Language:
German
Year of publication:
2008
Titel der Quelle:
Blätter für Deutsche und Internationale Politik
Angaben zur Quelle:
53,11 (2008) 81-90
Keywords:
Ḥusaynī, Amīn,
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Antisemitism
;
Jewish-Arab relations
;
Islam Relations
;
Judaism
;
Antisemitism History 1500-
;
Arab-Israeli conflict
Abstract:
Distinguishes between European influences (especially Nazism), Islamic traditions, Arab nationalism, and the impact of historical reality as contributing factors to the Arab-Palestinian-Zionist-Jewish conflict. Describes the Mufti's collaboration with the Nazis in pressing forward the Holocaust. Arabs all over the Middle East hoped for help from Nazi Germany in winning their indepeandence from the colonial powers. Antisemitism was historically a part of Arab nationalism, and, in a relatively minor way, of Islam; it became virulent and widespread after the establishment of the State of Israel, and even more so with the second Intifada in 2000. Then, fundamentalist Islamism picked out and magnified the anti-Jewish elements in the Koran and Islamic tradition. Arabs also adopted elements of European antisemitism, especially Holocaust denial and the concept of a Jewish conspiracy to dominate the Arab world and destroy its culture through Westernization. On the other hand, asserts that Arab enthusiasm for Nazism waned very quickly. The nascent Arab League offered refugees from the Holocaust a haven in Arab countries. During the pre-state period, Arabs hated the Zionists, not as Jews, but as colonialists. While Western antisemitism is based on fantasy, Arab antisemitism is at least partly based on reality. Concludes that both sides are responsible for the conflict, and that its peaceful solution would lead to withdrawal of support for nationalist and Islamist extremism.
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