Zionist Occupation Government (sionistiska ockupationsregeringen) och dess akronym ZOG syftar på en konspirationsteori enligt vilken judarna i hemlighet styr ett land och att landets regering bara är en marionettregim. Uttrycket används ofta av olika antisemitiska rörelser, bland andra nynazister i USA[1] och Europa,[2] ultra-nationalister som Pamjat i Ryssland och högerextremister i Polen.[3]
Sionismen (på engelska Zionism) är en ideologi som omfattar ett engagemang för att försvara en judisk stat i Mellanöstern, det vill säga Israel.[källa behövs] Konspirationsteorin brukar vanligen antas omfatta länder utanför Israel, varför beteckningen "sionistiska" här ska uppfattas som judiskt världsherravälde, så som det anges i Sions vises protokoll.
Enligt ZOG-teorin har judiska organisationer ett avgörande inflytande över bankväsendet, regeringen, militären, polisen, domstolsväsendet samt massmedia, och de utövar sin makt diskret och utan insyn. Detta gör att alla former av motstånd mot offentliga institutioner kan motiveras som "kamp mot ZOG", samt att medier som framställer invandrare, judar och homosexuella i god dager inte ses som förmögna att leverera argument mot rasistiska åsikter, och därmed inte är värda att beakta då publikationerna är förtäckt propaganda styrd av ZOG.
- ^ Descriptions of ZOG allegations in the US:
- "Conceptualizations of class and state converge in the white supremacist discourse in the characterization of the United States government as the "Zionist Occupation Government" (ZOG)... As indicated by the ubiquitous reference to the state as "ZOG" ("Zionist" is equated with "Jewish") within these publications, the state is depicted as inherently "Jewish", a racial identity within the discourse. The government, as well as the corporate elite, is supposedly "occupied" and controlled by Jews." Daniels, Jesse. White Lies: Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in White Supremacist Discourse, Routledge (UK), ISBN 0-415-91289-X, p. 45.
- National States' Rights Party och Noontide Press i Kalifornien distribuerade Protokollen under 1970-talet och hyllas fortfarande av representanter för högerextrema miliser: exempelvis William Pierce, författaren av den nyfascistiska bästsäljaren The Turner Diaries, identifierar amerikanska staten som en "sionistisk ockupationsregering" (A Rumor About the Jews: Reflections on Antisemitism and "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion" av Stephen Eric Bronner (2000) - Palgrave Macmillan. s.136)
- "With the racist and anti-Semitic theology of Christian Identity as their justification, they blame the Jewish Antichrist, or the Zionist Occupation Government (ZOG), which rules in Washington, taking its orders from internationalist Jews in Israel, the United Nations, and the Fortune 500. Attracting old-line hate groups like the Ku-Klux-Klan and inspiring newer ones like the Aryan Nation Alliance ..., the militia and Patriot movement have helped to legitimize racist and anti-Semitic hate groups..." (Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism by Brenda Brasher (2001) - Routledge. p.305)
- "... vivid philosophy of White supremacy, including the belief that the United States is manipulated by foreign Jewish interests collectively known as the Zionist Occupation Government (ZOG). With this conspiracy theory, the strain is "explained" (e.g., the Jews are behind multicultural curricula), and the solution is presented: hate crimes and race war." (Hate and Bias Crime by Barbara Perry (2003) - Routledge. p.325)
- "The importance of Christian Identity (CI) in the context of bioterrorism is that it has been openly embraced by certain U.S. right-wing "militia" and terrorist cells whose members have expressed interest in acquiring or utilizing pathogens and toxic chemical agents ... as weapons against their opponents, including representatives of the "Zionist Occupation Government" (ZOG) that they feel is controlled by "satanic" Jews." (Encyclopedia of Bioterrorism Defense by Richard F. Pilch, Raymond A. Zilinskas (2005) - Wiley. p.114)
- "The Order, a faction of the Aryan Nations, seized national attention during the 1980s. The tightly organized racist and anti-Semitic group opposed the federal government, calling it the "ZOG," or Zionist Occupation Government." (Homeland Security by Mark Sauter and James Carafano (2005) - McGraw-Hill. p.122)
- ^ "... the neo-Nazis have proclaimed themselves a white/Aryan resistance movement fighting the Zionist Occupation Government (ZOG) and racial traitors." (Fascism and Neofascism: Critical Writings on the Radical Right in Europe (Studies in European Culture and History) (2004) - Palgrave Macmillan p.208)
- ^ Robert Blobaum (1983). Antisemitism And Its Opponents In Modern Poland. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-691-11306-8. http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0801489695&id=gXisr7fgDjwC&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&ots=HPSPnptsOw&dq=zydokomuna&sig=3joDtgo-m6NQriwVofZZ_sp_X30 p.97