Egyptian President Husni Mubarak’s claim in a letter to Israel’s President Moshe Katzav, that the Egyptian TV series “Knight Without a Horse” is not anti-Semitic is false, as vicious anti-Semitic themes have already appeared. In episode 16 the “Jewish book” the “Protocols of the Elders of Zion” is said to be: “…frightening. At first it seemed like surrealistic ideas of gangsters…. What is shocking are the plans and conspiracies to rule the world, with racist ideas which express enmity to the whole of humanity”.

This, of course, is the essential lie that was made when the original forgery was distributed. This lie has been used by enemies of the Jews since then to justify hatred and persecution of Jews in the name of self defense.

In one episode, “actual texts” from the “Protocols of the Elders of Zion” were read, presenting the Jews as scheming to destabilize the world, by promoting ethnic, religious and national conflict, throughout the world, both internally within groups and vis a vis their neighbor states. These worldwide conflicts the Jews initiate will distract the non-Jewish world from trying to take action against the Jews, according to the text of the “Protocols”.

The following are quotes, said to be from the “Protocols”:
“We have spread the seeds of conflict between men in all fields of life: personal and national, by spreading religious and tribal fanaticism, dispute and conflict among the faithful of the same religion."
“We will increase ethnic chauvinism. Governments will hesitate to help their neighbors resist us, since each will be convinced that any action against us will be disastrous for itself”.

Zionism is delegitimized, as the show presents it as a part of the “Elders of Zion” conspiracy. In episode 16 the book is to be translated into Arabic in order to warn the Arab of the Jews’ plans: “…take the translated book. The people of Palestine should know of the conspiracy against them now”.

The Jews in the story, older men with long grey beards and large black skullcaps, are depicted as evil. They scheme to murder the story’s heroes in order to get the book, and even threaten to murder each other.
Jacob: “We shall kill him, we shall kill Hafez.”…
Isaac: “Maybe it was Margaret?”
Jacob: “We´ll kill her, kill her.”
Isaac: “Killing Margaret and Hafez, without having the book first, would be stupidity.”
Benjamin: “We must first ascertain who has the book, Hafez or Margaret?”
Isaac: “If the book is exposed, I´ll kill you and Jacob, Benjamin.”

The series further asserts: “…there are secret groups all over the world trying to prevent its distribution, in order to prevent disclosure of the Jewish schemes…”
as well as: “Our problem is that someone will read the book and fit the contents to what we are trying to accomplish, and will believe in [its truth] thoroughly”.

In short, less than half way through the series, the Egyptian production presents the protocols as the Jewish racist conspiracy to rule all of humanity. Egyptian President Husni Mubarak’s claim that the series is void of any anti-Semitism is false. (PMW.ORG.IL 11/26/02)