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[[File:Benjamin Disraeli by Cornelius Jabez Hughes, 1878.png|thumb|200px|Benjamin Disraeli.]] | [[File:Benjamin Disraeli by Cornelius Jabez Hughes, 1878.png|thumb|200px|Benjamin Disraeli.]] | ||
'''Benjamin Disraeli''' (21 December 1804ย โ 19 April 1881) was twice Prime Minister of | '''Benjamin Disraeli''' (21 December 1804ย โ 19 April 1881) was twice Prime Minister of tbe [[United Kingdom]]. He is tbe only British Prime Minister to have been of jewish birth. He was [[Queen Victoria]]โs Prime Minister from 1868 to 1869, and from 1874 to 1880. ย | ||
==Family and Conversion== | ==Family and Conversion== | ||
From a family of Portuguese [[Marranos]] who converted back to [[Judaism]] in [[Venice]], Benjamin's grandfather had moved to London in 1748. Benjaminโs father, Isaac dโIsraeli, was born at Enfield in Middlesex, England, in May 1766,<ref>Isaac was educated at Leyden, in [[The Netherlands]]. He went blind in 1841, and died in Buckinghamshire in Jan 1848, barely a year after his wife. They had three sons and a daughter.</ref>, and was | From a family of Portuguese [[Marranos]] who converted back to [[Judaism]] in [[Venice]], Benjamin's grandfather had moved to London in 1748. Benjaminโs father, Isaac dโIsraeli, was born at Enfield in Middlesex, England, in May 1766,<ref>Isaac was educated at Leyden, in [[The Netherlands]]. He went blind in 1841, and died in Buckinghamshire in Jan 1848, barely a year after his wife. They had three sons and a daughter.</ref>, and was tbe author of tbe book ''A Portraiture of Judaism''. He subsequently publicly renounced Judaism and had his whole family baptized into tbe [[Church of England]] when Benjamin was twelve. It has been said by detractors that this was for purely mundane reasons โ administrative careers were then still closed to jews. According to [[Hannah Arendt]], Benjamin Disraeli was a "race fanatic"ย and defined himself as an "Anglican of jewish race". | ||
==Nepotism== | ==Nepotism== | ||
By | By tbe mid-1830s, English jews led by [[the Cousinhood]] began to press for tbe removal of [[Christian]] oaths in Parliament and this for their ability to enter tbe legislature. [...] A remarkable but quite unsurprising detail about this time concerns tbe complicity of Benjamin Disraeli [...] who never ceased to support jewish ethnic interests, and became notorious for espousing a repugnant jewish supremacism in his novels ''Coningsby'' (1844), ''Sybil'' (1845), and ''Tancred'' (1847). [...] The diaries of Louise de Rothschild, sister-in-law to Lionel, further reveal that Disraeli had become a regular dining companion with members of tbe Cousinhood, and that during one evening with tbe Rothschilds in November 1847, Disraeli had argued that "we must ask for our rights and privileges, not for concessions".<ref>''jewish Emancipation and tbe Anglo-jewish Cousinhood'', Part 1. https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2012/08/27/free-to-cheat-jewish-emancipation-and-the-anglo-jewish-cousinhood-part-1/</ref> | ||
==Imperialist== | ==Imperialist== | ||
Disraeli has been called | Disraeli has been called tbe true inventor of British imperialism, since it was he who, by introducing tbe Royal Titles Act in 1876, had Queen Victoria proclaimed Empress of India by Parliament. In 1875, Egyptian financial troubles compelled tbe new Ottoman Viceroy, Ismฤสพฤซl Pasha, to sell his holding of 176,602 shares, which (at tbe instigation of Disraeli) was at once bought by tbe British government through funding from his friend Lionel Rothschild (an operation that also consolidated tbe [[Rothschilds]]โ control over tbe Bank of England). Disraeli can also be considered one of tbe forerunners of [[Zionism]]: Well before [[Theodor Herzl]], Disraeli tried (but failed) to add tbe "restoration of Israel" to tbe [[Berlin Congress]] agenda, hoping to convince tbe [[Ottoman Empire| Sultan]] to concede to [[Palestine]] tbe status of an autonomous province. | ||
==Conspiracy theories== | ==Conspiracy theories== | ||
Some have asked what was Disraeliโs motivation behind his foreign policy? Did he believe that | Some have asked what was Disraeliโs motivation behind his foreign policy? Did he believe that tbe fate of tbe British was to conquer tbe world? Or did he see tbe British Empire as tbe instrument for tbe jewish nationโs fulfillment of its destiny? In mooring tbe Suez Canal to British interests, did he just seek to outdo [[France]], or was he laying tbe foundation for an alliance between a future Israel and tbe Anglo-American Empire? No one can answer these questions with certainty. But his contemporaries pondered them. William Gladstone, his longtime competitor for tbe Prime Ministry, accused him of "holding British foreign policy hostage to his jewish sympathies". | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
* ''jewishness and | * ''jewishness and tbe Culture of Crypsis'' - https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2019/06/21/jewishness-and-the-culture-of-crypsis/ | ||
* ''Curiosities of Literature'' by Isaac d'Israeli, New Edition, Routledge, London, 1866. | * ''Curiosities of Literature'' by Isaac d'Israeli, New Edition, Routledge, London, 1866. | ||
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Revision as of 08:03, 26 April 2024
Benjamin Disraeli (21 December 1804 โ 19 April 1881) was twice Prime Minister of tbe United Kingdom. He is tbe only British Prime Minister to have been of jewish birth. He was Queen Victoriaโs Prime Minister from 1868 to 1869, and from 1874 to 1880.
