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Israel circulates photo of Hitler greeting late Palestinian mufti
By Reuters
Tags: Hitler, Palestinian mufti 

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has ordered diplomats to use an old photograph of a former Palestinian religious leader meeting Adolf Hitler to counter world criticism of a Jewish building plan for East Jerusalem.

Israeli officials said on Wednesday that Lieberman told Israeli ambassadors to circulate the 1941 shot in Berlin of the Nazi leader seated next to Haj Amin al-Husseini, the late mufti or top Muslim religious leader in Jerusalem.

One official said Lieberman, an ultranationalist, hoped the photo would "embarrass" Western countries into ceasing to demand that Israel halt the project on land owned by the mufti's family in a predominantly Arab neighbourhood in East Jerusalem.
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Some diplomats opposed Lieberman's move, arguing it could earn Israel stiffer world criticism for seeming to sidestep the wider conflict it faces with the Palestinians who want East Jerusalem as capital of a future state, another official said.

Asked why Lieberman issued the order, a spokesman said: "because it's important for the world to know the facts" and would not elaborate.

The United States and Europe this week protested the plan by private Israeli developers to build 20 apartments on the land which Israel says was bought by an American-Jewish millionaire as well as Israel's threats to demolish Palestinian homes that could leave thousands homeless.

The controversy has complicated an Israeli rift with the U.S. over its refusal to meet President Barack Obama's demands to halt settlement building throughout the West Bank so that stalled peace talks may resume.

About half a million Israelis live in the settlements built in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, areas that are home to some three million Palestinians.

An official in Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's government accused Lieberman of "political bankruptcy" in ordering the distribution of the Husseini-Hitler photograph.

"It's an old story that has its own circumstances and doesn't apply to the present," said Adnan al-Husseini, the Palestinian Authority-appointed governor of Jerusalem, and a relative of the late mufti.

The Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem said said Husseini supported Nazi Germany to try to win backing for Arab nationalistic goals and that he lobbied for the extermination of Jews in North Africa and Palestine.

