Dream of Zionism. Map of "Greater Israel."
- Title:
- Dream of Zionism. Map of "Greater Israel."
- Alternate Title:
- Dream of Zionism
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Mir [?]
- Date:
- 2018
- Posted Date:
- 2024-04-25
- ID Number:
- 2424.01
- File Name:
- PJM_2424_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1960 - Present
- Subject:
- Bias
Other War & Peace
Pictorial
Politics & Government - Measurement:
- 15 x 23 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- "Even before the State of Israel came into existence, Arab leaders accused Zionists of seeking to rule most of the Middle East," a secret Jewish plot to establish a "Greater Israel" extending from the Nile to the Eurphrates and the Persian Gulf, and south deep into Saudi Arabia. Albeit "farfetched" and a "calumny," this notion has "become so routinized and accepted" that it "now serves as the conventional wisdom in all the Arabic-speaking countries and Iran." Pipes 1998, 49, 69. This is one of two maps in the collection alleged to provide evidence of the "Greater Israel" conspiracy. (The other is ID #2411, "Jewish Imperial Ambitions In Palestine and Neighbouring Countries," 1967.)
This map, "Dream of Zionism," shows Zionism as a giant serpent, its back decorated with a pattern of triangles described as "Freemasons Eye, 'Symbol of Jewry.'" The snake's circular outline marks the "Proposed Boundary of 'Greater Israel,'" an area including all of Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and the Sinai Peninsula; the Nile delta region of Egypt along the Suez Canal and northwest of Cairo; and virtually all of Iraq, including access to the Persian Gulf. It also includes a large portion of northwestern Saudi Arabia, a corridor well over 100 miles wide along the Red Sea, stretching south more than 450 miles from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Holy City of Medina. "Curiously," the conspiracy theorists "see Greater Israel including Medina but not Mecca; the oil fields of Kuwait but not those of Saudi Arabia; and more of Turkey than Iran." The State of Israel is identified as "Occupied Palestine." Pipes 62.
This map first appeared in an English-language edition of the fraudulent "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" - the infamous blood libel against the Jewish people - published in Iran in 1985. Ibid. This version appears in a new edition, "Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion," attributed to "The Representatives of Zion, of the 33rd Degree" and published in Kuwait by the "Scientific Research House." The estimated publication date is 2018. The current version of the map varies only slightly from that of 1985 illustrated in Pipes: the words "Symbol of Jewry" have been added in script beneath the legend "Freemasons Eye," and a partially legible signature ("Mir"?) appears at the lower right.
It is not clear what relationship, if any, the "Greater Israel" conspiracy theory bears to the Protocols. While the Introduction and Protocol III do speak of the "Symbolic Snake" of Zion and relate it to Masonry, the Snake of the Protocols encircles all of Europe and bears no particular reference to Palestine or the Middle East.
The Collection includes a number of maps related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Search > "israel* AND palest*".
Cornell University Library is pleased to present this digital collection of Persuasive Maps, the originals of which have been collected and described by the private collector PJ Mode. The descriptive information in the “Collector’s Notes” has been supplied by Mr. Mode and does not necessarily reflect the views of Cornell University. - Source:
- The Representatives of Zion, of the 33rd Degree. [2018]. Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. Kuwait: Scientific Research House.
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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