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Decade of Deceit: Anti-Semitic
9/11 Conspiracy Theories 10 Years
Later
August 30, 2011
INTRODUCTION
In the ten years since the September 11 terrorist attacks on America, conspiracy theories surrounding the
attacks have become an entrenched propaganda industry. These assaults on memory and history attempt to
place blame for the attacks on sources other than Al Qaeda, such as the U.S. government. Prominent among
such 9/11 conspiracy theories are those that make the anti-Semitic claim that Jews—whether Israeli, American,
or both-- were involved in planning and executing the attacks. This anti-Semitic faction is only a part of the so-
called "9/11 truth movement," yet it is vocal and pervasive, particularly on the Internet. While its origins began
within hours of the attacks themselves, a new chorus of voices—who claim not to be anti-Jewish but simply anti-
Zionist—have more recently emerged to become the most popular promoters of these ideas.
The goal for these anti-Semitic "truthers" is to convince the public that the actual terrorists never could have
masterminded or conducted the 9/11 attacks. Instead, they claim, American and/or Israeli Jews were the only
ones who had the "motive, means, and opportunity" to carry them out. Blaming Jews for manipulating world
events for their own benefit is not new–it is at the very root of ideological anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitic 9/11
conspiracy theories are merely a recent manifestation of age-old allegations that a Jewish cabal plots deceitful,
sinister actions in order to gain or maintain power.
Anticipating criticism, a number of these anti-Semitic conspiracists now try to immunize themselves against
charges of anti-Semitism by making disclaimers up front about not being anti-Semitic. Their own works and
record, however, blatantly contradict their innocuous self-characterizations.
The most prominent promoters of these anti-Semitic conspiracy theories today tend less often to be white
supremacists and right-wing anti-Semites. Rather they are more commonly members of a group of anti-Israel
conspiracists who see the 9/11 attacks as one of a series of "false flag" operations that Israel has carried out to
manufacture a war against its Muslim enemies (the term "false flag" operations refers to acts of sabotage or
terror conducted by one perpetrator but designed to appear as if conducted by another, with the goal of setting
the victim at odds with the false perpetrator).
THE EVOLUTION OF ANTI-SEMITIC 9/11 CONSPIRACY THEORIES
The initial array of anti-Semitic theories that circulated soon after the 9/11 attacks all still have currency today,
but certain conspiracy theories have increased in popularity over the past decade. For example, the most
repeated early theory alleged that 4,000 Israelis (or Jews, in some versions) were told to stay home from the
World Trade Center on 9/11. This theory, at least in the United States, has receded to the background, while
other major anti-Semitic conspiracy theories have come to the forefront.
Unaltered document from the Jewish 'ADL' showing how they unashamedly lie for what they imagine are 'Jewish' interests – www.big-lies.org