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1 Update of http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia//ENGLISH/HATE-ANTI%20SEMITISM/PDF/MAR8_05.PDF
The front cover of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,
Damascus 2004. Edited by the Research Committee of
Rasslan ‘Alaa Al-Din Publishers
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The Syrian régime, under both Hafez Assad and his son Bashar, is infected with
anti-Semitism. That has been made evident in recent years by the
pronouncements of president Bashar, the anti-Semitic overtones in the Syrian
media (including the production of anti-Semitic movies for TV such as “The
Diaspora”2) and the publishing of many anti-Semitic books, including a new
edition of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
Another edition of The Protocols, which Rasslan Publishers are trying to market
as “research,” was published in Damascus in 2004. Various editions of the book
are marketed throughout the Arab-Muslim world (and also reach the hands of
Israeli Arabs) and contribute to anti-Semitism among their readers. It is
worthwhile mentioning that the authoritative Syrian régime supervises all books
written and distributed in and exported from Syria.
The book has an introduction (which completely distorts historical fact) which
describes the circumstances of the composition of The Protocols as a tool for the
Elders of Zion to take over the world and reveals how they were exposed. It then
goes on to list a number of absurd “accusations” against the Jews, the proof of
which are The Protocols themselves: the attempt to take over world mass
communications media, to harm Gentiles, to harm the wealthy; acts of treachery,
harming the Jews’ own agents, encouraging alcoholism, favoring power over
justice, corrupting the Gentile world, instigating the First and Second World Wars
and other fabrications (See below, Description of The Protocols).
2 "The Diaspora" is a TV serial produced in Syria and distributed by Hezbollah in Lebanon and to the whole world via Al-Manar, the Hezbollah TV satellite channel. Another anti-Semitic TV program is the movie “The Garden of Death,” which was broadcast in Syria, Lebanon (via Al-Manar) and Palestinian Authority.
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The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
Translation and research: Rasslan ‘Alaa al-Din
First edition: 2004
Number of copies printed: 1000
Copyrighted
Published and distributed: ‘Alaa Al-Din Institute for Publishing and Distribution
Technical editing and cover design: Feisal Khafian
Letters should be addressed to:
‘Alaa al-Din Publishing and Distributing Institute
Syria – Damascus
Telephone: 5617071
Fax: 5613241
PO Box 30598
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Notice to the reader on the back cover: “At first glance, The Protocols would seem to be
the figment of a sick imagination. Actually, they are not at all imaginary. They are
established fact and every word contained herein has been rigorously researched. Their
principles have been and are still being applied by the world Zionist movement, and that is
why it is important to study, understand and analyze them. This book tears the mask off the
[true] face of the world Zionist movement, which seeks to control the world through
fraud and deceit.
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“Know your enemy if you wish to conquer him,” is a well-know phrase by one of the sages.
Therefore, if we want to know our enemy, not only ours but of every cultured individual who
believes in right and shuns wrong, we must read and understand these Protocols.
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The Freemasons4 are a tool in the hands of the Zionist movement. In the
fourth Protocol the author states: “The truth of the matter is that our power is
hidden. The visible Freemasons serve us as a cloak and [in effect] only act to hide
[our power] and our goals.”
Activating public opinion and the newspapers after they have been taken
over [by the Jews]: They will be used as weapons [for propaganda and
psychological warfare] against any enemy liable to attack the Jews. That is based
on the seventh Protocol: “The governments of the non-Jews are implementing the
stages of our overall plot, which is almost finished. Therefore, we ourselves force
them to do so by using what is known as ‘public opinion,’ which we design in
secret with the help of the ‘Great Empire’ – the written media, which are almost
completely under our control.”
Harming the wealthy Gentiles, or “goys,” and enslaving them to the Jews.
That appears in all the Protocols: “The wealth of the world will be poured into our
hands and we hoard it. Thus all Gentiles will have been transformed into poor
workers and paupers.”
Betraying its agents. The fourth Protocol refers to the secret Zionist takeover and
the placing of Zionist agents in the forefront of events. That is, [the Zionists] hide
behind their constantly changing agents, and that change does no harm. Quite the
opposite, it supports the secret force economically and saves it a lot of money. [It
would have had a lot of expenses] if it had to pay a [generous] salary for long-
3 Literal translation: “general features.” However, an examination of the Introduction shows that the author chose features of the Protocols which for him were specific and prominent. 4 Both classic European anti-Semitism and modern Arab anti-Semitism often offer the false claim that the Freemasons serve the Jews in realizing their “plots” to take over the world.
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term and wide-spread services. [Therefore, the Jews’ method] is to keep changing
[one agent] for another.
Encouraging the Gentiles to become alcoholics. The issue is mentioned in most
of the Protocols, for instance, the sixth: “We will spread paths to alcoholism.”
The Jews do not believe in justice, only power. In their eyes power enables
them to commit crimes. They use their power to control lawmaking. The ninth
Protocol [states]: “I can report to you with an entirely clean conscience that we
determine lawmaking and are its source. The time will come when we will be able
to enforce legislation and its source – we will slaughter whom we choose and
pardon whom we choose.”
The Jews endeavor to corrupt all generations all over the world. [They]
encourage all kinds of fantastic theories and urge people along all kinds of useless
paths. The ninth Protocol [states]: “As for non-Jewish youth, we have deceived
and fooled them, we have turned their heads and corrupted their paths and thus
fostered principles and theories we know are improper and worthless.”
Contempt for all non-Jewish peoples, who are described as shallow. The tenth
Protocol [states]: “Governments and peoples are satisfied by policies that deal
with the obvious and do not delve deeply into matters.”
Treating the Gentiles as if their only aspiration in life is to satisfy their urges
and the lusts of their bodies. The tenth Protocol [states]: “And how can the
Gentiles get to the heart of the matter when all they can think of is amusing
themselves and debauchery.”
It can be seen that the author of The Protocols is not only a racist, but he
clearly shows his desire to put himself at the front of Zionism [in particular]
and the world in general. The tenth Protocol [states]: “Regarding the project of
establishing the government, one of us must devote all his attention to it.”
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The Jews use words like liberty, justice, equality and liberality but they do
not believe in them at all. The tenth Protocol [states]: “The Freemasons use
words like liberality, liberty, equality and fraternity. When rule is ours we will
change them to the right of freedom, the duty of equality, the perfection of
fraternity.”
Samson’s choice: Samson was a mythological Jewish hero who destroyed the
building in which his trial took place and killed himself along with his enemies.
That is, when everyone [all the non-Jews] stand against the Jews, an all-inclusive
world war must be started. The seventh Protocol [states]: “And when everyone
joins forces against us the only thing to do is start a comprehensive world war.”
The important point here is that it makes us take notice of the role of the Jews in
starting the First and Second World Wars.
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The first edition of The Protocols of the
Elders of Zion (2005), written by Raja
‘Abd al-Hamid ‘Urabi and published by
Al-Awael
The first edition of The Protocols of the Elders
of Zion (2004) published by Rasslan ‘Alaa Al-
Din
5 It is reasonable to assume that there are additional versions which we do not have.
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The eighth edition of The Protocols of the Elders of
Zion (1997) published by Mustafa Tlass (a confidant
of Hafez Assad and Syrian Minister of Defense for
many years) and edited by ‘Ajaj Nuwayhid.
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