Hitler's New Youth--The Palestinians' deadly obsession with the Nazi leader.

FrontPageMagazine.com ^ | May 26, 2006 | Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook

[SJackson]

The Hamas newspaper this week chronicled with pride the ways in which different foreign leaders singled out the Palestinians as examples of ideal revolutionaries. The first leader cited by the Hamas weekly, Al-Rissala, for praising the Palestinians was Adolf Hitler:

"Adolf Hitler, while exciting the Germans of the Sudetenland - the Sudetenland is a German province that the Allies had annexed to Czechoslovakia after the First World War - told them in his broadcasts: Look at what the Palestinian revolutionaries are doing to Great Britain!!"
[Al-Rissala (Hamas Weekly), May 18, 2006]

Overview: Admiration of Hitler in the Palestinian Authority:

It may be surprising to Western observers to see Palestinians taking pride in having been praised by Hitler. But it is important to understand that the utter revulsion of Hitler expected in the West is not true in Palestinian society. Palestinians can be found who are named "Hitler" as a first name: Hitler Salah [Al Hayat Al Jadida, Sept. 28, 2005], Hitler Abu-Alrab [Al Hayat Al Jadida, Jan. 27, 2005], Hitler Mahmud Abu-Libda [Al Hayat Al Jadida, Dec.18, 2000].

This phenomenon of Palestinians being named after Hitler was explained in an article in the official PA daily praising the rewriting of history and the doing of "justice" to Hitler:

"Even Adolf Hitler, who after the fall of Nazi Germany turned into a political horror for most of the writers and artists, during the last decades has started to return himself to his part of the picture. There are some in Britain who defended Hitler and tried to do justice for him. There are elderly people, among them Arabs, who still carry the name Hitler since their fathers, who were charmed by him, linked them [their children] with his name."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, April 13, 2000]

One article explained the phenomenon of naming Palestinians after admired foreign leaders - such as Napoleon and the Nazi General Rommel:

"Sometimes parents name their children with foreign names, due to the father's admiration to a foreign personality. This is the source of the names: Rommel [famous Nazi General] and Napoleon."
[Al-Ayyam, November 15, 2001 "Woman's Voice" supplement].

The admiration for Hitler is consistent with the status of Mein Kampf, which a PA daily cited as a book on the best sellers' list.
[Al Hayat Al Jadida, Sept. 2, 1999].

                         [Hitler with Husseini]                  [Husseini inspects Nazi troops]

A contributing factor to this admiration may be the history of the Hitler - Arab alliance during World War 2. The Arab leader in British Palestine, the Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini, was actively allied with Hitler. The numerous meetings between the Mufti and Hitler are well documented.

Finally, the PA daily published an interview with an elderly Lebanese which described the man's professed friendship with Hitler, as well as his pride in fighting for Hitler: And whereas this is a personal account whose historical accuracy is not important, what is significant is the positive, even proud attitude about his friendship with Hitler, that is being expressed so routinely.

Interview with Sheikh Ali Hussain Abu-Ibrahim, a Palestinian resident of Lebanon who claims he is 116 years old:

"Question: What are the important events in your life that left the biggest impression?
Answer: The first was the Hitler event. I met him in Jerusalem in one of the Turkish Army camps, and the friendship between us was very tight. At the time I was a sergeant while Hitler was a simple private. The relationship between us tightened even more once Turkey entered the war together with Germany. The second event was when I participated [with the Nazi army] in entering France and conquering it. I was in charge of the cannon that shelled Paris, which had an active influence on the fall of the French capital and its conquest without any notable resistance. Hitler congratulated me on this shelling and its consequences… As an artillery officer I took part in many operations against the English and France, until the end of the Second World-War …"
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, May 12, 2003]

Clearly, the name Hitler does not have the stigma in PA society that it has in the West. Indeed, not only the Hamas daily, but the Fatah controlled PA dailies as well, have written in favorable tones about Hitler. Clearly, to some Palestinians the man and his name are sources of admiration.

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[sinanju]

Hitler in Jerusalem with the Ottoman army in WWI? A likely story. I don't recall any mention of corporal Hitler serving anywhere but the Western Front.

In any case, this is nothing new. The A-rabs (and especially the self-named "Palestinians" have been grooving on ol' Shickelgruber for seventy years. Mein Kampf is on every shelf.

[fso301]

As an artillery officer I took part in many operations against the English and France, until the end of the Second World-War

At a claimed age of 116, he would have been 55 at wars end.

[Ronin]

Why am I not surprised?

[trisham]

Palestinians can be found who are named "Hitler" as a first name

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I wasn't aware of this dreadful fact. I suspect a lot of people aren't.

[alpha-8-25-02]

RIGHT HERE:

http://www.tellthechildrenthetruth.com/

[Carry_Okie]

Not much in the way of current information, but for this little gem,

The admiration for Hitler is consistent with the status of Mein Kampf, which a PA daily cited as a book on the best sellers' list. [Al Hayat Al Jadida, Sept. 2, 1999].

Is there any way to confirm this?

[quadrant]

More evidence of the demonic origin and nature of Islam.

[not2worry]

IMHO, the Muslims would have been the next target on the radar had Hitler not been stopped. After all, it was ethnic cleansing and ruling the world was Hitler's goal.

I guess these brown eyed, brown skinned Arabs don't understand the full premise of Hilter's plan. Guess there wasn't enough westernization in the ME at the time for Hitler to want camels, sand and women in burkas.

[SJackson]

MEIN KAMPF: Palestinkian Best seller

Mein Kampf bestseller in Turkey - Hitler's prison manifesto sells 50,000 copies , five or six threads on Turkey

The Arabic translation, said to omit some references to Arabs, is on sale in England

Mein Kampf is a Best Seller

Mein Kampf and the Arabs

Exporting Arabic anti-Semitic publications issued in the Middle East to Britain

[Carry_Okie]

Thank you very much for the research. It's an old book by an infidel. One would think others of more contemporary Islamic vitriol would be more popular.

I guess repeating recitations five times a day has its deleterious effects on originality.

[DTA]

<<<<< I wasn't aware of this dreadful fact. I suspect a lot of people aren't<<<<<<

I was shocked when I read there are Israelis in Israel whose surname is Hitler. Journalist who wrote the article was astounded with the fact.

Can someone verify if this is true? For example, lookup name on http://www.144.bezek.com/

[sauron]

HYPOCRISY!

The Arabs say the Holocaust didn't happen.

Why, then, would they venerate the name of Hitler?

[Liberal Classic]

LOL

[Carry_Okie]

Very astute observation.

[trisham]

Excellent observation.

[Free ThinkerNY]

Islam is the only religion that Hitler respected. He respected the fact that it is an aggressive religion, unlike Christianity that preaches peace, love and forgiveness. Hitler is alive and well and living in the Muslim Nation.

[RBroadfoot]

Since "Osama" is their #1 favorite name, I don't why it would be surprising that some would nickname themselves or name their kid "Hitler".

[Carry_Okie]

Curiously, Hitler's first mention of Jews in Mein Kampf is in the context of Marxism:

Only a knowledge of the Jews provides the key with which to comprehend the inner, and consequently real, aims of Social Democracy.

The erroneous conceptions of the aim and meaning of this party fall from our eyes like veils, once we come to know this people, and from the fog and mist of social phrases rises the leering grimace of Marxism.

As I understand it, Marxist Jews are almost all atheists, as opposed to Torah observant Jews. . One would hope that the latter would see collectivism as the exercise in covetousness it really is (although among those I know I have been disappointed). Thus to unify Marxism and Judaism is a most curious conclusion.