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It seems what Bin Laden was referring to is the so-called Franklin’s Prophecy.

The US embassy also makes this connection:

Osama bin Laden referred to Pelley’s “Franklin Prophecy” forgery in his 2002 “Letter to the American People,” in which he complained about supposed Jewish power in America, stating that this is “precisely what Benjamin Franklin warned you against.”

This opinion article in Ha'aretz quotes American historian Charles A. Beard as saying (after searching for the source of Franklin’s Prophecy):

All these searches have produced negative results. I cannot find a single original source that gives the slightest justification for believing that the ‘Prophecy’ is anything more than a bare-faced forgery. Not a word have I discovered in Franklin’s letters and papers expressing any such sentiments against the Jews as ascribed to him by the Nazis — American and German.

The article does admit that Franklin made some Anti-Jews statements in letters that he sent, but those cannot be seen as a prophecy:

However, despite his famous liberality in matters of religious opinions, Franklin actually did on several occasions use anti-Jewish language in his letters, though this language does not come near the vitriol he is purported to have publicly uttered in the “Prophecy.”

Examples of such letters can be found here (credit for finding the reference goes to @tim).

So, to answer your question, it's most likely a no.

It seems what Bin Laden was referring to is the so-called Franklin’s Prophecy.

The US embassy also makes this connection:

Osama bin Laden referred to Pelley’s “Franklin Prophecy” forgery in his 2002 “Letter to the American People,” in which he complained about supposed Jewish power in America, stating that this is “precisely what Benjamin Franklin warned you against.”

This opinion article in Ha'aretz quotes American historian Charles A. Beard as saying (after searching for the source of Franklin’s Prophecy):

All these searches have produced negative results. I cannot find a single original source that gives the slightest justification for believing that the ‘Prophecy’ is anything more than a bare-faced forgery. Not a word have I discovered in Franklin’s letters and papers expressing any such sentiments against the Jews as ascribed to him by the Nazis — American and German.

The article does admit that Franklin made some Anti-Jews statements in letters that he sent, but those cannot be seen as a prophecy:

However, despite his famous liberality in matters of religious opinions, Franklin actually did on several occasions use anti-Jewish language in his letters, though this language does not come near the vitriol he is purported to have publicly uttered in the “Prophecy.”

So, to answer your question, it's most likely a no.

It seems what Bin Laden was referring to is the so-called Franklin’s Prophecy.

The US embassy also makes this connection:

Osama bin Laden referred to Pelley’s “Franklin Prophecy” forgery in his 2002 “Letter to the American People,” in which he complained about supposed Jewish power in America, stating that this is “precisely what Benjamin Franklin warned you against.”

This opinion article in Ha'aretz quotes American historian Charles A. Beard as saying (after searching for the source of Franklin’s Prophecy):

All these searches have produced negative results. I cannot find a single original source that gives the slightest justification for believing that the ‘Prophecy’ is anything more than a bare-faced forgery. Not a word have I discovered in Franklin’s letters and papers expressing any such sentiments against the Jews as ascribed to him by the Nazis — American and German.

The article does admit that Franklin made some Anti-Jews statements in letters that he sent, but those cannot be seen as a prophecy:

However, despite his famous liberality in matters of religious opinions, Franklin actually did on several occasions use anti-Jewish language in his letters, though this language does not come near the vitriol he is purported to have publicly uttered in the “Prophecy.”

Examples of such letters can be found here (credit for finding the reference goes to @tim).

So, to answer your question, it's most likely a no.

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From reading around, itIt seems what Bin Laden was referring to is the so-called Franklin’s Prophecy.

The US embassy also makes this connection:

Osama bin Laden referred to Pelley’s “Franklin Prophecy” forgery in his 2002 “Letter to the American People,” in which he complained about supposed Jewish power in America, stating that this is “precisely what Benjamin Franklin warned you against.”

This opinion article in Ha'aretz quotes American historian Charles A. Beard as saying (after searching for the source of Franklin’s Prophecy):

All these searches have produced negative results. I cannot find a single original source that gives the slightest justification for believing that the ‘Prophecy’ is anything more than a bare-faced forgery. Not a word have I discovered in Franklin’s letters and papers expressing any such sentiments against the Jews as ascribed to him by the Nazis — American and German.

The article does admit that Franklin made some Anti-Jews statements in letters that he sent, but those cannot be seen as a prophecy:

However, despite his famous liberality in matters of religious opinions, Franklin actually did on several occasions use anti-Jewish language in his letters, though this language does not come near the vitriol he is purported to have publicly uttered in the “Prophecy.”

So, to answer your question, it's most likely a no.

From reading around, it seems what Bin Laden was referring to is the so-called Franklin’s Prophecy.

This opinion article in Ha'aretz quotes American historian Charles A. Beard as saying (after searching for the source of Franklin’s Prophecy):

All these searches have produced negative results. I cannot find a single original source that gives the slightest justification for believing that the ‘Prophecy’ is anything more than a bare-faced forgery. Not a word have I discovered in Franklin’s letters and papers expressing any such sentiments against the Jews as ascribed to him by the Nazis — American and German.

The article does admit that Franklin made some Anti-Jews statements in letters that he sent, but those cannot be seen as a prophecy:

However, despite his famous liberality in matters of religious opinions, Franklin actually did on several occasions use anti-Jewish language in his letters, though this language does not come near the vitriol he is purported to have publicly uttered in the “Prophecy.”

So, to answer your question, it's most likely a no.

It seems what Bin Laden was referring to is the so-called Franklin’s Prophecy.

The US embassy also makes this connection:

Osama bin Laden referred to Pelley’s “Franklin Prophecy” forgery in his 2002 “Letter to the American People,” in which he complained about supposed Jewish power in America, stating that this is “precisely what Benjamin Franklin warned you against.”

This opinion article in Ha'aretz quotes American historian Charles A. Beard as saying (after searching for the source of Franklin’s Prophecy):

All these searches have produced negative results. I cannot find a single original source that gives the slightest justification for believing that the ‘Prophecy’ is anything more than a bare-faced forgery. Not a word have I discovered in Franklin’s letters and papers expressing any such sentiments against the Jews as ascribed to him by the Nazis — American and German.

The article does admit that Franklin made some Anti-Jews statements in letters that he sent, but those cannot be seen as a prophecy:

However, despite his famous liberality in matters of religious opinions, Franklin actually did on several occasions use anti-Jewish language in his letters, though this language does not come near the vitriol he is purported to have publicly uttered in the “Prophecy.”

So, to answer your question, it's most likely a no.

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From reading around, it seems what Bin Laden was referring to is the so-called Franklin’s Prophecy.

This opinion article in Ha'aretz quotes American historian Charles A. Beard as saying (after searching for the source of Franklin’s Prophecy):

All these searches have produced negative results. I cannot find a single original source that gives the slightest justification for believing that the ‘Prophecy’ is anything more than a bare-faced forgery. Not a word have I discovered in Franklin’s letters and papers expressing any such sentiments against the Jews as ascribed to him by the Nazis — American and German.

The article does admit that Franklin made some Anti-Jews statements in letters that he sent, but those cannot be seen as a prophecy:

However, despite his famous liberality in matters of religious opinions, Franklin actually did on several occasions use anti-Jewish language in his letters, though this language does not come near the vitriol he is purported to have publicly uttered in the “Prophecy.”

So, to answer your question, it's most likely a no.