Prince Charles blames "foreign Jews" for Middle East turmoil

Charles, Prince of Wales, heir to the throne of the United Kingdom, for many years had a BFF by the name of Laurens van der Post -- Sir Laurens Jan van der Post, CBE, to give him his full name and title. Besides being a close friend to the prince, Sir Larry, who died in 1996, was an Afrikaner author, farmer, war hero, political adviser to British heads of government, educator, journalist, humanitarian, philosopher, explorer, conservationist and godfather to Prince William.

Prince Charles and Sir Laurens used to correspond on matters large and small, sorting out, as only members of the elite can, the problems of the world. Some of their letters have been published, some not. One that came to light just recently was a letter from the prince to the knight in 1986, excerpted in a major article in the Mail Online on Friday.

In the missive, written on 24 November 1986, immediately after an official visit the prince (then 38) made to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar, he expresses his concerns that the exodus of European Jews in the middle of the 20th century "helped to cause great problems." He gives his own view of the conflict with Israel by repeating an Arabist vision of the region. "Also begin to understand their point of view about Israel," he wrote, adding that 40 years after Israel's creation he "never realised they see it as a US colony."

"I now appreciate that Arabs and Jews were all a Semitic people originally and it is the influx of foreign, European Jews (especially from Poland they say) which has helped to cause great problems," he continued. "I know there are so many complex issues, but how can there ever be an end to terrorism unless the causes are eliminated? Surely some U.S. president has to have the courage to stand up and take on the Jewish lobby in the US?" he added, before ending with, "I must be naïve, I suppose! Charles."

Yes, Your Highness. Not just naïve but misinformed. Everyone knows there's no "Jewish lobby" in the USA. If you don't believe me, just ask the New York Times or the Washington Post.