PLO's Shukairy in 1970: "contrary to the statements of the Arab leaders who announced their joining the Allies.. The Arab world is with Hitler, and people pray for his victory in the mosques, streets and homes"

Ahmad Shukairy: "Dialogue, Secrets with Arab Monarchs and Presidents." Date of Publication: 1970. Publisher: Dar Al-Awdah, Beirut.

Description by publisher: 'This book is about the march towards Arab Unity through 50 years, since 1920 until 1970 and Al-Shukairy memories of this march. The Arab reader is introduced to the Arab national victories and defeats and the secrets that surrounded the Arab issues.'

[أحمد الشقيري: "حوار وأسرار مع الملوك والرؤساء العرب". 1970]

"On the global level, the Allies achieved great victories on various fronts.. But.. But the Arab world did not support the Allies, contrary to the statements of the Arab leaders who announced their joining the Allies.. The Arab world is with Hitler, and people pray for his victory in the mosques, streets and homes, and I am one of those who pray for him in their homes."

وعلى الص ـعيد العالمي فقد حق الحلفاء انتصـ ا ارت ارزة في مختلف الجبهـ ات.. ولكن.. ولكن ال أر الع ـام العري لم ن مع الحلف ـاء، خلاف ـا لتصـرحات الح ام العرب الذين أعلنوا انضـمامهم إلى الحلفاء ..ان ال أر العام العري مع هتلر، والناس يدعون له النص ـر في المس ـاجد والش ـوارع والبيوت ،و نت أنا من الذين يدعون له في البيوت.

- In general: the major Arab newspapers (Falastin, Ad-Difa’, Carmel, etc.) praised Hitler in the 1930s. [Cohen, 2014:396 {https://books.google.com/books?id=DLPpAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA396}; Ehrlich, 2002:81 (Heb.)] {https://books.google.com/books?id=lGZeYnoTp0gC&pg=PA81} (it should also be noted classical ‘Falastin’ who called Hitler “noble” [Palestine Post, 22-May-1933]).
{https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/pls/1933/05/22/01/article/42}

- 1933, Jamal Husseini orders hate books: 5 “The Protocols” forgery and 10 “Mein Kampf.” [The Sentinel, 15-June-1933].
{https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/cgs/1933/06/15/01/article/26}

- July 7, 1934, Emil Ghuri in his publication ‘Arab Federation’: “Hitler whom the Arabs admire very much.” (Quoted in ‘Palestine Post’, 16-July-1934 {https://nli.org.il/en/newspapers/pls/1934/07/16/01/article/35/}).

- The cry of ‘Heil Hitler’ became a key word that rang brazenly throughout Palestine.” [Ziff, 1938:430].Author, in 1938:{ref name=ziff1938}Ziff, William Bernard. The Rape of Palestine. New York: Longmans, Green And Co., 1938. {https://archive.org/stream/TheRapeOfPalestineByWilliamB.Ziff1938withPageLinksForTheTableOfContents/The%20Rape%20of%20Palestine%20by%20William%20B.%20Ziff%20%281938%29%20%28with%20page%20links%20for%20the%20table%20of%20contents%29_djvu.txt} {https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015026579808&view=1up&seq=436}

- In 1934, an Arab Nazi party was established [ibid]. In 1935: ‘”uniformed and Nazified” Arab youth troops are being formed in Palestine’. [JTA, 25-June-1935]. {https://www.jta.org/archive/arab-daily-sees-14-moslems-on-new-council}
Also, in Haifa, a Nazi-Arab club ‘The Red Moon’ was established [JTA, July-1-1935]. {https://www.jta.org/archive/arabs-in-haifa-form-nazi-club-well-financed}
In 1936, the ‘futuwa’ - modeled on the ‘Hitler youth’. [Rosen, 2005:109]. {http://books.google.com/books?id=zQYQ0tho6mAC&pg=PA109}

- 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.)]. {https://books.google.com/books?id=vNAhAAAAMAAJ&q=%D7%A9%D7%94%D7%97%D7%9C%D7%94+%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%9F+%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%93%D7%A9,+%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%94+%D7%9C%D7%94+%D7%A8%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA}

- 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].
{https://books.google.com/books?id=vjsLAqafdQ8C&pg=PA38}

- 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, 23-May-1937]. {https://www.nytimes.com/1937/05/23/archives/all-arabs-celebrate-prophets-birthday-christians-join-moslems-in.html}

- 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] {https://books.google.com/books?id=XvT8CWv2DakC&pg=PA412}.

