‘Anti-Zionism’ Predates the Establishment of Israel. A [Nazi-Arab] pogrom in Baghdad in 1941 gives the lie to today’s denials of antisemitism.

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.

First of all, the problen with this is, that Arab palestine was the only overwhelming pro Nazi crowd in the world where there was no Nazi army occupation or presence.
Second of all, the subject is sympathy for Nazis. Not 'siding', "strategically".

Stav, A. (1999). Peace : the Arabian caricature : a study of anti-semitic imagery. Israel: Gefen Publishing House, p.118

Arab admiration for Nazism in the 1930s, after Hitler came to power, should be seen against the backdrop of such an identity of values. The explanation usually given for such admiration, namely, that a common antipathy toward France and Britain pushed the Arabs into Hitler’s arms, is only a partial explanation.
Furthermore, as a fundamental explanation, it is overly simplistic to the point of being a perversion of history.

Arab admiration for Hitler and his movement, which predated his accession to power by a decade, erupted with enthusiasm as soon as he came to power in 1933. Hitler's first telegram of congratulations from abroad came the day after he was named Chancellor from the German consul in Jerusalem, Wolff. That was shortly followed by warm telegrams from throughout the Arab world.
While Hitler's violation of the Versailles Treaty was a crude slap in the face of Britain and France, it came much later in 1936, with German rearmament, and in 1938, with the Anschluss of Austria.

From 1933 at least until the German attack on Poland in September 1939, there were no grounds for assuming that Hitler, an Anglophile who based his long-term strategy, as outlined in Mein Kampf, on Anglo-German cooperation, would be the one to save the Arabs from British colonialism. As the Middle East was mostly under the British sphere of influence, Hitler viewed it at the time of his accession largely as secondary to his overall plans; German attitudes then could be summed up by Bismarck's aphorism, "The entire Eastern question is not worth the bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier."

Furthermore, while Jews were the victims of Nazi anti-Semitism, that anti-Semitism included all Semites, at least at the "anthropological" level. Nazi contempt for Arabs is amply reflected in expressions of racist revulsion toward them, and of the embarrassment engendered among the Nazi leadership by the courtship toward them by Haj Amin al-Husseini, at least prior to the outbreak of the Second World War.

Cohen, M. J. (2014). Britain’s Moment in Palestine: Retrospect and Perspectives, 1917-1948. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
https://books.google.com/books?id=CbLpAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA3-PT253

In February 1941 (as Rommel landed his first units in Libya), an opinion poll carried out for the American consulate in Jerusalem among hundreds of Palestinian Arabs found that 88 per cent supported Nazi Germany and only 9 per cent Great Britain. During the course of that summer and winter, the Mufti’s camp was encouraged by his successful escape from Iraq and the warm welcome he received in Berlin. Combined with the looming threat of an invasion by Rommel, the reports of Zionist agents in the field confirmed their leaders’ fears about the Palestinians’
hostility.”

By the end of 1941, the murderous nature of the Nazi regime was common knowledge across the Middle East. One of the key Zionist intelligence agents was Ya’akov Cohen, a Samaritan who lived in Nablus. Cohen reported reg-ularly to the Jewish Agency on the situation in Nablus, a centre of Arab nationalist activity. Nablus was home to some of Palestine’s most prominent Arab nationalists: ‘Awni ‘Abd al-Hadi and Muhammad ‘Izzat Darwaza, leaders of the Istiqlal Party, and Ahmad Shuqayri, the first chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO, 1964). From time to time, Cohen also reported about trends in other major towns with large Arab populations (i.e. Haifa). If we assume that Nablus and Haifa were representative of Arab nationalist feeling in Palestine, then Cohen’s reports belie the contention that a majority of Arabs supported the Allies.

At the beginning of the war, Fahkri Nashashibi had published a lone pamphlet against Fascism. Given his record of taking Zionist subsidies (see Chapter 12), the suspicion arises that the pamphlet was paid for and possibly written by the Zionists (or even the British). In any case, this was an isolated event, which did not arouse any Arab reaction. Fahkri’s assassination in Baghdad in November 1941 was applauded by Nazi propaganda transmissions.”

Cohen reported from Nablus that the Arabs had an up-to-the-hour knowledge of the ebb and flow on the war fronts, both in Europe and in the Western desert. Radio transmissions became a major source of information, even more important than the printed word. The Arabs listened to Radio Jerusalem, which began broadcasting in 1936, and to Egyptian and Lebanese stations. They listened also to Radio Bari, on which they would have heard the Mufti’s broadcast from time to time. But they preferred Radio Ankara, whose news coverage was the most comprehensive. Ahmad Shuqayri left a graphic description in his memoirs of listening to foreign radio stations at night, following the conquests of the German army in Europe, and Rommel’s advances in the Western desert.