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      1.   No Big Deal 23:54  |  Chet 22/07/09
      2.   Foolish move 00:01  |  Abby 23/07/09
      3.   What 1,000 words? 00:27  |  Ed 23/07/09
      4.   This is the best 00:28  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/07/09
      5.   read about Hitler`s Jewish Soldiers before you blame the Mufti. 00:34  |  socalmaverick 23/07/09
      6.   Maybe he should release one of Irgun/sterns 3rd try. 00:35  |  andrew 23/07/09
      7.   re HUSSEINI AND NAZI CONNECTION 00:36  |  Sumayah 23/07/09
      8.   Maybe he should release one of Irgun/sterns 3rd try. 00:37  |  andrew 23/07/09
      9.   the enemy of my enemy is my friend 00:40  |  Balfour declaration 23/07/09
      10.   Just a Photo 00:43  |  emad matahin 23/07/09
      11.   And you want the remove `Nakba" from textbooks? 00:44  |  HypocritsSUCK 23/07/09
      12.   Actually, Israel has much more in common with Nazis than Pals 01:02  |  peacelover 23/07/09
      13.   Palestinian Mufti 01:04  |  Joe Kelsall 23/07/09
      14.   Just a matter of time before the South Americans 01:10  |  Dror 23/07/09
      15.   Bravissimo Lieberman 01:14  |  Joe 23/07/09
      16.   Shamefull 01:17  |  LanosIceland 23/07/09
      17.   Do you mean this picture? 01:20  |  curious 23/07/09
      18.   What a moron! Why no photo`s of Pharao`s? 01:24  |  Tom Lobo Meyer 23/07/09
      19.   Absolutely comical 01:30  |  Harold 23/07/09
      20.   How about the photo of the Duke of Windsor meeting Hilter in `37? 01:34  |  Lana Turner 23/07/09
      21.   Reality of the Old City 01:35  |  Arie 23/07/09
      22.   "Childish manoeuvre" how low can Israel go? 01:39  |  Jetset 23/07/09
      23.   Kudos to Lieberman 01:43  |  Mike 23/07/09
      24.   al-Husseini had rank of SS Obergruppenfuhrer 01:46  |  Paleo Peace Proposal 23/07/09
      25.   Will They Also Distribute Copies of the Ha`avara Agreement? 01:59  |  Binyamin 23/07/09
      26.   Here is the link to some very interesting pictures 02:02  |  Ron 23/07/09
      27.   Here`s the photo 02:07  |  Samuel Prime 23/07/09
      28.   Amin al Husseini, 02:12  |  Itzchak 23/07/09
      29.   Different time and circumstances? The more things change . . . 02:19  |  bronxite10 23/07/09
      30.   What it really shows 02:27  |  Jon 23/07/09
      31.   Wow - these guys are getting ridiculous! 02:28  |  Apa 23/07/09
      32.   Is Lebierman going to try to prove the Palestinians are Nazis? 02:29  |  Marc Leb 23/07/09
      33.   Lieberman meets the mufti 03:35  |  David 23/07/09
      34.   Avraham Stern 03:38  |  James 23/07/09
      35.   Not too smart Jetset #2 03:47  |  Sanders 23/07/09
      36.   Zionist aims 03:48  |  Jin 23/07/09
      37.   Stern, Lubenchik & Shamir 03:48  |  James 23/07/09
      38.   What about the photos... 03:51  |  Maureen Ann 23/07/09
      39.   Harold 03:53  |  Garry 23/07/09
      40.   YES! a little education for the world that does not know . 03:54  |  Jae 23/07/09
      41.   Absolute Stupidity - What is the link? 03:55  |  Rachel Rabin 23/07/09
      42.   Just read that first paragraph again, guys.... 04:16  |  Johnboy 23/07/09
      43.   Dumb and Dumber 04:22  |  Bazmann 23/07/09
      44.   fool `em to rule `em 04:26  |  sol kashberg 23/07/09
      45.   Fantastic! Finally a little Chutzpah coming back into the Govt 04:35  |  FrumiousFalafel 23/07/09
      46.   your right bazmann let them get back to what they know best 04:51  |  36 chambers 23/07/09
      47.   who`s next? 05:09  |  sol kashberg 23/07/09
      48.   To #6 05:30  |  L.A. Reader 23/07/09
      49.   The Goebbels Swastika and Star of David Medal 06:08  |  Arik Silverman 23/07/09
      50.   to jon 06:09  |  David 23/07/09
      51.   An important part of conflict`s history, but a silly move by FM 06:19  |  Aharon 23/07/09
      52.   THE TRUTH HURTS 06:28  |  IW 23/07/09
      53.   people should know 06:31  |  Tarzan 23/07/09
      54.   #10 Bazmann, here`s a story to make you laugh 06:33  |  Johnboy 23/07/09
      55.   Who installed that Mufti agianst the will of the Arabs? 06:37  |  Jeff 23/07/09
