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Showing Original Post only (View all)How Nazi Propaganda and the Muslim Brotherhood Led to the 1948 Israel-Arab War [View all]
"Although the UN plan for partitioning Palestine into Jewish and Arab states was opposed by the vast majority of Arab leaders, most were long unwilling to go to war to prevent it from happening. What pushed the states to war, argues Matthias Kuenzel, was the persistent lobbying of the Muslim Brotherhood, its ability to shape popular Arab opinion with the help of Nazi-sponsored anti-Semitic propaganda, and its support for Grand Mufti Amin Haj al-Husseinia former collaborator with the Nazis who rejected any compromise with the Jews:"
http://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/2016/04/how-nazi-propaganda-and-the-muslim-brotherhood-led-to-the-1948-israel-arab-war/
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How Nazi Propaganda and the Muslim Brotherhood Led to the 1948 Israel-Arab War [View all]
aranthus
Apr 2016
OP
He's a hack & fraud with zero credibility. He has admitted he doesn't deal in facts. n/t
shira
Apr 2016
#32
Another "All Palestinians are responsible for the shit the Grand Mufti did" thread.
Ken Burch
Apr 2016
#4
So this should be surpressed because you've decided the motive for posting it ?
King_David
Apr 2016
#9
The problem in the Mideast is that *everyone* has both historical, and refreshed, excuses
villager
Apr 2016
#27
Thanks, Ken. I've given up hope, actually, that either side will stop "Otherizing" their "enemies."
villager
Apr 2016
#35
The fear(soon realized) of mass dispossession and exile were one of the major reasons
Ken Burch
Apr 2016
#48
There's a vocal minority of those here on DU that blame Israel for everything.
King_David
Apr 2016
#13
I don't approve of their tactics, but what they were offered in '48 was too small to be a real state
Ken Burch
Apr 2016
#22
The '47 partition plan was more a state than what the Palestinians are asking for today....
shira
Apr 2016
#24
Israel haters don't like being reminded that their cause is linked to Nazi Jew hatred. n/t
shira
Apr 2016
#40
The Arab Palestinians did not have a military so how were they able to launch attacks?
Tony_FLADEM
Apr 2016
#64