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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).

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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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    • cosmopolitan elite
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    • Deadly Exchange
    • deicide
    • dual loyalty
    • (((echo)))
    • “From the River to the Sea”
    • gaslighting
    • Globalist
    • “Globalize the Intifada”
    • “The Goyim Know”
    • Great Replacement
    • greed
    • Holocaust denial / distortion
    • Holohoax
    • Illuminati
    • Jew Coup
    • Jew down
    • Jewish agents
    • Jewish capitalist
    • Jewish communist
    • Jewish features
    • Jewish figures
    • Jewish lightning
    • Jewish lobby
    • Jewish power
    • Judas/30 pieces of silver
    • Khazars
    • Kike
    • kosher tax
    • laughing Jew
    • Nazi symbols
    • New World Order
    • “not the real Jews”
    • Pepe the frog
    • philosemitism
    • poisoning the well
    • Protocols of the Elders of Zion
    • puppet master
    • QAnon
    • Rothschild
    • Satan
    • scapegoat
    • Semite
    • settler colonialist
    • silencing
    • slavery / slave trade
    • smirking merchant
    • Soros
    • tokenizing
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