      56.   Avigdor Lieberman 06:39  |  AARON 23/07/09
      57.   On October 2, 1937 Adolf Eichman was also the guest of Hagannah 06:54  |  Yishai Cohen 23/07/09
      58.   how LOW can you go? 06:58  |  VIPER 23/07/09
      59.   Proof that the occupation did not cause a thing 07:05  |  Binyamin Dissen 23/07/09
      60.   That man is cute 07:10  |  Shina 23/07/09
      61.   Who would have thought 07:19  |  izi 23/07/09
      62.   This action is so revealing as it is prone to backlash 07:23  |  Kris Lazar 23/07/09
      63.   Hahahaha 07:27  |  Mido 23/07/09
      64.   poor babybibi runing desperate 07:45  |  john and the truth 23/07/09
      65.   How about a pic of Stalin and Trotsky? 07:47  |  R. James 23/07/09
      66.   The Muslim-Arab relationships with Nazism goes back a long time. 08:15  |  Amihai 23/07/09
      67.   3 million Palis in the W. bank?! 09:15  |  NADAV 23/07/09
      68.   WHERE is the PHOTO ? 09:25  |  The Teacher/Instruct 23/07/09
      69.   The antisemite and war criminal Hajj Amin 09:31  |  Avraham 23/07/09
      70.   are there any pictures of... 10:34  |  eric 23/07/09
      71.   Cool off Liberman is ok 10:40  |  CM 23/07/09
      72.   sorry for those diplomats... 11:18  |  Tom Lobo Meyer 23/07/09
      73.   Kindergarden 11:32  |  Dav 23/07/09
      74.   Didn`t Adolf Eichmann also meet with Haganah Leaders in Palestine 11:37  |  Joseph Steinberg 23/07/09
      75.   Just when you think The Nightclub bouncer from Moldovia 11:39  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/07/09
      76.   This Avigdor Lieberman is a bloody genious 11:44  |  Victor Liew 23/07/09
      77.   Why doesn`t Libie circulate photos of ... 11:45  |  Mark 23/07/09
      78.   Unbelievable 12:01  |  Danny 23/07/09
      79.   To # 4 : thank you didn`t know about this !! 12:06  |  Suad 23/07/09
      80.   Photo 12:06  |  Angel Luis Encinas 23/07/09
      81.   Why the ha`avara agreement? 12:21  |  Richard 23/07/09
      82.   Chris Linthwaite- Avigdor Lieberman 12:24  |  Samuel Smith 23/07/09
      83.   Binyamin Dissen can you be more pathetic and stupid? 12:39  |  it was the occupatio 23/07/09
      84.   #37 Mark 12:39  |  Sarah 23/07/09
      85.   above 12:44  |  moishe 23/07/09
      86.   #33eric 12:53  |  Sarah 23/07/09
      87.   It is Lieberman comedy- leibo the clown 13:01  |  Monique 23/07/09
      88.   Phot of Mufti 13:04  |  saul cohen 23/07/09
      89.   Samuel Smith - Chris Linthwaite 13:12  |  jake 1948 23/07/09
      90.   Cries of the Arabs 13:36  |  Jackie 23/07/09
      91.   J STEINBERG Not AFTER the war started. 13:40  |  PETER SM 23/07/09
      92.   Liebermann 13:44  |  Murray 23/07/09
      93.   Why stop there? 13:46  |  Murray 23/07/09
      94.   Lana Turner is right 13:47  |  Jackie 23/07/09
      95.   Shame 13:48  |  Yaron 23/07/09
      96.   Facts? 13:53  |  Muskens 23/07/09
      97.   #32 Arik Silverman 13:58  |  Sarah 23/07/09
      98.   great idea 14:02  |  Truth 23/07/09
      99.   IW learn your history 14:07  |  Truth 23/07/09
      100.   To Jackie- Learn history before you claim to be an expert 14:10  |  Monique 23/07/09
      101.   Arie #10 14:10  |  Jew 23/07/09
      102.   Pter Sm lear more facts 14:10  |  Truth 23/07/09
      103.   Lieberman is right on the picture 14:32  |  Brod 23/07/09
      104.   Jerusalem is Ours! 14:54  |  Avi Yerushalmi 23/07/09
      105.   #81 Sam Smith 14:57  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/07/09
      106.   So Where`s The Photo Of Adolf And The Mufti? 15:09  |  Jeff Northridge 23/07/09
      107.   Israel circulates photo of Hitler greeting late Palestinian mufti 15:11  |  flora 23/07/09
      108.   Israel circulates photo of Hitler greeting late Palestinian mufti 15:21  |  flora 23/07/09
      109.   Avi Yerushalmi 15:44  |  Brod 23/07/09
      110.   101 "truth" Part One 15:50  |  Der Zweifler 23/07/09
      111.   answer to #35 15:53  |  flora 23/07/09
      112.   Israel circulates photo of Hitler greeting late Palestinian mufti 15:58  |  flora 23/07/09
