Egyptian Jurists to Sue 'The Jews' for Compensation
for "Trillions " of Tons of Gold
Allegedly Stolen During Exodus from Egypt
The August 9, 2003 edition of the Egyptian weekly Al-Ahram Al-Arabi featured an
interview with Dr. Nabil Hilmi, Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Al-Zaqaziq who, together with a group of Egyptian expatriates in Switzerland, is
preparing an enormous lawsuit against "all the Jews of the world." The following are
excerpts from the interview:
Dr. Hilmi: "… Since the Jews make various demands of the Arabs and the world, and
claim rights that they base on historical and religious sources, a group of Egyptians in
Switzerland has opened the case of the so-called 'great exodus of the Jews from
Pharaonic Egypt.' At that time, they stole from the Pharaonic Egyptians gold, jewelry,
cooking utensils, silver ornaments, clothing, and more, leaving Egypt in the middle of
the night with all this wealth, which today is priceless."
Question: "What will the group of Egyptians in Switzerland do about this issue?"
Hilmi: "Dr. Gamil Yaken, vice president of the Egyptian community in
Switzerland, came to Egypt to collect information. We set up a legal team to prepare
the necessary legal confrontation aimed at restoring what the Jews stole a long time
ago, to which the statute of limitations cannot possibly apply. Furthermore, [the theft]
is based on their holy book, the same source on which they relied when they invaded
other peoples…
"The Egyptian Pharaoh was surprised one day to discover thousands of Egyptian
women crying under the palace balcony, asking for help and complaining that the Jews
stole their clothing and jewels, in the greatest collective fraud history has ever known.
"The theft was not limited to gold alone. The thieves stole everything imaginable. They
emptied the Egyptian homes of cooking utensils. One of the women approached
Pharaoh, her eyes downcast, and said that her Jewish neighbor who lived in the house
on the right of her house had come to her and asked to borrow her gold items,
claiming she had been invited to a wedding… The Jewish neighbor took [the items] and
promised to return them the next day. A few minutes later, the neighbor to the left
knocked on the door and asked to borrow the cooking utensils, because she was
having guests for dinner. Using this same deceitful system, they took possession of
all the cooking utensils…"
Question: "It is clear why they stole the gold, but why the cooking utensils?"
Hilmi: "Taking possession of the gold was understandable. This is clear theft of a host
country's resources and treasure, something that fits the morals and character of the
Jews. Yet what was not clear to the Egyptian women were the reasons for stealing
the cooking utensils, when other things may have been of greater value. However,
one of the Egyptian priets said that this had been the Jews' twisted way throughout
history; they seek to cause a minor problem connected with the needs of everyday
life so as to occupy people with these matters and prevent them from pursuing them
to get back the stolen gold...
"A police investigation revealed that Moses and Aaron, peace be upon them,
understood that it was impossible to live in Egypt, despite its pleasures and even
though the Egyptians included them in every activity, due to the Jews' perverse
nature, to which the Egyptians had reconciled themselves, though with obvious
unwillingness. Therefore, an order was issued by the Jewish rabbis to flee the country,
and that the exodus should be secret and under cover of darkness and with the
largest possible amount of loot. The code word was 'At midnight.' In addition, the
Jewish women were told to steal the gold and cooking utensils of the Egyptian
women, and that is what happened."
Question: "Did they leave individually or as a group?"
Hilmi: "They left in a convoy of 600,000, that is, about 120,000 families. There were
a few wagons in the convoy, and a long line of donkeys loaded with the stolen
goods… They crossed the desert in the heart of Sinai, in an attempt to confuse
Pharaoh's army, which was on their trail… Later they rested and began to count the
stolen gold, and discovered that it reached 300,000 kg of gold."
Question: "But the Jews can cast doubt on this story with their usual methods. What
is the religious evidence you said is in the Torah?"
Hilmi:"Naturally, the Jews cast doubt on this story because that is in their interest. But
the answer would be that the story is based on what is written in the Torah. It can be
found in Exodus, [Chapter] 35, verses 12 through 36…"
Question: "So what arguments can be made in support of getting back our stolen
gold?"
Hilmi: "There are two types of claims, one religious and the other legal. From a
religious standpoint, all monotheistic religions have called not to steal… It is also in the
Ten Commandments, which the Jews were ordered [to observe]. Therefore, they
have a basic religious obligation to return what was stolen, if it exists.
"From a legal standpoint, fleeing with the Egyptians' goods could be for the purpose
of borrowing or for the purpose of stealing. If it is for the purpose of borrowing, legally
it has a temporary dimension, not a permanent dimension, and therefore they must
return [the gold], with interest, to its owners.
"On the other hand, if the Jews took the goods from the Egyptians not for the
purpose of borrowing it but to keep them for themselves, by legal norms this is theft,
and therefore they must return the stolen goods to their owners, in addition to the
interest for its use over the entire period of the theft."
Question: "What do you think is the value of the gold, silver, and clothing that was
stolen, and how do you calculate their value today?"
Hilmi: "If we assume that the weight of what was stolen was one ton, [its worth]
doubled every 20 years, even if the annual interest is only 5%. In one ton of gold is
700 kg of pure gold – and we must remember that what was stolen was jewelry, that
is, alloyed with copper. Hence, after 1,000 years, it would be worth 1,125,898,240
million tons, which equals 1,125,898 billion tons for 1,000 years. In other words,
1,125 trillion tons of gold, that is, a million multiplied by a million tons of gold. This is
for one stolen ton. The stolen gold is estimated at 300 tons, and it was not stolen for
1,000 years, but for 5,758 years, by the Jewish reckoning. Therefore, the debt is very
large…
"The value must be calculated precisely in accordance with the information collected,
and afterward a lawsuit must be filed against all the Jews of the world, and against the
Jews of Israel in particular, so they will repay the Egyptians the debt that appears in
the Torah."
Question: "Is a compromise solution possible?"
Hilmi: "There may be a compromise solution. The debt can be rescheduled over 1,000
years, with the addition of the cumulative interest during that period."
Article came from the Egyptian weekly Al-Ahram Al-Arabi, August 9, 2003.
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