Source: Edwin Black, The Farhud, p. 388 (Google Books)
Source: Matthew Hughes, Britain’s Pacification of Palestine, p. 257 (Google Books)
Posted on 11/28/2025 10:56:07 AM PST by Milagros
No Wehrmacht boots ever touched the soil of Mandatory Palestine. No Gestapo, no concentration camps, no forced labor, no occupation. Britain ruled the land with an iron fist until 1948.
Yet, in a historical anomaly that has no parallel anywhere on Earth, the Arab leadership and the overwhelming majority of the Arab population turned pro-Nazi faster, harder, and more enthusiastically than almost any people not living under direct German rule.
Hitler becomes Chancellor in January 1933. By March and April 1933 — before Rommel ever saw a desert — Palestinian Arab leaders were already pleading for official Nazi franchises.
Berlin rejected both requests — twice. The Germans didn’t want to anger Britain.
“They were astonished by the courageous [sic] quick actions of Hitler whom the Arabs admire very much.”Ghuri later headed the Mufti's Nazi-modeled youth scouts, the Futuwwa.
“Our sympathies were with the Axis.”("Forty Years ..", p. 196)
“We were enthusiastic supporters of Germany… our enemy was Zionism.”
Name one other people on Earth — never occupied, never threatened by German troops — who begged to become Nazis in 1933, polled 88% pro-Axis in 1941, deserted en masse in 1942 to arm the invaders, and whose leaders were still bragging about it in 1969 and 2013.
There isn’t one.
The Jews answered with the Haganah, the Palmach, and the IDF — life from ashes.
The Arabs answered with swastikas, SS divisions, and a death cult that still calls itself “resistance.”
History recorded the score.
Hajj Amin al-Husayni meets Hitler
In this German propaganda newsreel, the former Mufti of Jerusalem, Hajj Amin al-Husayni, an Arab nationalist and prominent Muslim religious leader, meets Hitler for the first time on November 28, 1941 in Berlin, Germany. During the meeting, held in in the Reich chancellery, Hitler declined to grant al-Husayni’s request for a public statement—or a secret but formal treaty—in which Germany would: 1) pledge not to occupy Arab land, 2) recognize Arab striving for independence, and 3) support the “removal” of the proposed Jewish homeland in Palestine. The Führer confirmed that the “struggle against a Jewish homeland in Palestine” would be part of the struggle against the Jews. Hitler stated that: he would “continue the struggle until the complete destruction of Jewish-Communist European empire”; and when the German army was in proximity to the Arab world, Germany would issue “an assurance to the Arab world” that “the hour of liberation was at hand.” It would then be al-Husayni’s “responsibility to unleash the Arab action that he has secretly prepared.” The Führer stated that Germany would not intervene in internal Arab matters and that the only German “goal at that time would be the annihilation of Jewry living in Arab space under the protection of British power.
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Cited as ‘Mandatory Palestine’
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Mandatory+Palestine%22
Mandatory Palestine
Did you, “Dr. Franklin” apologize for being completely wrong and insulting Milagros?
I have seen that term used dozens of times - there’s nothing wrong with it.
Would Voluntary Palestine meet with your approval?
😂 lol
THE POISON WAS BY MOST ARABS = PRO HITLER
The American Mercury. (1953). United States: American Mercury, p.14 https://books.google.com/books?id=5bQGAQAAIAAJ&q=%22most%20arabs%22%20%22hitler%22
1953 · ... Hitler coming to save them from the "dangers" of Zionism. When Hitler persecuted the Jews, Arabs rejoiced. They adorned their houses and ships.
They saw in Stalin another Hitler coming to save them from the dangers of Zionism. When Hitler persecuted the Jews, Arabs rejoiced. They adorned their houses and ships with Hitler's pictures and the Swastika flag.
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Kurzman, D. (1970). Genesis 1948; the First Arab-Israeli War. United States: World Publishing Company, pp. 6, 37 https://books.google.com/books?id=zpZtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22most+arabs%22
P.6
...had not been overly impressed by the strength of the Arab "links" during World War II, when most Arabs were pro-Nazi despite British imposition of immigration restrictions on the Jews. At the same time, he was deeply moved by the plight of the 100,000 Jewish refugees who languished without home or hope in Displaced Persons camps throughout Europe—a sentiment reinforced by the report of an American envoy, Earl Harrison.