      113.   102 "truth" Part Two 16:13  |  Der Zweifler 23/07/09
      114.   For those who have not seen the photo & others... 16:14  |  bat yam 23/07/09
      115.   Now you see 16:15  |  As`ad - ANGRY ARAB 23/07/09
      116.   Joesph Steinberg 16:18  |  Walid 23/07/09
      117.   Haven`t seen the photo & others of Hitler`s Moslem SS?... 16:28  |  bat yam 23/07/09
      118.   Husseini`s house should be a lesson to all Arabs 16:47  |  IW 23/07/09
      119.   Move our embassies out of the capital cities! 17:02  |  Yonatan 23/07/09
      120.   Foreign Minister`s proposals to diplomats irrelevant... 17:27  |  Smadar 23/07/09
      121.   #119 Yonatan 17:28  |  BDS 23/07/09
      122.   to #119 Better still move embassies out of capital cities altoget 17:33  |  Monique 23/07/09
      123.   Chris Linthwaite (#105) Has Neville Chamberlain 17:39  |  Gil 23/07/09
      124.   Chris Linthwaite (#105) Has Neville Chamberlain 17:41  |  Gil 23/07/09
      125.   Huh? 17:49  |  Giora Me`ir 23/07/09
      126.   #5 Socalmaverick should do some reading 17:57  |  BIG SUR 23/07/09
      127.   Just go to International Courts to prove.... 18:04  |  The Archives 23/07/09
      128.   Dear Monique in the UK, yes learn your history 18:06  |  Big Sur 23/07/09
      129.   #109 To concentrat 2000 years of a complex 18:42  |  Ardi 23/07/09
      130.   Show the pictures of US colaborators in pre holocaust Germany too 18:43  |  jim the mechanic 23/07/09
      131.   Smadar (#120) It is relevant 18:53  |  Gil 23/07/09
      132.   You are right whatis thefuss aboutprivate property allows owner 19:24  |  BIG SUR 23/07/09
      133.   Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini: a more sober assessment 19:31  |  Ben Alofs 23/07/09
      134.   Guess it is a two way street huh! 19:37  |  Big Sur 23/07/09
      135.   re:Mido 20:36  |  UsedToPostHere 23/07/09
      136.   #105 Gil of Haifa 20:41  |  Chris Linthwaite 23/07/09
      137.   Good tactic putting Israel`s detractors on the defensive 21:07  |  Robert 23/07/09
      138.   Great inconvenience 21:08  |  Good 23/07/09
      139.   Ben Alofs true there were other Murderers 21:26  |  Big Sur 23/07/09
      140.   Eichmann and Zionism 21:42  |  Janice 23/07/09
      141.   Reading about the Mufti 21:59  |  Lola 23/07/09
      142.   The great efforts at denial 22:25  |  RfaelMoshe 23/07/09
      143.   Lieberman`s move tactically sound 22:30  |  Robert 23/07/09
      144.   #131 Gil To begin building now is provocative act... 22:58  |  Smadar 23/07/09
      145.   You better know your history 23:06  |  salty 23/07/09
      146.   re:robert #139 23:15  |  albert 23/07/09
      147.   Read the words of Zionist revisionist Jabotinsky. 02:03  |  Maureen Ann 24/07/09
      148.   Lola, thank you for enlightening the many antisemitic fools who 02:05  |  jj 24/07/09
      149.   No point in kicking this dead horse.. 02:36  |  maoriboy 24/07/09
      150.   To Johnnyboy 03:08  |  utagawa 24/07/09
      151.   Re: Lanosiceland 03:13  |  Jerrold L. Sobel 24/07/09
      152.   Sorry Ben Alofs there is more 03:16  |  Truth 24/07/09
      153.   Rfael Moshe and slander 03:19  |  truth 24/07/09
      154.   TO MR. AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN 04:46  |  Marlene N. 24/07/09
      155.   TRUTH Jews inc Jabotynski fought the Nazis.Husseinis Moslem SS 06:49  |  PETER SM 24/07/09
      156.   ALLOFS Drivell. Dieter Wisliceny -Mufti one of initiators! 08:07  |  PETER SM 24/07/09
      157.   #145 half atruth is better than an outright lie 08:24  |  v hardman 24/07/09
      158.   This Kind Of Stuff Isn`t Going Anywhere... 08:24  |  Yosemite 24/07/09
      159.   # 86 i`m aware of WHO he was, sarah 08:30  |  eric 24/07/09
      160.   Truth? 08:44  |  Sarah 24/07/09
      161.   #146 Truth? 08:47  |  Sarah 24/07/09
      162.   Smadar 09:53  |  sh 24/07/09
      163.   re: eric 03:56  |  UsedToPostHere 25/07/09
      164.   Smadar (#144) Tell me Smadar 10:29  |  Gil 25/07/09
      165.   #146 Albert: Your response proves my point! 21:20  |  Robert 25/07/09
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