The Controversy of Zion

A history of Jewish tribalism and revolution from ancient to modern times
-- by: Douglas Reed, 1956, source: ControversyOfZion.info
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MHP Editor's Preface

About this book

British journalist and author Douglas Reed was the Central European correspondent for the London Times during the late 1920s, and was a brilliant analyst who had interviewed many of the major political figures of the period. Following his experiences during the second World War, he wrote this lengthy and controversial book which remained unpublished for over 20 years.

In it, he traces the development of the Jewish concept of the "chosen people" and the "promised land" from the time of the ancient Levites through the World Wars of the 20th century and the founding of the modern State of Israel. It is must reading for anyone interested in the hidden hand behind world events, and the ongoing conflict centered around the Jewish State.

"The sect which attached itself to and mastered the tribe of Judah took this rising concept of 'one God of all peoples' and embodied it in its Scripture only to destroy it, and to set up the creed based on its denial. It is denied subtly, but with scorn, and as the creed is based on the theory of the master-race this denial is necessary and inevitable. A master-race, if there be one, must itself be God...

Thus the achievement of the itinerant priests who mastered the tribe of Judah, so long ago, was to turn one small, captive people away from the rising idea of a God of all men, to reinstate a bloodthirsty tribal deity and racial law, and to send the followers of this creed on their way through the centuries with a destructive mission... The end was to be the triumphant consummation in Jerusalem, when world dominion was to be established on the ruins of the heathen and their kingdoms."

(from Chapter 1)

"The political and military operations of two world wars have been diverted to promote the Zionist ambition and the life and treasure of the West have been poured out in support of it. Forty years of continuous bloodshed in Palestine have obviously been but the prelude to what is yet to come there. Any third world war may begin and spread outward from Palestine, and if one were to start elsewhere it would in its course foreseeably revolve around and turn on the ambition of Zion, which will not be fulfilled until a much greater area in the Middle East has been conquered, 'other Gods' have been thrown down, and 'all nations' have been enslaved."

(from Chapter 13)

"I believe [this book] will still be valid in five, ten or more years, and I expect it to be published one day or another because I anticipate the collapse, sooner or later, of the virtual law of heresy which has prevented open discussion of "the Jewish question" during the past three decades. Some day the subject will be freely debated again and something of what this book records will then be relevant... The West approaches the climax of its relationship with Zion, publicly begun fifty years ago, and the climax is precisely what was to be foreseen when that servience started."

(from Chapter 46)

The narrative is divided into five periods: the Levitical, the Pharisaic, the Talmudic, the brief Emancipation, and the Zionist. A final section, the Climacteric, was then added. For easier online reading, the chapters have been grouped into parts, some long paragraphs have been divided, and section headings have been added that do not appear in the original text. Reference links for Bible verses quoted by the author have also been included.

Throughout the text, the author references "a most zealous Zionist historian, Dr. Josef Kastein", quoting from his book "The History and Destiny of the Jews" (1933). Whenever "Dr. Kastein" is mentioned, that is the source.

Comments

In the latter half of the book, the author concentrates on the twin forces of Zionism and Communism. However, he only briefly touches on the "most secret and jealously guarded field of all" regarding the money power behind the scenes which has enabled these movements, an area which deserves more scrutiny. For instance, the name "Rothschild" is only mentioned once in passing without any discussion of that dynasty or its influence in world affairs for the past two centuries.

"There is also that second network, of influential men at the higher level where "the power of the purse" may be used to exert "irresistible pressure on the international politics of the present" through rulers and politicians... All experienced observers know of the existence of this force at the highest level of international affairs... Nothing less could explain the action which the British Government took, and if there was doubt earlier about the concerted action of this force, above and distinct from nations, the events of our mid-century have removed it."

(from Chapter 26)