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cabal | #TranslateHate

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cabal

noun \ kə'bäl \

: a small, powerful group that seeks to establish control

WHEN IT’S ANTISEMITIC:

Jews have long been accused of being part of a secret group that controls the economic and political world order. The term cabal originates from the word kabbalah, the Jewish mystical interpretation of the Hebrew Bible. Its sinister use was popularized in A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens when it was used as an acronym for five English government ministers during the reign of King Charles II. Today, the term “cabal” is used as a dog whistle for Jewish control (see control).

Tweet reading White supremacy was started by the Jewish cabal so same thing with was started by the Jewish cabal underlined in red
A post claiming “the Jewish cabal” started white supremacy.

Several antisemitic publications and conspiracy theories capitalize on this imagery of a conniving cohort, such as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion or the New World Order theory which is based on the idea that Jews have formed a power structure in which they control the media, economy, and politics (see Protocols of the Elders of Zion, New World Order).

 

 

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