- 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...” [’Nazis ‘shipped arms to Palestinians’. YNet, 7-May-2006]. {https://www.ynet.co.il/article/3248081}

- Awni Abd al-Hadi (of the Istiqlal institutions and the Supreme Arab Committee) in January 1937 told the Nazi magazine that the ‘Arabs = like Nazis’. [Sentinel, 25-Feb-1937]. {https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/cgs/1937/02/25/01/article/92}

- In 1938, Arabs respond to Hitler’s words with cheers from the newspapers [for example, in the Petersburg Times - 16-Sep-1938].
{https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19380916&id=wWgxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UU0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=788,1555940}

- 1938, about a hundred Arabs, including from Palestine, are represented in Nuremberg, September 23, 1938, when Fauzi Kaukeji welcomes them. [Davar, 5-Jan-1947]. {https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/dav/1947/01/05/01/article/21})

- Journalist John Gunther in 1939: “The greatest contemporary Arab hero is - Adolf Hitler.” [Gunther, 1939:528]. {https://books.google.com/books?id=tRzX8uPHGR0C&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Hitler%22} {https://books.google.com/books?id=tRzX8uPHGR0C&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22lurch%22}.

- 1939, as Falastin’s correspondent in London [ The Palestine Post, 14-Jan-1938]. {https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/pls/1938/01/14/01/article/7} pIssa Nakhleh justifies Arab propaganda office in Berlin, Nazi Germany. [The Palestine Post, 13-July-1939]. {https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/pls/1939/07/13/01/article/84}

- Ahmed Shukeyri [Shukairy / Shukeiri / Shuqayri] testifies in his book (in 1969, pp. 196, 201; Kedourie, 2012:189-190 {https://books.google.com/books?id=JX8sBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA190} that they sympathized with the Nazis and “prayed” for their victory, referring to the years 1940-1.
Shukairy in his ‘Dialogue, Secrets with Arab Monarchs and Presidents’: 1970. “On the global level, the Allies achieved great victories on various fronts.. But.. But the Arab world did not support the Allies, contrary to the statements of the Arab leaders who announced their joining the Allies.. The Arab world is with Hitler, and people pray for his victory in the mosques, streets and homes, and I am one of those who pray for him in their homes.”
(The same Ahmad Shukeiri helped with propaganda for Hitler [Congressional Record.. Vol. 107, Pt 24, 1961, p.5735 (p.35) {https://books.google.com/books?id=ijg4AQAAMAAJ&pg=SL1-PA5735&dq=#v=snippet&q=%22all%20out%20for%20Hitler%22&f=false}; Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress, United States. Congress, 1965, p.456 {https://books.google.com/books?id=3Yah_o9r5V4C&pg=SL1-PA456&dq=#v=snippet&q=%22Shukairy%22%20%22worked%20for%20the%20Nazis%22&f=false}; Detroit Jewish News, 3-Feb-1967,9] {https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.1967.02.03.001/9}, with Jamal Husseini - both justified the holocaust in 1946 [B’nai B’rith, 12-Jul-1946] {https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/bbh/1946/07/12/01/article/47}, promoted neo-Nazis in 1962 [JTA, 3-Dec-1962 {https://www.jta.org/archive/recall-of-arab-delegate-from-u-n-is-sought-saluted-tacuara}; JTA, 4-Dec-1962 {https://www.jta.org/1962/12/04/archive/chile-rebukes-arab-delegate-at-u-n-for-saluting-tacuara-group}; Sentinel, 20-Dec-1962 {https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/cgs/1962/12/20/01/article/19/}, JTA, 12-Dec-1963 {https://www.jta.org/archive/israels-relations-with-non-arab-lands-in-middle-east-irk-arabs,
Activities of Nondiplomatic Representatives of Foreign Principals in the U.S.: Hearings Before the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Eighty-Eighth Congress, First Session. United States: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963, p.1353. {https://books.google.com/books?id=Nd9EAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1353}, Congressional Record: Proceedings and...’ US Congress, 1965, PA15915-6] while mentioning a NYT article [’Facts’. (Vols. 15-17). Anti-defamation League of B’nai B’rith, 1968:424 ,{https://books.google.com/books?id=n9c3AQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=tacuara+shukairy}]. That piece decribed them as Nazis in its title before uttering its ‘anti Zionism’ {https://www.nytimes.com/1962/09/16/archives/argentine-youths-in-nazi-group-salute-and-cry-hail-tacuara.html}), was associated with Issa Nakhle [Herut, 29-Nov-1953 (Heb.) {https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/hrt/1953/11/29/01/article/20}] - who glorified Nazi Germany [DAIA, Apr. 1958 {https://www.bjpa.org/content/upload/bjpa/anti/ANTI-JEWISH%2520ACTIVITIES%2520OF%2520THE%2520ARABS%2520IN%2520ARGENTINE%2520APRIL%25201958.pdf}], denied the holocaust [Nov.13.1972 at UN {https://books.google.com/books?id=wk0oAQAAMAAJ&q=issa+nakhleh+hitler}; 1978 in his memorandum to Carter, Saadat ahead of Camp David {https://books.google.com/books?id=dUz4AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA120&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false}; etc.] and worked with neo-Nazis for most of his career. [1963 corresponding with A. Arcand [Nadeau, 2011:351.
{https://books.google.com/books?id=D630umvXNKoC&pg=PA351}]; 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] {https://books.google.com/books?id=hPUSAQAAMAAJ&q=nakhleh+hitler}).

