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Spiral of violence over Temple Mount security measures
Middle East pundits like to talk about the cycle of violence in the region, particularly in relation to the Israel-Palestinians conflict. But the truth is that the violence is not a cycle, it is a spiral, prodded and pushed and … Continue reading
Posted in Incitement, Israel news, Terrorism
Tagged Al-Aqsa Mosque, Grand Mufti, incitement, Jerusalem, Jewish prayer, Muslims, Palestinians, Saudi Arabia, sovereignty, Temple Mount, terrorism, Waqf
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Bibi and the Mufti
A mini-storm of exaggerated hysteria has erupted over Binyamin Netanyahu’s faux pas – or maybe it was a deliberate overstatement – that the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin el-Husseini, influenced Hitler to exterminate the Jews as opposed to “just” … Continue reading
Posted in Antisemitism, History, Incitement
Tagged anti-semitism, Binyamin Netanyahu, Grand Mufti, Haj Amin el-Husseini, Hitler, Holocaust, incitement, Jew hatred, Mahmoud Abbas, Muslims, Palestinians, Shoah, Yasser Arafat
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Remembering the Farhud pogrom in Baghdad in 1941
The Shoah, or the Holocaust, was such a huge crime with such incomprehensible numbers of victims, that it is impossible to ignore or forget. Indeed it has become almost fashionable for it to be commemorated all over the world, not … Continue reading
Posted in Antisemitism, History, Mideast news
Tagged Baghdad, Farhud, Grand Mufti, Holocaust, International Farhud Day, Iraq, Middle Eastern Jewish refugees, Nazis, pogrom, Shoah
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The Grand Mufti admitted the Jews did not steal land, Arafat recognized a Jewish State. How about Abbas?
At the basis of the Israel-Palestinian conflict lies the Palestinian rejection of any Jewish rights to the land of Israel itself. They view the Jews as imperialist interlopers who are not indigenous to the area and who, if worn down … Continue reading
