The Middle East and Current Events

ZIONISM IS NOT RACISM – CHAIM HERZOG

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 Zionism is not racism: A speech 40 years ago www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Zionism-is-not-racism-A-speech-40-years-ago-432506     Politics And Diplomacy By CHAIM HERZOG \ speech to the United Nations in 1975. Then-Ambassador Chaim Herzog speaking to the United Nations in 1975. (photo credit:HERZOG FAMILY FOUNDATION) On Wednesday, a special event at the United Nations will mark 40 years since the historic speech by Israel’s then president, Chaim Herzog, in which he repudiated UN […]

AT LEAST 16 STATES TO REFUSE SYRIAN REFUGEES

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AT LEAST 16 STATES TO REFUSE SYRIAN REFUGEES   More than a dozen U.S. states’ governors have announced they will refuse to take in Syrian refugees following Friday evening’s deadly terrorist attacks in Paris. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley said Sundayhe planned to refuse the relocation. “I will not place Alabamians at even the slightest possible risk of an attack on our people,” the governor said in a statement.Earlier […]

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

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   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

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     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

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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” […]