Changes

On the same day in July, Cohen reported that <b>the Arabs</b> had received news about the fate of the Jews in Europe with <b>“open joy”</b>. They expressed the hope that the Germans would conquer Palestine and “liberate” them from their Jews. Some of the moderate minority refused to believe the news, arguing that it was merely Jewish propaganda designed to capture the sympathy of the world, that it was inconceivable that a country of Germany's cultural level could commit atrocities such as those being reported.</blockquote></ref>  

On the same day in July, Cohen reported that <b>the Arabs</b> had received news about the fate of the Jews in Europe with <b>“open joy”</b>. They expressed the hope that the Germans would conquer Palestine and “liberate” them from their Jews. Some of the moderate minority refused to believe the news, arguing that it was merely Jewish propaganda designed to capture the sympathy of the world, that it was inconceivable that a country of Germany's cultural level could commit atrocities such as those being reported.</blockquote></ref>  

 

[[CIA]] Report Aug 1942:<ref name=mjc-cia>Michael J Cohen, "Britain's Moment in Palestine: Retrospect and Perspectives, 1917-1948," Routledge, 2014, [https://books.google.com/books?id=DLPpAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA429 p.429].

[[CIA]] Report Aug 1942:<ref name=mjc-cia>Michael J Cohen, "Britain's Moment in Palestine: Retrospect and Perspectives, 1917-1948," Routledge, 2014, [https://books.google.com/books?id=DLPpAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA429 p.429].

<br><i>

<br><i>

In August 1942, two American intelligence officers stationed in Egypt drew up an assessment of the impact of Axis propaganda in the Middle East ...

In August 1942, two American intelligence officers stationed in Egypt drew up an assessment of the impact of Axis propaganda in the Middle East ...

the report continued that a majority of the Palestinian Arabs was fiercely "anti-Jewish" and saw in the approach of Rommel an ideal opportunity to murder all Jews their seize their property.</i></ref><ref name=book-herf-2009-p 139>Herf, Jeffrey. Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World. Ukraine: Yale University Press, 2009, [https://books.google.com/books?id=YzQNSTvHv-sC&pg=PA139 p.139].</ref>

the report continued that a majority of the Palestinian Arabs was fiercely "anti-Jewish" and saw in the approach of Rommel an ideal opportunity to murder all Jews their seize their property.</i></ref><ref name=book-herf-2009-p139>Herf, Jeffrey. Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World. Ukraine: Yale University Press, 2009, [https://books.google.com/books?id=YzQNSTvHv-sC&pg=PA139 p.139].</ref>

<blockquote>majority of the Arabs in Palestine Palestinian Arabs are fiercely 'anti-Jewish'… the radicals, who form a majority, see in the approach of Rommel an ideal opportunity to murder all Jews their seize their property.</blockquote>

<blockquote>majority of the Arabs in Palestine Palestinian Arabs are fiercely 'anti-Jewish'… the radicals, who form a majority, see in the approach of Rommel an ideal opportunity to murder all Jews their seize their property.</blockquote>

* CIA August 1942 report:<ref name=mfc-cia/><ref name=book-herf-2009-p 139><blockquote>majority of the Arabs in Palestine Palestinian Arabs are fiercely 'anti-Jewish'… the radicals, who form a majority, see in the approach of Rommel an ideal opportunity to murder all Jews their seize their property.</blockquote>

* CIA August 1942 report:<ref name=book-herf-2009-p139/><ref name=mjc-cia/>

<blockquote>majority of the Arabs in Palestine Palestinian Arabs are fiercely 'anti-Jewish'… the radicals, who form a majority, see in the approach of Rommel an ideal opportunity to murder all Jews their seize their property.</blockquote>