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‘Anti-Zionism’ Predates the Establishment of Israel. A [Nazi-Arab] pogrom in Baghdad in 1941 gives the lie to today’s denials of antisemitism.
WSJ ^ | May 31, 2026 | Gil Troy

Posted on 06/01/2026 6:17:02 PM PDT by Milagros

June 1-2, 1941, pro-Nazi Iraqis killed, raped and maimed hundreds of Jews.. 'FARHUD', should heighten vigilance against totalitarian evil everywhere and debunk today’s con claiming anti-Zionism is anything other than a modern update of antisemitism... seven years before Israel’s establishment and before there were any Arab refugees. .. bloodbath triggered an exodus of Iraqi Jews amid the expulsion of 850,000 Jews from Arab and Muslim lands—refugee problem politically correct society ignores.

... ‘mass rape and killing.’ ” Hooligans inflamed by demagogues murdered at least 128 Jews, injured 600 others and raped dozens, possibly hundreds. “Baghdad became a fast-moving hell,” .. “Frenzied mobs raced throughout the city and murdered Jews openly on the streets. Women were raped as their horrified families looked on. Infants were killed in front of their parents. . . . Beheadings, torsos sliced open, babies dismembered, horrid tortures, and mutilations were widespread.”..

.. community’s roots went back 2,600 years. Iraqi Jews so enjoyed their lives, most opposed Zionism.

This.. was cultivated by anti-Zionist antisemites, especially al-Husseini, mufti who fled arrest in British-controlled Palestine and reached Iraq in 1939.

For years, al-Husseini other Islamist .. demonizing Jews ... Exploiting this growing Arab Jew-hatred, Nazi agitators tried turning Iraq against the British . Activists shouted, “Long live Hitler, killer of insects and Jews.” In February 1941, mufti wrote to Hitler “.. right of the Arabs to solve the Jewish question .. same manner as in the Axis countries.”

The mufti conspired with Iraqi soldiers to overthrow the pro-British Prince Regent Abd al-Ilah of Hejaz. On April 1, 1941, the “Golden Square”—four pro-Nazi officers—seized power in a military coup. ... members of a Nazi-inspired youth brigade, Al-Futuwa, painted red palm prints, or hamsas, on Jewish homes .. markings anticipated inverted red triangle symbol of Hamas today.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1941; alhusseini; arabnazis; farhoud; farhud; futuwwa; gazaholocaust; gazaleveled; gazarazed; genocide; hamas; hezbollah; iran; iraq; jewhatingkeywrdtroll; mufti; mullahloversonfr; rapejihad; ww2; yemen
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1 posted on 06/01/2026 6:17:02 PM PDT by Milagros
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To: Milagros

Those who forget the past..


2 posted on 06/01/2026 6:18:19 PM PDT by Milagros
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To: Milagros

Thanks


3 posted on 06/01/2026 6:23:06 PM PDT by Words Matter
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To: Milagros

Battling th me Jew Haters here is getting hard enough.


4 posted on 06/01/2026 6:37:57 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Here I am; send me!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

The final blow to these morons was today. Israel DOES NOT tell the US what to do. If anything, it is the other way around.


5 posted on 06/01/2026 6:59:55 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: Milagros

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929_Hebron_massacre


6 posted on 06/01/2026 7:03:11 PM PDT by jdege
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To: Milagros

“Those who forget the past..”
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Very true, so it’s wise to remember that the British Mandate in Palestine, established in the wake of WWI and the exploits of Lawrence of Arabia, was punitively in favor of the arriving Jews populating the region.

Once Britain and Germany became warring enemies, everybody had to pick sides. Since the Mandate Jews had British protection, you can’t really blame the Arab-Palistinians from seeking allies where they found them — such as Germany and Italy.

History has lots of lessons if you read ALL of it.


7 posted on 06/01/2026 7:08:31 PM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king
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To: Bob Wills is still the king

There is no such thing as Palestine. It was called such by the Romans. God gave the land to the Jews and it was always Israel.


8 posted on 06/01/2026 8:23:01 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: Milagros

I’m antiantisemetic. No one gives a d@mn if you’re a decendant of Sham.


9 posted on 06/01/2026 9:06:33 PM PDT by Theophilus (covfefe!)
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