Uproar from Netanyahu's statements
Storm reactions have caused in Israel but also in Germany, the statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which appears to absolve Hitler of responsibility for the Holocaust, claiming that the idea for the extermination of European Jews first formulated by then mufti of Jerusalem.
Netanyahu was shot both the Israeli opposition and the president of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas accusing him of distorting history, after the speech Tuesday night at the Zionist Congress in Jerusalem. This new confrontation marked at a time when the Israeli prime minister is preparing to leave for Germany for an official visit.
In his speech, Netanyahu referred to a series of Muslim attacks against Jews in Palestine in the 1920s and claimed that the instigated the then mufti of Jerusalem, Hajj Amin al-Husseini.
The Mufti visited Hitler in Berlin in 1941 and the Israeli Prime Minister said that this meeting played a crucial role in deciding the Nazi leader to unleash the Holocaust to the extermination of the Jews.
"Hitler, at the time, wanted to exterminate the Jews, but to evict them. Then Hajj Amin al-Husseini went to see him and told him: "If deportation would all come here," in Palestine. "And what do" asked Hitler. o mufti said: "Burn them," 'he said in his speech Netanyahu.
Storm reactions have caused in Israel but also in Germany, the statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which appears to absolve Hitler of responsibility for the Holocaust, claiming that the idea for the extermination of European Jews first formulated by then mufti of Jerusalem.
Netanyahu was shot both the Israeli opposition and the president of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas accusing him of distorting history, after the speech Tuesday night at the Zionist Congress in Jerusalem. This new confrontation marked at a time when the Israeli prime minister is preparing to leave for Germany for an official visit.
In his speech, Netanyahu referred to a series of Muslim attacks against Jews in Palestine in the 1920s and claimed that the instigated the then mufti of Jerusalem, Hajj Amin al-Husseini.
The Mufti visited Hitler in Berlin in 1941 and the Israeli Prime Minister said that this meeting played a crucial role in deciding the Nazi leader to unleash the Holocaust to the extermination of the Jews.
"Hitler, at the time, wanted to exterminate the Jews, but to evict them. Then Hajj Amin al-Husseini went to see him and told him: "If deportation would all come here," in Palestine. "And what do" asked Hitler. o mufti said: "Burn them," 'he said in his speech Netanyahu.
The Israeli prime minister, whose father was an eminent historian, received fierce criticism from the opposition and experts in Holocaust issue stressed that distorts history.
As noted, the meeting between Hussein and Hitler took place on November 28, 1941. More than two years earlier, in January 1939, Hitler in a speech to the Reichstag, the parliament of Nazi Germany, it was clearly mentioned in the decision to exterminate "the Jewish race".
"To say that the Mufti was the first to suggest to Hitler the idea to kill or burn the Jews is not right. The idea to eliminate the Jews was a central point in Hitler's ideology for a long-long ago met the mufti, "explained Dina Porat, a professor at Tel Aviv University and a historian at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum in Israel.
The Stephen Zaimpert, the spokesman of Chancellor Angela Merkel also made clear that responsibility for the Holocaust lies with the Germans. "All Germans know the story of the murderous racial mania of the Nazis that led to their break with civilization, in what was the Holocaust. This is taught in German schools for the right reasons, you should never be forgotten. And I see no reason to change the way we view history. We know that the responsibility for this crime against humanity is a German, "said Zaimpert when asked to comment on the statements of Netanyahu.
In response to these criticisms, the Israeli prime minister today tried to explain his words. "My goal was not to give absolution to Hitler but to show that at that time the father of the Palestinian nation waged a systematic campaign inciting the extermination of the Jews," he insisted, according to a statement issued by his office.
"Unfortunately, Hajj Amin al-Husseini remains still a respectable figure for Palestinians, his story is taught in textbooks and incitement to violence and the murder of Jews started then he continues. Therein lies the root of the problem, "he continued.
Saddam was wanted for war crimes after World War II but never appeared in Nuremberg and died later in Beirut.
In the same communication Netanyahu notes that there is ample evidence that reinforce assertions about Saddam, such as the testimony of a deputy of Adolf Eichmann at the Nuremberg trials.
The witness did not name him but apparently was referring to Dieter Vislitseni who, according to the press of the time, had said that the Mufti repeatedly offered the Nazi leadership extermination of European Jews.
