Post by Daniel on Oct 23, 2015 9:01:14 GMT -5
Historian: 'Netanyahu's Hitler ruckus set records straight'
By Benny Tucker
10/23/2015
Dr. Yosef Sharvit, a historian of the Jewish History and Contemporary Judaism department at Bar Ilan University, spoke to Arutz Sheva on Friday about Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's comments on the Holocaust this week that raised a ruckus.
Netanyahu on Tuesday suggested Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was not planning the "annihilate" the Jews until he met Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini in 1941, in a comment that was sharply criticized by his political opponents and the White House which Thursday night condemned his "inflammatory rhetoric."
The prime minister later doubled down, clarifying he did not absolve the genocidal Hitler of any responsibility.
But according to Sharvit, Netanyahu's statement was important in setting things in order regarding the history of the Holocaust.
"Aside from the inaccuracies, I think that thanks to Netanyahu's words we come out of this with a benefit, because he dealt with the centrality of the mufti who for some reason has been taken off the historical stage in everything related to the Holocaust," said Sharvit.
The historian emphasized to Arutz Sheva that there is great importance in noting the part played by the Arab mufti in the Holocaust.
"When Haj Amin al-Husseini met Hitler in November 1941, he told him that there's a stark similarity between Nazism and Islam," explained Sharvit. "Husseini was responsible for establishing SS units in the Balkans. He was friendly with senior SS commanders, and was responsible for Berlin Radio broadcasts in all the Islamic lands."
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By Benny Tucker
10/23/2015
Dr. Yosef Sharvit, a historian of the Jewish History and Contemporary Judaism department at Bar Ilan University, spoke to Arutz Sheva on Friday about Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's comments on the Holocaust this week that raised a ruckus.
Netanyahu on Tuesday suggested Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was not planning the "annihilate" the Jews until he met Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini in 1941, in a comment that was sharply criticized by his political opponents and the White House which Thursday night condemned his "inflammatory rhetoric."
The prime minister later doubled down, clarifying he did not absolve the genocidal Hitler of any responsibility.
But according to Sharvit, Netanyahu's statement was important in setting things in order regarding the history of the Holocaust.
"Aside from the inaccuracies, I think that thanks to Netanyahu's words we come out of this with a benefit, because he dealt with the centrality of the mufti who for some reason has been taken off the historical stage in everything related to the Holocaust," said Sharvit.
The historian emphasized to Arutz Sheva that there is great importance in noting the part played by the Arab mufti in the Holocaust.
"When Haj Amin al-Husseini met Hitler in November 1941, he told him that there's a stark similarity between Nazism and Islam," explained Sharvit. "Husseini was responsible for establishing SS units in the Balkans. He was friendly with senior SS commanders, and was responsible for Berlin Radio broadcasts in all the Islamic lands."
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www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/202345
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