The Arabs in Mandatory Palestine went together like peanut butter and jelly for Nazis.
Morris, Benny. ”1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War.” United States, Yale University Press, p. 21.
The Palestinians, Khalil al-Sakakini, a .. Jerusalem educator, jotted down in his diary, ”rejoiced [as did ‘the whole Arab world’] when the British bastion at Tobruk fell .. to the Germans.”
One of the first public opinion polls in Palestine, conducted by al-Sakakini’s son, Sari Sakakini, on behalf of the American consulate in Ierusalem, in February 1941 found that 88 percent of the Palestinian Arabs favored Germany and only 9 percent Britain.
Cohen, Hillel. ”Army of Shadows: Palestinian Collaboration with Zionism, 1917–1948.” United States, University of California Press, 2008, p. 175.
In February 1941, 88 percent of those polled expressed support for Germany, while only 9 percent supported England.
Anti-Semitism and Ignorance.
F. Meiton: The Arabs and the Holocaust.Fredrik Meiton, November 29, 2010.
…the poll carried out by Sari al-Sakakini, which, in February 1941, put the figure at 88 percent.
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In general: the major Arab newspapers (
Falastin فلسطين,
Ad-Difa ’الدفاع,
Carmel [Karmel, Karmil], etc.) praised Hitler in the 1930s.
[Ehrlich, 2002:81 (Heb.)] Some noticeable: '
Karmel May 14, 1933 : "Will an Arab Hitler appear among us to awaken, unite and lead us to lead us to fight and defend our rights?" And the
Falastin called Hitler "noble"
[Palestine Post, 22-May-1933].
The editor of 'Al-Jami'a al-Islamiyya'
[الجماعة الإسلامية] wrote on May 22, 1933: "When Hitlerism appeared, the Arabs cheered and rejoiced, saying: A blow from heaven in the hands of others..." At
Ad-Difa, portions of
Mein Kampf were published, its editor Ibrahim al-Shanti, called on Arab youth
(in an article from June 1, 1934) to "learn from Hitler's actions and imitate them in order to achieve similar national achievements."
(During the war years, Arab press was under the control of the Brits).
In 1936, T. Wurst, the German consul in Jaffa: “The Muslim Palestinians .. deeply impressed by fascist teachings and views, especially from the National Socialists.”
[Mallman, Cüppers, 2010: 38].
The cry of ‘Heil Hitler’ became a key word that rang brazenly throughout Palestine.”
[Ziff, 1938:430].
In 1934, an Arab Nazi party was established
[ibid]. In 1935 there are groups: Arab-Nazi
[JTA, June-25-1935]. Also in Haifa, a Nazi-Arab club ‘The Red Moon’ was established
[JTA July-1-1935]. In 1936, the Husseinis' ‘futuwwa’ – modeled on the ‘Hitler youth’.
[Rosen, 2005:109].
New York Times, May 23, 1937, ‘All’ the Arabs of Palestine, [even non-Muslim Arabs] celebrated Muhammad’s birthday with a flying Nazi swastika and pictures of Hitler.
[New York Times, May 23, 1937].
Hilda Wilson, a teacher in Beer-Zeit throughout the rebellion of 1936-9, noted that most of her students were pro-Nazis and approved of Hitler.
[Segev, 1999:343].
In March 1935, the Templar newspaper wrote: Many Arabs saw Hitler as the most important man of the 20th century and almost every Arab knew his name. Fascism and National Socialism with their anti-Jewish attitude were welcomed by many Arabs.
[Canaan, 1968: 53 (Heb.)].
In 1937, Walter Dohle, the German consul in Jerusalem wrote: “Palestinian Arabs in all social strata have great sympathy for the new Germany and its Fuehrer…”
[YNet, 7.5.2006]
Awni Abd al-Hadi (of the Istiqlal institutions and the Supreme Arab Committee) in January 1937 told the Nazi magazine that Arabs like Nazis.
