文档介绍：Unraveling Anti-Semitic
9/11 Conspiracy Theories
Anti-Defamation League
Glen A. Tobias, National Chair
Abraham H. Foxman, National Director
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Highlights
• A work of anti-Semitic conspiracy theorists is energetically working
to blame Jews and Israel for the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
• These theories are the latest manifestation of centuries-old allegations that
Jews manipulate and control world events for their own benefit. They bring the
Protocols of the Elders of Zion into the 21st century, updating a familiar
theme: that Jews are inherently evil and have a "master plan" to rule the
world.
• What makes the 9/11 conspiracy theories particularly important is that they
have united disparate groups of Jew haters — American far-right extremists,
white supremacists and elements within the Arab and Muslim world — who
are exchanging and echoing information, ideas, and conspiracy theories, par-
ticularly through the .
• 9/11 conspiracy theories have grown to such an extent that they form an
entire industry that includes books, pamphlets, videotapes, Web sites, and
speakers.
• These theories are poised to form the basis of a new anti-Semitic canard that
will linger for decades and be used to demonize Jews and Israel. Anti-Semites
are blaming Jews for the worst terrorist mitted and for its conse-
quences, such as military conflicts. Allegations of Jewish culpability in the
9/11 attacks may even be used as justification for future acts of anti-Semitic
violence.
"Around 4,000 Israelis working in the World Trade Centre [sic] had been
issued a secret directive before the incident not to report for duty on
September 11 which plied with. This is evident from the fact that
not a single Israeli or American Jew working in the WTC was rep