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Benjamin Disraeli: And all this because they wish to destroy that ungrateful Christendom which owes to them even its name, and whose…

On the recordJanuary 1, 1852
And all this because they wish to destroy that ungrateful Christendom which owes to them even its name, and whose tyranny they can no longer endure.
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Benjamin Disraeli

Editor's note · Context

From his biography of Lord George Bentinck, this passage explains the motivation behind the Jewish people's alliances as a desire to destroy an ungrateful Christendom.

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