[Sentinel, Feb. 25, 1937].
In 1938, Arabs respond to Hitler’s words with cheers from the newspapers
[for example, in the Petersburg Times – Sep 16, 1938].
1938, about a hundred Arabs, including from Palestine, are represented in Nuremberg a.j.n. September 23, 1938 when Fauzi Kaukeji [al-Qawuqji] welcomes them.
[Davar, Jan. 5, 1947].
Journalist John Gunther in 1939: “The greatest contemporary Arab hero is – Adolf Hitler.”
[Gunther, 1939:528].
Ahmad Shukeyri [Shukeiri, Shukairy], testifies in his book
(in 1969, pp. 196, 201; Encounter, vol. 39, p.76. S. Spencer, Irving Kristol, 1972) that they sympathized with the Nazis and “prayed” for their victory, referring to the years 1940-1.
(The same Ahmad Shukeiri helped with propaganda for Hitler
[Congressional Record.. Vol. 107, Pt 24, 1961, p.5735 (p.35); Detroit Jewish News, 3-Feb-1967,9], with Jamal Husseini – both justified the holocaust in 1946
[B’nai B’rith, 12-Jul-1946], promoted neo-Nazis in 1962
[JTA, Dec.3.1962; JTA, De.4.1962; Congressional Record : Proceedings and…’ US Congress, 1965, PA15915-6], was associated with Issa Nakhle
[Herut, Nov-29-1953 (Heb.)] – who glorified Nazi Germany
[DAIA, Apr. 1958], denied the holocaust
[Nov.13.1972 at UN; 1978 in his memorandum to Carter, Sadaat ahead of Camp David; etc.] and worked with neo-Nazis for most of his career.
[1963 corresponding with A. Arcand; Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, 1969:.425; Anti Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, 1983:49; The American Spectator, 1986:20]).
August 1942: a German liaison officer based in Syria reported that:
'The friendly mood to the Germans among the Muslim Arabs continues unabated. In general, they express the wish that the Germans might soon arrive and liberate the country from the occupying forces and from its misery. To speak about Hitler publicly, the Arabs use a number of pseudonyms. The newest code name for Hitler is 'Hajj Numur,' the tiger. Wishes for Hitler's victory often serve as a form of greeting.'
[Bericht V-Mann "Antonius" v. 13.8.1942, BA-MA, RH 2/1790].
On 21 Dec, 1942, letter, representatives of the Reich and the NSDAP in Palestine described the Arabs' hope for a great Arab state: "Arabs in Palestine were waiting for Hitler to come to Palestine and expel all the Jews..."
[Chef der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (CdS) VI C 13 an AA v. 21.12.1942, BAB, NS 19/186].
Jaffa Arab activist, Muhammad Abu Sarrari: “Most Arabs in Israel were in favor of Nazi Germany.”
[Arbel, 2000:19 (Heb.)].
Dr. Zaid Hamzeh (who was 9 years old in 1941): “We Arabs supported Hitler during World War II because he hated the Jews.”
[Memri, according to an interview with him on 9-Oct-2019].
"Palestinian" Arab leader, in Jerusalem (then under Jordanian rule), spring, 1967: "We Arabs supported Hitler to get the British out of Palestine and to keep the Jews from taking it over - and that was our big mistake..."
[Saturday Review. (1970). vol. 53. United States: Saturday Review Associates, p. 4].
Arab "Palestinian" leader Farouq Qaddoumi (b. 1931): We supported the Nazis in WWII.
[Memri, December 18, 2013].
Author: "My father ... knew that most of the Palestine Arab leaders supported the Nazis."
[Segev, Jerusalem Corner Berlin: Memories, 2022, ("Stay decent"), (in Ger.)].
In 1941, Aref Abd-Razak meets Himmler, meets Goebbels – who, according to his words, made a “great impression on him”, and who suggested that he recruit Arabs for the SS.
[Yom Yom, 21-June-1949 (Heb.)].