Storm reactions have caused in Israel but also in Germany, the statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which appears to absolve Hitler of responsibility for the Holocaust, claiming that the idea for the extermination of European Jews first formulated by then mufti of Jerusalem.
Netanyahu was shot both the Israeli opposition and the president of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas accusing him of distorting history, after the speech Tuesday night at the Zionist Congress in Jerusalem. This new confrontation marked at a time when the Israeli prime minister is preparing to leave for Germany for an official visit.
In his speech, Netanyahu referred to a series of Muslim attacks against Jews in Palestine in the 1920s and claimed that the instigated the then mufti of Jerusalem, Hajj Amin al-Husseini.
The Mufti visited Hitler in Berlin in 1941 and the Israeli Prime Minister said that this meeting played a crucial role in deciding the Nazi leader to unleash the Holocaust to the extermination of the Jews.
"Hitler, at the time, wanted to exterminate the Jews, but to evict them. Then Hajj Amin al-Husseini went to see him and told him: "If deportation would all come here," in Palestine. "And what do" asked Hitler. o mufti said: "Burn them," 'he said in his speech Netanyahu.
Storm reactions have caused in Israel but also in Germany, the statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which appears to absolve Hitler of responsibility for the Holocaust, claiming that the idea for the extermination of European Jews first formulated by then mufti of Jerusalem.
Netanyahu was shot both the Israeli opposition and the president of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas accusing him of distorting history, after the speech Tuesday night at the Zionist Congress in Jerusalem. This new confrontation marked at a time when the Israeli prime minister is preparing to leave for Germany for an official visit.
In his speech, Netanyahu referred to a series of Muslim attacks against Jews in Palestine in the 1920s and claimed that the instigated the then mufti of Jerusalem, Hajj Amin al-Husseini.
The Mufti visited Hitler in Berlin in 1941 and the Israeli Prime Minister said that this meeting played a crucial role in deciding the Nazi leader to unleash the Holocaust to the extermination of the Jews.
"Hitler, at the time, wanted to exterminate the Jews, but to evict them. Then Hajj Amin al-Husseini went to see him and told him: "If deportation would all come here," in Palestine. "And what do" asked Hitler. o mufti said: "Burn them," 'he said in his speech Netanyahu.
The Israeli prime minister, whose father was an eminent historian, received fierce criticism from the opposition and experts in Holocaust issue stressed that distorts history.
As noted, the meeting between Hussein and Hitler took place on November 28, 1941. More than two years earlier, in January 1939, Hitler in a speech to the Reichstag, the parliament of Nazi Germany, it was clearly mentioned in the decision to exterminate "the Jewish race".
"To say that the Mufti was the first to suggest to Hitler the idea to kill or burn the Jews is not right. The idea to eliminate the Jews was a central point in Hitler's ideology for a long-long ago met the mufti, "explained Dina Porat, a professor at Tel Aviv University and a historian at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum in Israel.
The Stephen Zaimpert, the spokesman of Chancellor Angela Merkel also made clear that responsibility for the Holocaust lies with the Germans. "All Germans know the story of the murderous racial mania of the Nazis that led to their break with civilization, in what was the Holocaust. This is taught in German schools for the right reasons, you should never be forgotten. And I see no reason to change the way we view history. We know that the responsibility for this crime against humanity is a German, "said Zaimpert when asked to comment on the statements of Netanyahu.
In response to these criticisms, the Israeli prime minister today tried to explain his words. "My goal was not to give absolution to Hitler but to show that at that time the father of the Palestinian nation waged a systematic campaign inciting the extermination of the Jews," he insisted, according to a statement issued by his office.
"Unfortunately, Hajj Amin al-Husseini remains still a respectable figure for Palestinians, his story is taught in textbooks and incitement to violence and the murder of Jews started then he continues. Therein lies the root of the problem, "he continued.
Saddam was wanted for war crimes after World War II but never appeared in Nuremberg and died later in Beirut.
In the same communication Netanyahu notes that there is ample evidence that reinforce assertions about Saddam, such as the testimony of a deputy of Adolf Eichmann at the Nuremberg trials.
The witness did not name him but apparently was referring to Dieter Vislitseni who, according to the press of the time, had said that the Mufti repeatedly offered the Nazi leadership extermination of European Jews.