P.37
Late in the afternoon of December 2, Bahjat Gharbieh, a slender, mild-mannered kinsman of Mohammed Gharbieh, the fiery activist, returned to Jerusalem from the nearby hills, where he had been training a group of Arabs in guerrilla tactics. He was shocked to find himself in the midst of rioting mobs that had turned part of the New City into a blazing inferno....
Like most Arabs, Bahjat had deeply sympathized with the Nazis during World War II—until they started to lose in Russia. His father had warned him about Germany: "I know the Germans from World War I. They acted as if they were gods and treated the Arabs and Turks like servants. They were cruel. What can we expect if they return as governors?"
Bahjat had shrugged: "Never mind, father. They are the enemies of the British and Jews, our enemies."...
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Leibler, I. (1972). The Case for Israel. Cocos (Keeling) Islands: Executive Council of Australian Jewry, p.20.
https://books.google.com/books?id=24XiAAAAMAAJ&q=%22most+arabs%22
... Trans-Jordan, no Arab state declared war on Germany in September 1939, and that most Arabs sided with the Nazis. Indeed a pro-Nazi coup took place in April 1941 in Iraq and the Egyptian Premier Ali Maher was subsequently arrested for pro-Nazi policies. The current President of U.A.R., Anwar Sadat, openly identified himself with the Axis powers and was arrested and imprisoned in Upper Egypt for two years for having collaborated with Nazi agents.
The most prominent pro-Nazi collaborator within the Arab ranks was undoubtedly Haj Amin al Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, who was Chairman of the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine. The Mufti actually went to Germany and negotiated with Hitler personally in an effort to co-ordinate operations against the Jews.
At a public rally in Berlin in November 1942 the Mufti stated: The Germans know how to get rid of the Jews. He recruited S.S. units for the Nazis and appealed to Arabs to desert from Allied forces and serve in the German army. He was in close contact with leading Nazis including Eichmann, Himmler and Ribbentrop. The Mufti's patronage of the Moslem Waffen S.S., which committed unspeakable atrocities in Yugoslavia and elsewhere, is the reason for his still remaining on Yugoslavia's list of wanted war criminals.
After the war he settled in Cairo and played a prominent role in the campaign against Israel. He developed close contacts with Sadat, the present U.A.R. President, he had the full support of the Moslem religious authorities, and was ...
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Spector, I. (2009). Loud and Clear: The Memoir of an Israeli Fighter Pilot. United States: Voyageur Press, p.153 https://books.google.com/books?id=41Ef96wGDIYC&pg=PA153
Most Arabs leaned to Hitler and Mussolini. A German takeover of the Middle East meant Jewish annihilation, and the end of any hope of a revival of the nation.
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Rubenstein, R. L. (2010). Jihad and Genocide. Germany: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, p.82 https://books.google.com/books?id=UyNR4AAevwIC&pg=PA82
THE MUFTI'S PRO-AXIS ACTIVITIES. Rashid 'Ali also made his way to Berlin from Iran. Both men quickly began to compete for Nazi support and recognition as the leader of the Arab cause. Since both believed, as did most Arabs, that an Axis victory was inevitable, much was at stake.
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Ziedenberg, G., history, G. Z. M. (2011). Blockade: The Story of Jewish Immigration to Palestine. United States: AuthorHouse, p.164. https://books.google.com/books?id=5xEbwJ9M7_EC&pg=PA164
Most Arabs in the area strongly supported the German cause, including such future luminaries as Anwar Sadat.
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Partners Together in This Great Enterprise. (2011). (n.p.): Xulon Press, p.408. https://books.google.com/books?id=GyA1ai_M0fgC&pg=PA408
When the war began, most Arabs backed Germany. Throughout the war, the Mufti was a friend and guest of Hitler.
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Grand Mufti al-Husseini: Britain’s Deadliest Enemy?
Prime Minister Winston Churchill labeled Haj Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, as such.
This article appears in: July 2012
By Blaine Taylor.