- Popular magazine in 1940: “Palestine’s Arabs admire Hitler for his Jew-baiting.” [’Pathfinder’, 16-Mar-1940]. {https://books.google.com/books?id=5u6vYDGBgIYC&q=%22Arabs+admire+Hitler+for+his+Jew-bait%22+ing}

- Jaffa Arab activist, Muhammad Abu Sarrari: “Most Arabs in Israel were in favor of Nazi Germany.” [Arbel, 2000:19 (Heb.)]. {https://books.google.com/books?id=qtAvAQAAIAAJ&q=%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D%20%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%93%20%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%94}

- PLO’s Farouk Qaddoumi admitting that Arab “Palestinians” supported Nazis,: “Germany, yes. This was common among the Palestinians, especially since our enemy was Zionism, and we saw that Zionism was hostile to Germany, and vice versa.” [7-Dec-2013 on RT]. {https://www.memri.org/reports/palestinian-leader-farouq-qaddoumi-we-supported-nazis-wwii}{https://www.algemeiner.com/2013/12/18/plo-leader-admits-support-for-nazis-says-they-saw-zionism-as-common-enemy-video/}

- 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]. {https://www.memri.org/reports/former-jordanian-health-minister-dr-zaid-hamzeh-we-arabs-supported-hitler-during-wwii}

- In 1941, Arif Abd al-Raziq / Aref Abdul Razzak 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-Jun-1949 (3) (Heb.)] {https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/?a=d&d=yomyom19490621-01.1.3}.

- On July 2, 1942, the second day of the First Battle of El Alamein, and news came about the fate of the Jews, Journalist reported, that (most) Arabs reacted with “open joy.” [Cohen, 2014, ch 17: “The Arabs and Nazi Germany.”] {https://books.google.com/books?id=CbLpAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA3-PT253}.

- August 1942: The CIA reports on the anti-Jewish sentiments of the ‘majority’ of Palestinian Arabs, influenced by propaganda. Expect Rommel... [Herf, 2009:139]. {https://books.google.com/books?id=YzQNSTvHv-sC&pg=PA139}.

- 1942, Peasants were being told by their Mukhtars and Muezzins:
“Now go and sell your land to the Jews and be quick about it, for in a month Hitler will be in Jerusalem and you will not only have your land back, but everything the Jews possess! Let the knives be sharpened ! The great day is about to dawn!” [Van Paassen, Pierre. ‘The Forgotten Ally.’ New York: Dial Press, 1943; The Answer, 1943:7]. {https://books.google.com/books?id=PmtymnQqC9YC&q=%22Now+go+and+sell+your+land+to+the+Jews+and+be+quick+about+it,+for+in+a+month+Hitler%22}

- General Glubb Pasha, wrote in 1944 that all the Arabs trained by the British deserted during World War II. Major Lyall Wilkes of the House of Commons stated, the British recognized during the war that the Haganah was the only force the allies could rely on. [”The British and Mr. Bevin,” CIA, May 25, 1948; Congress, Vol. 94, Pt. 11. United States Government Printing Office, 1948, p. 3450 {https://books.google.com/books?id=kpoEuGBlWU8C&pg=SL1-PA3450}]. Others claim that about “78% of the Arab volunteers deserted the British army, often times stealing weapons for the purpose of helping the Germans fight the Jews.” [’Nakba was result of “Palestinians” backing Nazis during WWII.’ YNet, 15-May-2022 {https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1bpi7cl5}].

- 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.)]. {https://books.google.com/books?id=VJBtAAAAMAAJ&q=%D7%91%D7%A6%D7%9E%D7%90}
- Before the 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 {https://www.huffpost.com/entry/an-affair-to-remember-wha_b_694982}]. And the Jenin born poet Burhan al-Din al-Abbushi called for genocide [Morad/Shasha, 2008:6]
{https://books.google.com/books?id=IVCBDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA6}. He also wrote pro-Hitler poems in 1942-1940. [Hazkani, 2021]. {https://books.google.com/books?id=sAMcEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT324}

- According to Edward Said, the pro-Nazi mufti represented the consensus of the Arabs of Palestine {https://www.jpost.com/blogs/the-view-from-the-uk/hitlers-war-against-jews-continues-in-palestine-394103}. 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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