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Jews have been expelled from 109 countries, cities, or other entities since the end of the Roman Empire.

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1 contradict3 context
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1 time·
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65%
The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
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The post's 109 figure traces to a longstanding antisemitic list, which the ADL says is among many inflated tallies ranging from 100 to over 1,000, and Reuters reports the figure is promoted by white supremacists. Sources document many Jewish expulsions, but none substantiates a count of 109, so the specific figure is debunked.

What was said

… But it was very difficult to compete with a group of people who have, you know, thanks to the Talmud and later on the Zohar, a mission to gain wealth and power at the expense of their rivals, which is why Jones wrote his book in the first place. And it's very uniform when you read all the documents about why they were expelled from, I forget, 109 since the end of the Roman Empire: countries, cities, whatever. Uh, the complaints are identical: it's unfair business practice practices, it's mass indebtedness, it's the property of the poor and middle class going to Jewish overlords, and the state itself, uh, dependent on these people for a steady flow of credit and …
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What we found

Contradicts. Reuters' fact-check reports that the ADL describes the 109 expulsions figure as repeatedly made by white supremacists, and that it most likely originates from a '109 locations' list on an Australian antisemitic website.[1]

Contradicts. According to the ADL as quoted by Reuters, lists of alleged Jewish expulsions range from 100 to more than 1,000, so the figure 109 is one arbitrary tally rather than a documented count.[1]

Context. Major historical references (Encyclopedia Judaica, Britannica, Wikipedia) document numerous specific expulsions, such as England in 1290, France in 1306 and 1394, and Spain in 1492, but none gives a total of 109 entities.[2][3][4]

Context. The post's claim matches the extraction: the speaker said 'I forget, 109 since the end of the Roman Empire', so the figure is faithfully reported from the passage and is not an extraction addition.

Sources

4 sources: 1 fact-checker, 3 not rated

  1. 1Screenshot of Snopes article involving antisemitic claims has been ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
  2. 2Encyclopedia Judaica:Explusionsjewishvirtuallibrary.org · not rated · cited for: context
  3. 3Judaism - Marginalization, Expulsion, Diaspora | Britannicabritannica.com · not rated · cited for: context
  4. 4Expulsions and exoduses of Jews - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context

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