Language:
German
Year of publication:
2007
Titel der Quelle:
Tribüne; Zeitschrift zum Verständnis des Judentums
Angaben zur Quelle:
184 (2007) 151-158
Keywords:
Ḥusaynī, Amīn,
;
Islam Relations
;
Judaism
;
Antisemitism
;
Jewish-Arab relations
;
Palestinian Arabs History
;
Arab-Israeli conflict
;
Eretz Israel History 1917-1948, British Mandate period
Abstract:
Argues that al-Husaini, the Mufti of Jerusalem, had a formative influence on the development of the Middle East conflict. Al-Husaini, who admired Hitler, was one of the leaders of Islamic fundamentalism; from the beginning, this movement was anti-modern and anti-Jewish. Between 1936-39 and 1947-48, al-Husaini was responsible for waves of assassinations of Arabs who had differing opinions. In 1948 al-Husaini rejected the UN decision of partition of Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state, without consulting his fellow countrymen; nobody dared to object publicly. Al-Husaini lived in Germany between 1941-45 and was responsible for the murder of thousands of Jewish children. Although declared a war criminal by Great Britain, the USA, and Yugoslavia, he escaped in 1946, returned to Palestine, and again became the leader of the Palestinians. Concludes that Hamas and Hizballah continue in the same line of Islamic antisemitism.
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