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Why Zionists Turn the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem into a Comic Book Villain
Historically, Most Palestinians Rejected Amin al-Husseini
Cultists love simple stories of heroes and villains. Zionists are no exception to that rule. In their history of Israel, good Jews defeated evil Muslims — Amin al-Husseini, the second Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, was motivated solely by his racist hatred of Jews, and the Palestinian people were his willing minions. The most extreme version, told by Israel’s current Prime Minister, turns al-Husseini into the Red Skull, a Hitler ally who inspired the Holocaust:
Mr. Netanyahu said in a speech to the Zionist Congress on Tuesday night that “Hitler didn’t want to exterminate the Jews at the time, he wanted to expel the Jews.” The prime minister said that the mufti, Haj Amin al-Husseini, had protested to Hitler that “they’ll all come here,” referring to Palestine.
“ ‘So what should I do with them?’ ” Mr. Netanyahu quoted Hitler as asking Mr. Husseini. “He said, ‘Burn them.’ ”
In reality, al-Husseini influenced no Nazis and few Palestinians. The office of the Grand Mufti was a British creation — officially, al-Husseini was in charge of sacred Muslim sites in Palestine. He made anti-British and anti-Zionist speeches, but he did not start any riots or revolutions…