Like all Palestinians and most Arabs, Haj Amin al-Hussaini not only looked forward to an Axis Pact victory in World War II but also saw it as a means of defeating what he believed was a joint British-Jewish conspiracy to foist an Israelite homeland on the Middle East that would be to the detriment of his own people. https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/britains-deadliest-enemy/
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Osterberg, Ä. (2021). Mehr als alles behüte dein Herz: Wie unsere Herzen und unser Land heilen, wenn uns die Wurzel wieder trägt. Germany: BoD - Books on Demand, p.300
https://books.google.com/books?id=BZEsEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA300
[„Hitler überzeugte ... Chamberlain, daß der Frieden in Europa nur gesichert werden könne, wenn die Tschechoslowakei zur Aufgabe des Sudetenlandes gezwungen würde, das nach Hitler 'rechtmäßig zu Deutschland gehörte.' Diplomatischer Druck wurde ausgeübt und die Tschechen wurden gezwungen, eine Gebirgskette aufzugeben, die eine fast undurchdringliche Verteidigungslinie gegen eine deutsche Invasion bildete. Der Rest ist Geschichte. ...
Arafat ist wie die meisten Araber ein großer Bewunderer Hitlers. Die Strategie der PLO zur Vernichtung Israels basiert auf Hitlers Handlungsweise im Hinblick auf die Tschechoslowakei. Mit Hilfe von Terror und einer hochentwickelten Propagandamaschinerie ist es Arafat gelungen, die ganze Welt zu überzeugen, daß 'Friede' nur gesichert werden kann, wenn Israel Land zurückgibt, das 'rechtmäßig den >Palästinensern< gehört.' Die Strategie im militärischen sowie im Propagandabereich ist identisch mit der von Hitler, aber die Friedensstrategie Arafats stammt aus der arabischen Welt..]
"Hitler convinced ... Chamberlain that peace in Europe could only be secured if Czechoslovakia was forced to abandon the Sudetenland, which, according to Hitler, 'rightfully belonged to Germany.' Diplomatic pressure was applied, and the Czechs were forced to abandon a mountain range that formed a nearly impenetrable line of defense against a German invasion. The rest is history. ...
Arafat, like most Arabs, is a great admirer of Hitler. The PLO's strategy for the destruction of Israel is based on Hitler's approach to Czechoslovakia. With the help of terror and a sophisticated propaganda machine, Arafat succeeded in convincing the entire world that 'peace' could only be secured if Israel returned land that 'rightfully belonged to the Palestinians.'" The military and propaganda strategy is identical to Hitler's, but Arafat's peace strategy originates from the Arab world...
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How Europe bankrolls Palestinian antisemitism. Ben-Dror Yemini. Ynetnews. Aug 18, 2022 https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/sjw0ndicq
In fact, most Arabs in Palestine eagerly awaited Nazi general Erwin Rommel's invasion ahead of the Battle of El Alamein.
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Steininger, Rolf. Germany and the Middle East: From Kaiser Wilhelm II to Angela Merkel. 1st ed., Berghahn Books, 2019. JSTOR,
Steininger, R. (2018). Germany and the Middle East: From Kaiser Wilhelm II to Angela Merkel. Germany: Berghahn Books, ch.4, p. 47.
https://books.google.com/books?id=Wm58DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA47
Most Arabs admired Hitler as the Führer of Greater Germany and applauded his anti-Jewish policy.
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Lyn Julius. Germans and Nazis in the Middle East. Lockdown University Transcript, 11.07.2024. https://www.lockdownuniversity.org/lectures/1878-germans-and-nazis-in-the-middle-east/transcript
He was an ideological antisemite, and he would’ve stopped at nothing to kill the Jews wherever he found them as he exhorted Arabs on the radio. And this was proved positive that his anti-Zionism of the 1920s had spilled over into outright antisemitism. And most Arabs across the Middle East and even in North Africa wanted the Nazis to win the war. Throughout the Middle East, public opinion was mostly pro-German.
1000% anti Soros. Soros is a danger. He is anti American and pro “palestinian”.
Regardless, it’s wrong.
That is the point. We’re not now in the 1914 or 1920s. Which it is why that period is referred to (now) as MANDATORY PALESTINE.
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