Following are excerpts from an article published in al-Baath, the official newspaper of the Syrian regime (al-Baath Internet edition, 10 May 2002), under the heading “A research on Zionist ideology clearly proves that Zionism is merely a blatant manifestation of racist symptoms”. The author of the article, Wahib Saray al-Din, uses the Protocols of the Elders of Zion as reference, and claims that they reflect the Zionist ideology:

“This racist attitude, which overshadows Hitler’s nazism, derives from the Zionist ideology, and more specifically from the writings of the Old Testament and the Talmud. A Zionist book that best reflects the extreme hate nurtured towards the entire human race is the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. This book is well known and has been widely studied. Yet, it ought to be constantly re-written. Any person who has leafed through it, feels that he has caught a glimpse of a vicious and frightening philosophy, devoid of any signs of morality and humanitarian sense.”

“This book contains a message of hate and enmity against humanity, and of the ambition to gain control over all its resources. It in fact summarizes the barbarian Zionist legacy, in a period in which the inhumane ideology of Zionism is gaining strength and further developing its scheme of destroying the world and using it for its own interests and influence, and is actually paving the road towards achieving full control of the world.”

“The book is comprised of 24 chapters, which were formulated during the first Zionist Congress that took place in Basle in 1897, under the chairmanship of Herzl. It was attended by 300 rabbinical people, who approved the scheme of gaining control over the world and subjugating it. Their slogan was “Judaism above everything”. The members of the steering committee resolved to adopt the snake as the symbol of the Zionist movement…”