When one lives in Israel there are still lotd of Holocaust survivors or their descendants that you hear about regularly. So the reports that so many people in the world know so little about the holocaust seems quite strange, Hearing about the rise in worldwide antisemitism from various political leaders adds to feeling that it was such a horrible event that it really could not be forgotten.
But there is one place where the memory is not forgotten. Arabs in general, and especially The Palestinian Authority are actively involved. They use it to promote their own narratives. It has become a major reason for blaming the world for the creation of Israel. But it doesn’t stop there. The Palestinians celebrated International Holocaust Remembrance Day with speeches and broadcasts that support outright antisemitism. They are pushing hatred of Jews, not hatred of Israel. It isn’t surprising to find that the ADL Global 100 poll in May 2014 found that Palestinians are the most antisemitic people in world
When I was student at the University of Michigan in 1961 I found copies of the malicious “protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion” in the University International student center. The booklet had been printed in Egypt by the Government Press. Now, more than haf a century later, this is a quotation from an Official Palestinian source: A Fatah spokesman stated that The Protocols of the Elders of Zion instructs “the Zionists” to create extreme Islamic religious streams in order to cause internal disputes among the Arabs to keep the Arab regimes occupied and prevent them from dealing with important issues like “arming [themselves] against the enemy.” (April 16, 2017)
Closer to home we find: PA Minister of Education Sabri Saidam posted a video produced by official PA TV, with a classic antisemitic explanation: “The old continent was sick of the behavior of the Jews at the time, and therefore it planned to get rid of them.” (Nov. 2, 2018)
And finally, Palestinian Government T aired a speech from which this is taken: Sheikh Osama Al-Tibi: “These are the Jews who haven’t changed throughout history… These are the Jews who expose their fangs whenever they get the chance.They are causing devastating corruption throughout the land… We must mention the truth about these Jews, which Allah wrote in his book [the Quran] Among the Jews’ characteristics is that they have offended Allah… They murdered the prophets…. They strove to kill Prophet [Muhammad]… Another characteristic is that they are cursed, and they have been denied Allah’s mercy… And among their vile characteristics is that they have breached contracts, conventions, and agreements. ‘So for their breaking of the covenant We cursed them’ [Quran]. ‘And made of them apes and pigs and slaves of Taghut’ [Quran]. These are the Jews… Always fighting, always corrupting, always scheming, and always plotting against humanity – not just against the Muslims, but rather against all humanity… And another characteristic is that Allah has imposed on them humiliation and misery… So how did Allah curse them, the Jews at the time of Prophet [Muhammad], since these things [sins] were done by their ancestors? The [Quran] commentators explained: … these malignant genes and cursed characteristics continue in them. They transfer them – Allah save us – from generation to generation. They inherit it from father to son… Humanity will never be able to live together with them. And that’s why, my brothers, even Europe, America, and others have spit them out, down to the last one… Our prophet [Muhammad] informed us [that] at the end of time the Muslims will fight the Jews until the Jews hide behind a stone or a tree… The tyranny of the Jews did not just reach humans, but also the inanimate objects and all creatures: ‘Until the Jews hide behind a stone or a tree, and the stone or a tree will say: ‘Muslim, servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him’ … Allah, strike your enemies, the enemies of the religion, count them and kill them one by one, and do not leave even one.” [Official PA TV, Dec. 14, 2018]
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