Thursday, October 22, 2015

Netanyahu Denounced for Saying Palestinian Inspired Holocaust

Hitler speaking with Haj Amin al-Husseini, the grand mufti
of Jerusalem and a virulent opponent of Zionism, in 1941.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: JERUSALEM — Israeli historians and opposition politicians on Wednesday joined Palestinians in denouncing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel for saying it was a Palestinian, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, who gave Hitler the idea of annihilating European Jews during World War II. » | Jodi Rudoren | Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel sparked a backlash for suggesting that a World War II-era Palestinian religious leader convinced the Nazis to enact the Holocaust.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel explained his widely criticized comment about a Palestinian leader being behind Hitler’s inspiration for the Holocaust.

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