1941-1945: infamous Arab Palestine Islamic leader Haj Amin al Husseini, the Mufti: no. 1 Hitller's active Arab helper, very close Himmler. Preached --on Nazi radio-- for genocide and Jihad to the Arab world; oversaw schools for combining radical Islam and Hitlerism; mobilized SS Muslim units; plotted crematorium in Dothan Valey for M.E. and N. African Jews; toured concentration camps with Nazi officials; bragged in his memories about July-1943 Himmler confiding in him telling him they already exterminated more than 3 Million Jews; intervened against rescue of thousands of Jewish children who were to escape the Holocaust to come to Mandatory Palestine. He had a large Arab entourage with him.
Stated in Jan 6, 1942: 'Up until a month or two ago, you would have heard from Englishmen from various circles the "ruled law," that the majority of Arabs are Nazis. One would say 70%, one would say 90% - that was the dispute.'
[Political Struggle: A file of speeches and documents. Vol. 1, Iss. 1, ch. 3. Moshe Sharett, Shifra Kolat, 2009, p. 56].
In July 1942 when the rumors came about the fate of the Jews, there was public jubilation among most Arabs.
[Cohen, 2014, ch. 17, according to journalist’s testimony].
August 1942: The CIA reports on the anti-Jewish sentiments of the ‘majority’ of Palestinian Arabs, influenced by propaganda. Expect Rommel…
[Herf, 2009:139].
In 1944, ‘in secret ways, Nazi propaganda material, authored by Hajj Amin, was also stolen into Palestine.
Throughout the country his supporters drank in his words with thirst, and the phenomenon of the years of the rebellion returned: in the Arab circles they were already debating the distribution of Jewish property after the victory; And in Jerusalem and Jaffa, in Tiberias and Safed, the fate of the young Jewish women has already been determined: for each one, her future Arab rapist has been determined.
[Lebl, 1996:98 (Heb.)].
Before the 1941 Farhud (in which they threw babies into the water in front of their parents, raped women before killing them), the Palestinian teachers in Iraq incited with the mufti.
[Julius, Huffington Post May 25, 2015]. And the Jenin born poet Bohan al-Din al-Abushi called for genocide
[Shasha, 2008:6]. He also wrote pro-Hitler poems in 1942-1940.
[Hazkani, 2021].
Ahead of the Nuremberg Trials, the
Falastin defended Nazism, saying that "Nazism which is -- as much a way of life as democracy and -- socialism" in a leading article.
[The Palestine Post, 31 October 1945].
The Islamic
Ad-Difaa (Al Difa) الدفاع, in honor of the Christian holiday has put at the top of the issue a picture of the "Fuhrer," published the "will" of Hitler with great prominence.
[Ad Difaa, Jan 1, 1946; denounced in ha-Tsofeh, Jan 2, 1946].
An Arab newspaper elaborates about "Hitler the Great (sic) Leader". "Adolf Hitler, the lost European man" - an article of this name with a picture on "the greatest [sic] leader who rose in Germany" was published in the latest issue of "alwahda" (الوحدة) the Arab weekly in Jerusalem.
[HaMashkif, June 4, 1946].
According to Edward Said, the pro-Nazi mufti represented the consensus of the Arabs of Palestine. In his book
(1983:7): "The Arab Higher Committee; It operated… especially since 1946… This committee, headed by the national leader of Palestine, Haj Amin al-Husseini, represented the Palestinian Arab national consensus, backed by the parties The Palestinian political parties that operated in Palestine, and were recognized in some way by Arab governments as the voice of the Palestinian people, until the PLO…"
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Al-Husseini, in his memories, reveals Himmler's remarks to him in July 1943
Ahmad Shukeiri and his group helped Hitler
Ahmad Shukeiri testimony in his 1969 book on Arab palestine for Hitler:
Ahmad Shukeiri and Jamal Hussenii, in 1946, both justify the Holocaust on 6 million Jews
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Zionists line up fighting Nazis:
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