![]() “A gross overstating is the worst that can be said about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s blaming the first ‘Palestinian’ leader Haj Amin Al-Husseini for persuading Hitler to implement the ‘Final Solution to the Jewish Problem.’ ... Though criticism of this statement isn’t out of place, too many of the responses from left-wing politicians and journalists are nothing more than attempts to derail what should be a proper discussion and turn it into a cheap political cat-fight. ... Such false innuendos, however, couldn’t stop the surge of responses that used Netanyahu’s inaccuracy to remind everybody of Haj Amin Al-Husseini’s very real involvement in murderous attacks against Jews, and about his enthusiastic collaboration with Nazi Germany. Among the many historians commenting on Netanyahu's statement was Wolfgang Schwanitz, who with Barry Rubin authored Nazis, Islamists and the Making of the Modern Middle East. Quoting from his book, Schwanitz reminded everyone that ‘at their meeting on November 28, 1941, Hitler and al-Husseini] concluded the pact of Jewish genocide in Europe and the Middle East, and immediately afterward, Hitler gave the order to prepare for the Holocaust. The next day invitations went out to thirteen Nazis for the Wannsee Conference to begin organizing the logistics of this mass murder. ... al-Husseini made it clear that if Hitler wanted Muslims and Arabs as allies he must close Europe’s exits to Jews. At the same time, al-Husseini and Arab rulers also told Britain that if it wanted to keep Arabs and Muslims from being enemies, it must close entrance to Palestine to all Jews. By succeeding on both fronts, al-Husseini contributed to the Holocaust doubly, directly, and from the start.’ ... The full story of al-Husseini's direct involvement in the Holocaust is found in Serbian scholar Jennie Lebl's book Haj Amin and Berlin.” “Positive Spin on Netanyahu’s Blunder,”Israel Today, Oct. 26, 2015 Comments are closed.
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