Thread by @RothForPrez

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The "Jews/Israel did 9/11" lie was born from a toxic mix of leftist-Muslim propaganda, and the woke right are eating it up:

1) Backround:

Shortly after the devastating attacks on the world trade center, while Americans were busy healing and seeking vengeance, the enemies of America have been busy cooking up conspiracy theories to shift the blame from the terrorist who planned> executed> celebrated the attacks, to the convenient minority to blame everything on: the Jews.
The attacks were a breeding ground for conspiracy to begin with, the surprise and scale of the attack seemed impossible.
People forgot the trade center was the target for an attempted terrorist attack in 1993.

2) The originators:

Shortly after the attacks, a few articles from Arab media talking about "4000 Israelis" that haven't gone to work on 9/11, insinuating that they've been warned in advance.
The first 2 articles spreading this conspiracy that I could find are the following:
- Al-Manar Lebanese media, Sep 17th, 2001.
angelfire.com/on4/warforum/a…

- Jordan's Al Watan newspaper and been spread by Pakistani publications, Sep 22nd, 2001.
wnd.com/2001/09/10980/

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These are obvious and deliberate twists of the Sep 12th article talking about 4000 Israelis/Jews who are MISSING because of the attacks.
albawaba.com/news/thousands…

Beyond the "4000 Israelis" myth, conspiracies about 9/11 spread like wildfire in the middle east, as highlighted in the article below:
memri.org/reports/three-…

3) Leftist input:

Thierry Meyssan is a French journalist and political activist known for his far-left views and conspiracy theories. He is the founder of the Voltaire Network, a radical leftist think tank critical of Western imperialism, NATO, and Israel.
Meyssan gained international attention with his 2002 book L’Effroyable Imposture (9/11: The Big Lie), where he claimed the September 11 attacks were an inside job orchestrated by elements within the U.S. government and, indirectly, by Israel’s Mossad.
A longtime leftist, Meyssan has supported causes like anti-globalization movements and openly defends governments opposed to the West, such as Iran and Syria.
His conspiracies about Israeli involvement in 9/11 relied heavily on rumors spread by early Arab media sources, including Al-Manar (Hezbollah’s channel) and Egyptian newspapers like Al-Usbua’. These outlets promoted myths that 4,000 Jews did not show up for work at the Twin Towers on 9/11 because Mossad warned them.
(The rumors we have addressed in the section above)

Meyssan recycled these allegations to strengthen his argument of a Zionist-American plot, despite providing no credible evidence. His book found an eager audience in the Arab world and among Western anti-imperialists who viewed Israel and the U.S. as conspiratorial partners in global domination.

4) Iranian documentaries:

Iranian state TV has produced a healthy amount of documentaries trying to link Israel to the attacks:

- “9/11 and the Zionist Lobby” (🚨) — Press TV, aired around 2008–2009.

- “Zionist Fingerprints on 9/11” — IRIB 2 (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting), aired 2010.

- “9/11: A Hidden Truth” — Sahar TV (Iranian state broadcaster), shown 2011, marking the 10th anniversary.

- Segments in “End of America”(🚨) — recurring Iranian series around 2012–2014, linking Mossad to 9/11.

- Press TV special reports — multiple broadcasts between 2008–2015, interviewing Western fringe “Truthers” to claim Israeli involvement.

The "documentaries" never brought any proof and merely circulated the same conspiracy theories other Arab media had.

5) Mainstream:

After the conspiracies had a strong and popular footing in the middle east and spread around by "Anti- Imperialists" like Meyssan, the conspiracy had began to make rounds on internet forums and conspiracy theories strong holds.
Popular conspiracy theorists like Alex Jones have pushed it into the American psyche.
Not many people question where these conspiracies originate from, who took the time to make them up, spread them, and why ?

The honest truth is that the enemies of the west know exactly how little the west trusts itself, making blame on a "Cabal" of Jews a simple way to make idiots forget who chants "Death to America" every day.