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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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