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WHO ARE THE ELDERS?
This is a secret which has not been revealed. They are the Hidden Hand. They are not the "Board of Deputies" (the Jewish Parliament in England) or the "Universal Israelite Alliance" which sits in Paris. But the late Walter Rathenau of the Allgemeiner Electricitaets Gesellschaft has thrown a little light on the subject and doubtless he was in possession of their names, being, in all likelihood, one of the chief leaders himself. Writing in the WIENER FREIE PRESSE, December 24, 1912,
Dialogues in Hell
The Protocols began as a satirical pamphlet by Maurice Joly, entitled Dialogues in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu. This work did not involve Jews, but described a plot hatched in Hell that coincidentally matched the political ambitions of Napoleon III. Joly plagiarized heavily from a novel by Eugene Sue, Mysteries of the People.
Enter the Jews
The next revision came in 1869 when German spy and anti-Semite Hermann Goedsche plagiarized Joly, for a book chapter entitled “The Jewish Cemetery in Prague and the Council of Representatives of the Twelve Tribes of Israel”. Goedsche changed the setting from a dialogue in hell to a secret centennial meeting of a secret Jewish conspiracy.
Tsarist Russia
In the late 19th century, translations of Goedsche’s book began circulating in Russia, where they were used by tsarist factions to discredit the growing popular radicalism, and to distract attention from dissatisfaction with the monarchy.
In 1905, the Russian mystic and political reactionary Sergei Nilus published the Protocols, identifying them as originating from the First Zionist Congress in Bern. This was easily debunked, since the Congress had been open to the public. He then claimed instead that the document had come from a secret meeting of the “Elders of Zion”. Tsar Nicholas II launched an investigation, which quickly determined that the Protocols were a forgery.
European Dissemination
Following the 1917 Revolution, the Protocols spread outside Russia, where they were used as anti-Bolshevik propaganda. As such, they were translated into all the languages of Europe, and printed throughout Europe and America. Again, the document was debunked as a forgery, and the connection to Joly’s work was famously exposed in The Times of London and in a book by Herman Bernstein. This did not put the matter to rest; the Protocols were still widely believed.
World War II era
Following the Great Depression, the climate was ripe for some major political scapegoating in Europe and America, and the Protocols once again came into play as propaganda. In the United States, Henry Ford sponsored the publishing of a half million copies. In Nazi-dominated Germany, the Protocols were required reading in schools. They are specifically mentioned in Hitler’s Mein Kampf.
Today
Today the Protocols have been widely accepted as truth in Muslim nations, especially Iran and Egypt, where they gained popularity after the Six-Day War of 1967. The Hamas Charter refers specifically to the Protocols. Saudi Arabian school textbooks contain summaries of the Protocols, which are presented as factual.
In Europe and America, belief in the truth of the Protocols is prevalent in racist subcultures. They are held as factual by many Palestinian student groups and newspapers. Louis Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam distributes copies as factual.
There has been much controversy over the publication by “respectable” outlets due to the book’s hateful content. The Wal-Mart store chain in America discontinued the printing after protests. Amazon.com still carries it.
Originally posted by ZindoDoone
You really need to do some more research on exactly who was behind this piece of unmitigated BS called the 'Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion' ! You've been taken in! Just like so many others and it's a shame! Your spreading extremely false anti-Semitic balderdash!
Zindo
Oh and I ain't doin' any research for you either...find it yourself!!edit on 12/27/2010 by ZindoDoone because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by ZindoDoone
reply to post by TribeOfManyColours
Unless your Vulcan, Truth and Logic ain't the same thing..! Many things that seem logical are, in fact, lies..This referenced 'Tome' is one of them!
edit on 12/27/2010 by ZindoDoone because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by tom502
I think it always bears repeating that not all jews are zionists and many jews are anti-zionist, probably moreso then than now. But I think the Protocals won't go away, because as has been pointed out, so much of it fits with what's happened/happening.
Originally posted by tiger5
reply to post by TribeOfManyColours
Well we had a thread on this about 3 months ago. So what exactly is your agenda I ask myself. I don't need to know your agenda just hinking out out. They are a forgery.