What is called The Damascus Affair was the disappearance and suspected murder in 1840 of a Christian Priest, said to have been killed while in the Jewish Quarter for his blood to be used in the approaching Passover celebration. The accused men were declared innocent after a delegation of high-level European Jews, headed by Sir Moses Montefiore, traveled to the capital of the Ottoman Empire  to negotiate with the Pasha.  Following this major “blood libel” event, international-minded Jews considered how to organize for the protection of the Jewish reputation world-wide. One result was the Alliance Israelite Universelle, founded in 1860 by Adolphe Cremieux who was also a member of the above-mentioned delegation. This new sense of, and felt-need for, solidarity gave rise to the modern Jewish Press, a mass of new institutions and organizations all aimed at serving the “Jewish community,” and the emergence of a written plan, a version of which we know as the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion.

Image: Symbol of the Alliance Israelite Universelle on door of “Mikveh Israel’ school. The hands clasping indicate the “helping hand” that Jews should offer to one another, no matter where they are.

Hadding Scott and Carolyn Yeager  read and comment on Chapter 18, Does This Explain Jewish Political Power?

First they complete Chapter 17 from last week, Does Jewish Power Control the World Press? Many examples of this inordinate Jewish influence on the Press in the United States are given. The writers end by encouraging newspaper editors not to back down when “a committee of Jews ” shows up in their office seeking to pressure them, as there can be a large measure of bluff involved. They add that Truth can be the rock of refuge and defense against this kind of pressure.

Chapter 18 asks whether the World Program laid out in the Protocols of Zion is identical to what was seen taking place in 1920? It quotes from various Protocols to show that it was taking place in current time. TIJ’s answer to the question “Does this explain Jewish political power” will be discussed in depth next week by Hadding and Carolyn when they complete this chapter, which includes the steps recommended  to emancipate Gentiles from “fear of the Jews.” Don’t miss it!

Illustration: Every vital area or function of society caught in a web spun by World Jewry as the controlling power.

Note: We are using the Noontide Press publication of The International Jew — The World’s Foremost Problem which can be found online here as a pdf file.