The FBI has apologized for posting on Twitter a link to a file containing a fictitious anti-Semitic document.
This is the “Protocol of the Elders of Zion”, which describes the alleged plans of the Jewish people to establish world domination and the destruction of Christian values. A link to the document without any comments was posted in the FBI Records Vault account.
Earlier today FOIA materials were posted to the FBI’s Vault and FOIA Twitter account via an automated process without further outlining the context of the documents. We regret that this release may have inadvertently caused distress among the communities we serve.
– FBI Records Vault (@FBIRecordsVault) August 19, 2020
The department said that some publications in this account appear automatically after being placed in the FBI archive.
This post has now been removed, but after being published with an apology, it was available to users and received more than 16 thousand retweets, the Washington Post notes. People called this behavior “irresponsible” and also pointed out that the document, without any comments, only strengthens anti-Semitic sentiments.
You are WILDLY IRRESPONSIBLE for tweeting this document without offering any context and framework to ensure that anyone looking at this document understands that it is one of the most dangerous days of antisemitism ever produced. (cc: @HolocaustMuseum @AuschwitzMuseum)
– Emily Pressman (@emilypressman) August 19, 2020
In January, Vyacheslav Moshe Kantor, President of the European Jewish Congress, noted that anti-Semitic sentiments were growing in European countries. Thus, in Eastern Europe, the highest anti-Semitism index was found in Poland – 48%. Moreover, in 2015 it was 37%.