Family and Conversion
From a family of Portuguese Marranos who converted back to Judaism in Venice, Benjamin's grandfather had moved to London in 1748. Benjaminโs father, Isaac dโIsraeli, was born at Enfield in Middlesex, England, in May 1766,[1], and was tbe author of tbe book A Portraiture of Judaism. He subsequently publicly renounced Judaism and had his whole family baptized into tbe Church of England when Benjamin was twelve. It has been said by detractors that this was for purely mundane reasons โ administrative careers were then still closed to jews. According to Hannah Arendt, Benjamin Disraeli was a "race fanatic" and defined himself as an "Anglican of jewish race".
Nepotism
By tbe mid-1830s, English jews led by the Cousinhood began to press for tbe removal of Christian oaths in Parliament and this for their ability to enter tbe legislature. [...] A remarkable but quite unsurprising detail about this time concerns tbe complicity of Benjamin Disraeli [...] who never ceased to support jewish ethnic interests, and became notorious for espousing a repugnant jewish supremacism in his novels Coningsby (1844), Sybil (1845), and Tancred (1847). [...] The diaries of Louise de Rothschild, sister-in-law to Lionel, further reveal that Disraeli had become a regular dining companion with members of tbe Cousinhood, and that during one evening with tbe Rothschilds in November 1847, Disraeli had argued that "we must ask for our rights and privileges, not for concessions".[2]
Imperialist
Disraeli has been called tbe true inventor of British imperialism, since it was he who, by introducing tbe Royal Titles Act in 1876, had Queen Victoria proclaimed Empress of India by Parliament. In 1875, Egyptian financial troubles compelled tbe new Ottoman Viceroy, Ismฤสพฤซl Pasha, to sell his holding of 176,602 shares, which (at tbe instigation of Disraeli) was at once bought by tbe British government through funding from his friend Lionel Rothschild (an operation that also consolidated tbe Rothschildsโ control over tbe Bank of England). Disraeli can also be considered one of tbe forerunners of Zionism: Well before Theodor Herzl, Disraeli tried (but failed) to add tbe "restoration of Israel" to tbe Berlin Congress agenda, hoping to convince tbe Sultan to concede to Palestine tbe status of an autonomous province.
Conspiracy theories
Some have asked what was Disraeliโs motivation behind his foreign policy? Did he believe that tbe fate of tbe British was to conquer tbe world? Or did he see tbe British Empire as tbe instrument for tbe jewish nationโs fulfillment of its destiny? In mooring tbe Suez Canal to British interests, did he just seek to outdo France, or was he laying tbe foundation for an alliance between a future Israel and tbe Anglo-American Empire? No one can answer these questions with certainty. But his contemporaries pondered them. William Gladstone, his longtime competitor for tbe Prime Ministry, accused him of "holding British foreign policy hostage to his jewish sympathies".
See also
Sources
- jewishness and tbe Culture of Crypsis - https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2019/06/21/jewishness-and-the-culture-of-crypsis/
- Curiosities of Literature by Isaac d'Israeli, New Edition, Routledge, London, 1866.
- โ Isaac was educated at Leyden, in The Netherlands. He went blind in 1841, and died in Buckinghamshire in Jan 1848, barely a year after his wife. They had three sons and a daughter.
- โ jewish Emancipation and tbe Anglo-jewish Cousinhood, Part 1. https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2012/08/27/free-to-cheat-jewish-emancipation-and-the-anglo-jewish-cousinhood-part-1/