Readers of this blog will note that there are many conspiracy theories out there about Titanic. Some are supernatural while others border on the ludicrous. I saw a headline, mind you a small one in one of the many news feeds I review, that said Jews sank Titanic. I was in a hurry and shook my head and noted to come back to look into it.

The story appeared on Ahram-Canada, an Arab language news website in Canada authored by Ahmed Zaki. It was noticed by the Elder of Ziyon blog which flagged it as antisemitic. The author writes:

The Jewish Freemasons built the giant Titanic ship and charged it with the fictional costs, only to kill three businessmen, who built it with a magnificent construction, to drag them on board, and then sink them into the ocean floor and bury the secret with them for ever. The [businessmen were against] the idea of creating the Federal Reserve! They loved to be rid of them in order to pave the way for the new world order.

You can guess this caused considerable outrage and likely violated Canadian law. The editor,Medhat Oweida,who was running for political office, apologized and removed the article (and others written by the author)from the website. It turns the article originated from a Lebanese newspaper and the author simply added some new items. The outrage appears to have cost the editor his political career for the moment. He claims he was too busy with politics to have seen the article before it was published.

The notion that Jews and Freemasons were involved in conspiracies of one kind or another have been around for centuries. And of course Hitler and the Nazi’s put that to use in their propaganda as well. Sadly it has taken on new life with many today who fall into the trap of believing such nonsense. Kudos to Elder of Ziyon for bringing it to light.

Source: Editor apologizes after story claimed Jews sank the Titanic (Canadian Jewish Press, 7 Dec 2018