On 25 November 1941, Cohen reported from Nablus that the Mufti’s supporters were holding nightly meetings, confident that Rommel would reach Palestine by the coming spring and “free the country of its Jews”. They were spreading rumours that the democracies had promised to build the Jewish National Home not only in Palestine, but in Syria and Trans-Jordan too. There was a lot of talk about the revenge the Mufti would take on the Palestinian opposition, once the Germans arrived. On 13 April 1942, Cohen reported that the Mufti’s supporters were congratulating themselves that it was only a matter of weeks before the Germans conquered Palestine, and liberated them from both the British and the Jews.”

On 2 July 1942, the second day of the first battle of El Alamein, the Mufti’s supporters organized a public meeting in Nablus, in order to congratulate each other on the approaching victory and to wish the Mufti a long life. Cohen reported that the Mufti’s supporters in Haifa had visited the local villages of Kabatia and Yabed, where they had met with his followers in order to plan the pillaging of Jewish villages in the Jezre’el valley, after the British retreat. By the same token, members of the opposition were filled with deep anxiety, convinced that in the event of a German victory they would be the first to suffer revenge at the hands of the Mufti’s men.

On the same day in July, Cohen reported that the Arabs had received news about the fate of the Jews in Europe with “open joy”. They expressed the hope that the Germans would conquer Palestine and “liberate” them from their Jews. Some of the moderate minority refused to believe the news, arguing that it was merely Jewish propaganda designed to capture the sympathy of the world, that it was inconceivable that a country of Germany’s cultural level could commit atrocities such as those being reported.”

Even after Rommel’s defeat in the second battle of El Alamein, the Palestinians did not give up hope that the Germans would conquer the Middle East. On 28 November 1942, Cohen reported that the Mufti’s sup-porters were spreading exaggerated news of Rommel’s advances into Egypt, causing “great rejoicing”. The Husaynis’ support for the Mufti remained solid, and at times turned violent. In 1943, Abd al-Qader al-Muzaffar, a former Mufti supporter, was attacked with a Molotov cocktail after criticizing the Mufti’s “alliance with the Nazi regime”.

The Mufti, Fascism and Nazism.
The Husaynis’ motives for persisting in their quest for an alliance with Nazi Germany proved to be stronger than their disappointment with Hitler after he refused to halt the emigration of German Jews.

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.

Another Zionist nutbag rewriting history.

The Balfour Declaration was a private letter from Lord Balfour to Lord Rothschild which referred to Jews in the country of Palestine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration

The BALFOUR DECLARATION of 1917

Foreign Office
November 2nd, 1917.
Dear Lord Rothschild,
I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet.
“His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country”.
I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
Yours sincerely,
/s/ Arthur James Balfour

Seriously, a British lord stating "His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people," creates a right to possession of land that does not belong to the British? The British lord had no authority to give the land to anybody. Palestine was still part of the Ottoman Empire when the Balfour Declaration was written. And the British had already promised the land to the Arabs to stage the Arab uprising against the Turks. And then there was the Sykes-Picot agreement where the French were promised a slice.

The Mandate for Palestine was issued in 1922, and it was not issued on the authority of a British lord, and did not assign all of Palestine to the Jewish people to form a state.

Near the end of the war, Lord Balfour wrote a letter to Lord Rothschild which has been inflated into the Balfour Declaration. The only declaration was, "His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people...." Apparently, when His Majesty's Government view with favor, to Zionists that is a contractual binding and enforceable guarantee for land that has never belonged to the British empire.

While insane Zionists claim that no such place as Palestine ever existed, the founding documents for the Jewish homeland prove otherwise. The Mandate for Palestine not only cited the establishment of a Jewish homeland IN PALESTINE, it cited the "historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine and to the grounds for reconstituting their national home in that country."

Article 7 went even further and provided for "the acquisition of Palestinian citizenship by Jews who take up their permanent residence in Palestine."

Article 7
The Administration of Palestine shall be responsible for enacting a nationality law. There shall be included in this law provisions framed so as to facilitate the acquisition of Palestinian citizenship by Jews who take up their permanent residence in Palestine.

Shocking that the founding documents of the Jewish homeland specify that it be established in the country of Palestine, and provides for the acquisition of Palestinian citizenship by Jews who take up permanent residence in Palestine, while Zionists deny there was ever any such place as Palestine.

