Yearly Archives: 2015


Leading Historian Wolfgang Schwanitz Backs Netanyahu Over Mufti’s Holocaust Role October 22, 2015 9:19 am

   Middle East Forum scholar Dr. Wolfgang Schwanitz has backed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday night, after the premier was heavily criticized for stating that Mufti Hajj Amin Al Husseini convinced Adolf Hitler to annihilate the Jews during World War II, Arutz Sheva reports. “It is a historical fact that the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem al-Hajj Amin al-Husaini was an accomplice whose collaboration with Adolf Hitler played an […]


An Open Letter to The Guardian About Netanyahu’s Comments on the Mufti and Hitler

     October 22, 2015  12:08 pm By Maurice Ostroff To the editor, The Guardian Re: Anger at Netanyahu claim Palestinian grand mufti inspired Holocaust – Oct. 21 I believe you owe your readers an explanation for referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement about the Mufti as “incendiary,” while barely noticing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ truly incendiary statements praising the murderers of Jewish civilians, including children, and […]


Legacy of the Mufti and Hitler: The facts that are known

9 Heshvan 5776 | Thursday, October 22, 2015       Home Israel Resource Review Legacy of the Mufti and Hitler: The facts that are known Israel Resource Review by David Bedein – 8 Heshvan 5776 (October 21, 2015) 0 Comments 427 Views [Following the surprise that greeted the statement of the Prime Minister of Israel that the Mufti of Jerusalem inspired Hitler to initiate the “final solution” […]


PM’s remarks on Hitler and Mufti Husseini ignite firestorm

By HERB KEINON \ 10/21/2015 09:54 Hitler is responsible for the Holocaust, but the Palestinian Arab leader at the time, Jerusalem Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini, encouraged him and also wanted to see the Jews dead, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, a day after triggering furious reactions for intimating Husseini had planted the idea of the Final Solution in Hitler’s mind. Netanyahu’s clarification came as he boarded […]