MEMRI Special Dispatch|3103| July 18, 2010
Palestinians/Lantos Archives on Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Denial

PLO Official: 'The Nazis' and Zionists' Mutual Goal [Was] to Purge Germany
of Jews and Deport Them to Arab Palestine'

Former PLO ambassador to Vienna Dr. Ghazi Hussein published an article in
Al-Ba'th, the daily of the Syrian ruling party, in which he claims that the
Zionist movement collaborated with the Nazis and pressured Western countries
to close their gates to Jewish refugees, in order to force them to immigrate
to Palestine. He adds that the Zionists give an exaggerated account of the
persecution suffered by the European Jews, and inflate the number of
victims, in order to blackmail the West and justify their crimes against the
Palestinians, which are worse than the Nazis' crimes. He also claims that
the Nazis did not persecute all Jews, but only the non-Zionists.
Following are excerpts from the article:[1]
"The Nazis' and Zionists' Mutual Goal [Was] to Purge Germany of Jews and
Deport Them to Arab Palestine"
"The ideological similarity between the two racist [movements] – Zionism and
Nazism – as well as the persecution of the assimilated (non-Zionist) Jews by
the Nazis and the signing of the Transfer Agreement between the Nazi
economic authorities and the Jewish Agency, drove German and Austrian Jews
to immigrate to Palestine in order to establish [the state of] Israel over
the remnants of the Arab Palestinian people.
"Hitler's rise to power in Germany, the racist Nuremberg Laws, the
Kristallnacht, and the collaboration between the Nazis and the Zionists all
led to the realization of the Nazis' and Zionists' mutual goal, namely
purging Germany of Jews and deporting them to Arab Palestine. The
immigration of these Jews spelled the success of the Jewish settlement [of
Palestine], thanks to the know-how, money and abilities provided by Germany
[to these Jews] under the Transfer Agreement.
"World Zionism took advantage of the fact that the U.S. and the other
countries of the world had closed their gates to Jewish immigration in
accordance with a request by Golda Meir at the conference on refugees, held
in Evian, Switzerland in 1938 with the aim of rescuing the Jews of Germany
and Europe from the Nazis. The conference agreed to close the gates of all
[countries] to Jewish immigrants, in order to channel [the Jews] to
Palestine alone. The goal of the Zionists and the U.S. in taking this
decision was to [leave the Jews] with only two options: either immigrate to
Palestine or be thrown into the Nazi detention camps.
"The Zionist [movement] managed to convince the superpowers that the only
way to rescue the Jews and [provide them with] a safe haven was to establish
a [Jewish political] entity in Palestine. As the persecution of the
non-Zionist Jews by the Nazis grew, the political and moral pressure on the
European countries to establish this entity grew as well, because these
countries had closed their gates to Jewish immigration in accordance with
the resolutions of the Evian Conference and at the request of the Jewish
Agency...
"In talks between representatives of Nazi Germany and the Zionist movement
in Turkey, the Zionist movement turned down a Nazi proposal to hand over all
the Jews in the Nazi detention camps in return for thousands of trucks and
many tons of tea and coffee.
"The link between the persecution and the extermination of the non-Zionist
Jews by the Nazis and the establishment of 'Israel' is very strong...
because the persecution of the Jews, the [Zionists'] collaboration with the
deportation [of the Jews] to Palestine alone, in accordance with the
Transfer Agreement, and the despicable exploitation of the exaggerated
[stories] about the Holocaust and antisemitism [all] caused a massive
emigration of Jews to Palestine. The immense humane sympathy and support
[enjoyed by] the Jews, the pact between the U.S. and the Soviets in fighting
the Nazis, the Jews' warm relations with [the American and Soviet]
governments, and the interests of these government in the [Middle East]
region [all] led to the approval of [U.N.] Resolution 181 by the General
Assembly immediately after the end of World War II."
"Since Its Establishment, Israel Has Been Perpetrating Against Our
Palestinian Arab People [Crimes] Far Worse than Those Allegedly Committed by
Nazi Germany"
"Israel was founded on May 15, 1948 with the full support of the U.S., the
West European countries, and World Zionism... [Since then,] the Zionist
entity has received over 350 billion [German] marks, as well as weapons and
the nuclear submarine "Dolphin," in order to increase the military,
terrorist and racist abilities of 'Israel.'
"Since its establishment, Israel has been perpetrating against our
Palestinian Arab people [crimes] far worse than those allegedly committed by
Nazi Germany in Hungary and [against] the non-Zionist Jews and its [other]
enemies. This is perfectly clear from the Holocaust perpetrated by Israel in
Gaza in 2008-2009, from the oppressive siege, from the collective
punishments imposed on the [Gaza] Strip, from the Judaization of Al-Haram
Al-Ibrahimi [the Cave of the Patriarchs] in Hebron and the Bilal bin Rabbah
mosque [Rachel's Tomb] in Bethlehem, from the construction of 62 synagogues,
including the Hurva Synagogue, around the Al-Aqsa mosque in order to Judaize
it and build over its ruins the false [Jewish] temple, from the destruction
of homes [of Arabs] in Jerusalem and their deportation, and from the
criminal terrorist violence against civilians on the Freedom Flotillas in
international waters.
"Today, the Israeli army and the Mossad are much more barbarous and
despicable than the Nazi army and the Gestapo were, because when the Nazi
army perpetrated its crimes, it used the pretext that there were no
international charters prohibiting war crimes and crimes against humanity,
while the Israeli army is now committing war crimes and crimes against
humanity despite the existence of international charters and agreements that
prohibit these crimes and punish the perpetrators. The Zionist entity
disregards [these charters] because the stories about antisemitism and the
Holocaust have placed it above international agreements, charters and laws,
and [also] thanks to the American and European vetoes [in its favor] and
their support of its aggressive wars and its racist and imperialist
actions."
The Zionists "Exaggerate the Persecution Stories and the Number [of Jews
Victimized by the Nazis]"
"The deeds perpetrated today by the Zionists against the Palestinian people
are worse than what the Nazis did to the Jews in Czechoslovakia, and
especially in Terezinstadt. Even today, [the Zionists still] exaggerate the
persecution stories and the number [of victims], despite the huge sums of
money and the huge amounts of weapons they have received. They employ
ideological, political, diplomatic and media blackmail and pressure in favor
of 'Israel' and World Judaism, over the backs of the Nazis' victims, the
taxpayers in Germany, Switzerland and other European [countries], and our
Arab Palestinian people. They steal its land, water, property and rights,
impede its progress, and [try to] eliminate it in order to transform
Palestine into the homeland of all the Jews in the world.
"The largest of all Jewish ghettos, established in the heart of the Muslim
Arab region, is a base that is hostile to the countries of the region and
serves the interests of World Zionism and of American and Western
imperialism.
"Had the [Holocaust] really been as extensive as claimed by the leadership
of American Jewry and by the famous liar Elie Wiesel, it would have caused
an earthquake and a crisis among Jews worldwide, and their perspective and
position on the colonialist, imperialist and terrorist crimes perpetrated by
'Israel' against the defenseless Palestinian people would have been
different.
"Israel did not take a lesson from the atrocities committed by the Nazis. It
only exploited them, and continues to exploit them, in order to commit
horrors [even] more barbarous [than those of the Nazis] aimed at realizing
the aspirations and claims of the Torah, the Talmud and the Zionist
[movement]..."

[1] Al-Ba'th (Syria), July 8, 2010.

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