UN General Assembly Resolution 181 (29 November 1947)

On 29 November 1947, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 181 (II), also known as the Palestine Partition Plan or the Plan of Partition with Economic Union. This General Assembly resolution called for the end of the British Mandate over Palestine and the creation of two independent states — one Jewish and one Arab — along with an international regime for Jerusalem.

No General Assembly resolution has ever issued a legally binding mandate to anyone. It has no such authority. Such authority is reserved for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). A/RES/181(II) offered a proposal which was not implemented.

"Calls upon the inhabitants of Palestine to take such steps as may be necessary on their part to put this plan into effect." (boldface emphasis added). The Arabs rejected the plan.

Prior to calling upon the inhabitants of Palestine, the General Assembly wrote, "Requests that (a) The Security Council take the necessary measures as provided for in the plan for its implementation;"

The Security Council did not implement that plan.

https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/210008?v=pdf

A/RES/181(II)

Future government of Palestine.

The resolution is divided into 2 parts: A/RES/181(II) A and B.

Plan of Partition with Economic Union (1947)

Adopted at the 128th plenary meeting, 29 Nov. 1947.
"Plan of Partition with Economic Union":, p. 132-150.
In: Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly during its 2nd session, 16 September-29 November 1947. - A/519. - 1948. - p. 131-150. - (GAOR, 2nd sess.).

https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/210008/files/A_RES_181%28II%29-EN.pdf?ln=en

The link goes to a PDF of the text of the resolution.

On December 11, 1947 it was announced that the British Mandate would end at midnight starting May 15, 1948. Israel declared itself to be a state at 0001 on May 15, 1948. Eleven minutes after Israel declared itself to be the State of Israel, President Truman officially recognized Israel.

https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/presidential-inquiries/recognition-israel

U.S. President Harry Truman was the first world leader to officially recognize Israel as a legitimate Jewish state on May 14, 1948, only eleven minutes after its creation.

Harry Truman acted on May 14 Washington time which was May 15 Israel time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Palestine

As of September 2025, the State of Palestine is recognized as a sovereign state by 157 of the 193 member states of the United Nations (UN), or just over 81% of all UN members. It has been a non-member observer state of the UN General Assembly since November 2012. This limited status is largely due to the fact that the United States, a permanent member of the UN Security Council with veto power, has consistently blocked Palestine's full UN membership; Palestine is recognized by the other four permanent members, which are China, France, Russia, and the United Kingdom.

The State of Palestine is a party to several multilateral treaties, registered with five depositaries: the United Kingdom, UNESCO, UN, the Netherlands and Switzerland. The ratification of the UNESCO conventions took place in 2011/2012 and followed Palestine becoming a member of UNESCO, while the ratification of the other conventions were performed in 2014 while negotiations with Israel were at an impasse.

Convention respecting the laws and customs of war on land
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Geneva Conventions and Protocols
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Statute of the International Criminal Court
UNESCO Constitution, Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

You are so full of shit your eyeballs are brown. I stand with God and Israel while you stand with Satan.

Unable to dispute the historical documents, or the facts that Palestine is officially recognized by 157 nations and 4 of the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council, you predictably turn to Zionist bullshit.

Try another historical document.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666887/

Title
Mandate for Palestine and Memorandum by the British Government Relating to its Application to Transjordan.
Summary
After World War I, the Covenant of the League of Nations established a system by which the League was empowered to confer upon certain of the victorious powers mandates to administer territories formerly ruled by Germany or the Ottoman Empire. Mandated territories were to be governed on behalf of the League, until such time as they could become independent. On September 16, 1922, the Council of the League approved a mandate to Great Britain for Palestine, previously part of the Ottoman Empire. The mandate provided for the eventual creation of a Jewish state, as specified in Article 2: "The Mandatory shall be responsible for placing the country under such political, administrative and economic conditions as will secure the establishment of a Jewish national home, as laid down in the preamble, and the development of self-governing institutions, and also for safeguarding the civil and religious rights of all the inhabitants of Palestine, irrespective of race and religion." Successive articles dealt with Jewish immigration, public administration, access to holy places and religious buildings, public health, commerce, and other matters. Appended to the mandate was a memorandum by the British government, also approved by the Council of the League, stating its understanding that the provisions of the mandate relating to the establishment of a Jewish national home and the promotion of Jewish immigration were not to apply to that portion of the mandated territory known as Transjordan, i.e., territory east of the Jordan River. The texts are in French and English, on facing pages. The mandate is in the archives of the League, which were transferred to the United Nations in 1946 and are housed at the UN office in Geneva. The archives were inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World register in 2010.

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