The Great Lethal Projection: Antizionism’s Debt to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion

Perhaps the single most toxic Nazi trait was the projection of its own desires onto its enemies. The key text of this projection, the antisemitic forgery The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, claimed to be the voice of the evil Jewish “Elders,” but instead presented the voices of those actually bent on world dominion and genocide, terrified that the Jews will beat them to it. This ventriloquism found an eager audience among the Nazis, who used it to convince their own people to attack the Jews even as they themselves worked toward world dominion and genocide. In the early 21st century, now, that projection has taken on a new configuration. Arab supremacists directly share the Nazi paranoia and projection, as Hamas and other Palestinian leaders openly declare (and pursue) their genocidal goals while accusing Israel of genocide. But what about the antizionist Left, that insists it’s progressive? Do pro-Hamas progressives promote the great lethal projection – that Israel is committing genocide – because they fear the wrath of their Islamist allies? Or do they unconsciously share those dark desires for dominion and genocide?