsequent Arabic criticism <strong>of</strong> Jews and Judaism, calling all<br />
Jews “cheats, thieves, and murderers.” 180/<br />
Since 1986, this anti-Semite talk had been borne by Libya, Saudi Arabia and even in<br />
revolutionary Iran. <strong>The</strong> late King Faisal would always give a copy <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Protocols</strong> to every<br />
visiting foreign minister, diplomats, and o<strong>the</strong>r dignitaries, even to <strong>the</strong> journalists; and all<br />
consulates and cultural missions set in o<strong>the</strong>r countries would distribute this document, all <strong>of</strong><br />
which gave fur<strong>the</strong>r circulation to this “forgery” whose historical results prove it to be true. 181/<br />
On September 29, 1978, <strong>The</strong> Canberra Times reported a lecture by Pakistani pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Qazi at <strong>the</strong> nation’s capital, Canberra Australia, who said at present, Jews were not just a threat<br />
to Arabs, but to <strong>the</strong> whole world. This was not his opinion, it was written; it had been written in<br />
secret Jewish documents, and <strong>the</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essor later said his source was <strong>The</strong> <strong>Protocols</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Elders</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Zion</strong>. <strong>The</strong> article’s headline allegedly was: “Jews Threat to Whole World; Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Hopes<br />
for Better Understanding.” A publication called Imam, published at <strong>the</strong> Iranian Embassy in<br />
London, England, quotes extensively from <strong>The</strong> <strong>Protocols</strong> in its issues <strong>of</strong> 1984 and 1985,<br />
particularly by <strong>the</strong> “Islamic Propagation Organization, International Relations Department” <strong>of</strong><br />
Tehran, with editorial-styled “cartoons in <strong>the</strong> standard manner <strong>of</strong> East and Middle European<br />
anti-Semitic ichnography.” <strong>The</strong> <strong>Protocols</strong> are said to be openly on sale at <strong>the</strong> great Mosque in<br />
London, and probably at many o<strong>the</strong>r Muslim mosques. 182/<br />
Henry Ford’s “anti-Semitic tract [presumably, <strong>the</strong> book-session <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong> International<br />
Jew], later renounced by its author,” 183/ had been translated into Arabic, and <strong>the</strong> May-June, 1984<br />
text was serialized in <strong>the</strong> Saudi Gazette <strong>of</strong> Jedda, a widely circulated English language<br />
179 ARABIC ANTI-SEMITIC LITERATURE. Lewis, id., at p. 210.<br />
180<br />
JEWS AS “CHEATS, THIEVES, AND MURDERERS.” Lewis, id., at p. 210.<br />
181 COPIES TO EVERYONE. Lewis, id., at p. 210.<br />
182 HEADLINE: “JEWS THREAT TO WHOLE WORLD.” Lewis, id., at p. 210.<br />
183<br />
RENOUNCED BY ITS AUTHOR, MR. FORD. Ano<strong>the</strong>r false statement by Mr. Lewis, id, at<br />
p. 211.<br />
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