re: #815 MandyManners

Israel did not exist when Hitler was alive.

The Haj had a deal with Hitler to help him take control of the Mandate and, in exchange, Hitler would grant the Haj a significant leadership position.

Also, the Haj helped Hilter creat Muslim-only units in the Balkans.

It’s amazing how the history of Palestine is forgotten so easily. In WW1, significant blocs of Arabs did help the Allied forces to fight against the Ottomans, but they made a much smaller contribution to the war effort (and for less ideological reasons) than did the intelligence provided by Jews in the region (see: NILI ), not to mention Weizmann’s contributions.

In WW2, the Arab leadership (Haj Amin Al-Husseini) were very clearly rooting for the Nazi’s to win, while the Brits were focused on preventing Jewish immigration to the region in order to keep the Arabs there quiet.