Jetisalem grand mufti/kill all Jews

 Validation of the Statement on Haj Amin al-Husseini

Your query references a specific quote attributed to Haj Amin al-Husseini (also spelled Husseini), the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, in 1948: "the entire Jewish population must be destroyed or be driven into the sea. Allah has bestowed upon us the rare privilege of finishing what Hitler had begun: let the jihad begin: murder the jews. MURDER them all." This is framed in the context of his wartime alliance with Hitler and his activities in Germany. I'll break down the validation step by step, based on historical records, primary sources, and scholarly analyses. In short: The quote is not verifiable as a direct, verbatim statement from 1948 (or any specific date), but it closely paraphrases Husseini's well-documented genocidal rhetoric, which blended Nazi-inspired antisemitism with Islamist calls for violence against Jews during and after World War II.1. Historical Context: Husseini's Role and Time in Germany

• Confirmed Facts: Husseini (1897–1974) was appointed Grand Mufti of Jerusalem in 1921 by the British Mandate authorities and became a leading figure in Palestinian Arab nationalism. He was a fervent opponent of Zionism and Jewish immigration to Palestine.
• Alliance with Hitler: In November 1941, Husseini met Adolf Hitler in Berlin, where he sought German support for Arab independence and against the British and Jews. Hitler reportedly assured him of Germany's "unflinching resolve to destroy the Jewish element" in the region. Husseini spent most of the war (1941–1945) in Nazi Germany as an honored guest and propagandist, collaborating with the German Foreign Office and SS. He broadcast anti-Jewish messages on Radio Berlin (in Arabic) from 1942 onward, recruited Bosnian Muslims for the Waffen-SS (13th Handžar Division), and advocated for extending the Holocaust to the Middle East. This is extensively documented in sources like the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's archives and Jeffrey Herf's Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World (2009).
• Post-War and 1948: After Germany's defeat in 1945, Husseini fled to Switzerland, then Egypt, where he continued anti-Zionist agitation. In 1948, during the Arab-Israeli War (Israel's War of Independence), he served as a key advisor to the Arab Higher Committee and influenced irregular Arab forces. He rejected the 1947 UN Partition Plan and called for total resistance to the establishment of Israel. His wartime propaganda legacy persisted, seeding antisemitic narratives in the Arab world that echoed into the 1948 conflict.

Accuracy: The "Hitler confident-spending most of war in Germany" part is accurate. Husseini was indeed a close Nazi collaborator, living in Berlin and actively promoting Axis causes.2. Analysis of the Quote's Content and Verifiability

• Core Themes: The quote captures Husseini's real rhetoric:
  • "Entire Jewish population must be destroyed or be driven into the sea": This echoes Arab League statements from 1947–1948 (e.g., by Azzam Pasha: "This will be a war of extermination and a momentous massacre"). Husseini himself used similar language in 1948 speeches, framing the conflict as a binary: expulsion or annihilation of Jews in Palestine. "Driven into the sea" was a common hyperbolic motif in Arab nationalist discourse at the time, symbolizing total removal of Jews from the land.
  • "Allah has bestowed upon us the rare privilege of finishing what Hitler had begun": Husseini frequently invoked completing Hitler's work against Jews. In a March 1944 Radio Berlin broadcast, he explicitly called to "kill the Jews wherever you find them," tying it to divine will and Axis victory. Post-war, he praised Hitler in statements (e.g., via the Muslim Brotherhood's Hassan al-Banna in 1946: "Germany and Hitler are gone, but Amin al-Husseini will continue the struggle"). The "finishing what Hitler began" phrasing appears in analyses of his ideology (e.g., Matthias Küntzel's Jihad and Jew-Hatred, 2007), which describe him as vowing to extend the Holocaust to Palestine.
  • "Let the jihad begin: murder the jews. MURDER them all": Husseini's broadcasts routinely framed anti-Jewish violence as a religious jihad. A verbatim 1944 example: "Arabs, rise as one man and fight for your sacred rights. Kill the Jews wherever you find them; this pleases Allah, history, and religion. This saves your honor. Allah is with you." This was part of ongoing propaganda from Berlin, which continued influencing Arab media into 1948.
• Exact Quote?: No primary source (e.g., archived broadcasts, speeches, or diaries) matches this verbatim phrasing from 1948. Searches across historical databases (e.g., USHMM, Yad Vashem) and scholarly works yield close paraphrases but not this precise wording. It may be a modern synthesis or exaggeration, possibly from secondary sources like online forums or polemical histories that compile his statements for dramatic effect. Husseini's actual rhetoric was often in Arabic, translated variably, and his 1948 outputs were more focused on mobilizing fighters than radio broadcasts (which ended with the war).

Accuracy: Partially accurate as a paraphrase. The sentiment aligns with Husseini's ideology, but the exact quote appears unsubstantiated. His calls for mass murder of Jews were real and genocidal in intent, as noted in Nuremberg trial testimonies (e.g., by Dieter Wisliceny) and UN analyses of incitement.3. Broader Impact and Legacy

• Husseini's Nazi collaboration helped import European antisemitism into Islamist and Arab nationalist thought, influencing groups like the Muslim Brotherhood and later Hamas (whose 1988 charter echoes his broadcasts). In 1948, his agitation contributed to the war's intensity, though Arab defeat diminished his influence afterward.
• Controversies: Some historians (e.g., in Nazis, Islamists, and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Rubin and Schwanitz, 2014) argue his role in the Holocaust was more rhetorical than operational, but his propaganda undeniably fueled hatred.

Recommendations for Further Reading

• Primary Sources: Listen to digitized Radio Berlin broadcasts via the USHMM or Herf's book.
• Books: Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World (Jeffrey Herf); Icon of Evil (David Dalin and John Rothmann).
• Archives: Yad Vashem or the Avalon Project for 1948 documents.

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