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In spring of 1934, extremist Arab nationalists intended to form the Palestinian Nazi Party, which aimed to fight Jews in coordination with the Nazi Party in Germany, in Israel, many swastikas began to appear on Arab homes and their cars.<ref>Misgav, Tel. Latrun Days: The story of the Latrun detention camps during the British Mandate 1941-1948. [Yemei Latrun: sipuram shel machnot hama'atzar bitkufat hamandat haBriti]. Ariav, 2007, [https://books.google.com/books?id=LlwwAQAAIAAJ&q=%D7%A6%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%99+%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%A1+%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D&dq=%D7%A6%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%99+%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%A1+%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D p. 27].<blockquote>In May 1934, the Jerusalem police learned that extremist Arab nationalists intended to form the Palestinian Nazi Party, which aimed to fight Jews in coordination with the Nazi Party in Germany. In Israel, many swastikas began to appear on Arab homes and their cars. At the end of 1935 the number of members of the Nazi party in Israel was two hundred and eighty.</blockquote></ref> Arab Palestinian students returning from studying in Europe were determined to found the Arab Nazi party in Palestine.<ref name=book-rosen-2005-p106/>

In spring of 1934, extremist Arab nationalists intended to form the Palestinian Nazi Party, which aimed to fight Jews in coordination with the Nazi Party in Germany, in Israel, many swastikas began to appear on Arab homes and their cars.<ref>Misgav, Tel. Latrun Days: The story of the Latrun detention camps during the British Mandate 1941-1948. [Yemei Latrun: sipuram shel machnot hama'atzar bitkufat hamandat haBriti]. Ariav, 2007, [https://books.google.com/books?id=LlwwAQAAIAAJ&q=%D7%A6%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%99+%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%A1+%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D&dq=%D7%A6%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%99+%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%A1+%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D p. 27].<blockquote>In May 1934, the Jerusalem police learned that extremist Arab nationalists intended to form the Palestinian Nazi Party, which aimed to fight Jews in coordination with the Nazi Party in Germany. In Israel, many swastikas began to appear on Arab homes and their cars. At the end of 1935 the number of members of the Nazi party in Israel was two hundred and eighty.</blockquote></ref> Arab Palestinian students returning from studying in Europe were determined to found the Arab Nazi party in Palestine.<ref name=book-rosen-2005-p106/>

In May 1934, local German Nazis in Haifa organized propaganda meeting with open Hitlerist propaganda. Foreign Germans come as "tourists" join in. The British authorities knows about it, but chooses to ignore.<ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/dmt/1934/05/04/01/article/30/ Der Moment - דער מאָמענט, 4 May 1934 —נאציס ארגאניזירען פאליטישע מיטינגען אין א"י ] [Nazis organize political rallies in E"Y (Palestine)].</ref>

In May 1934, local German Nazis in Haifa organized propaganda meeting with open Hitlerist propaganda. Foreign Germans come as "tourists" join in. The British authorities knows about it, but chooses to ignore.<ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/dmt/1934/05/04/01/article/30/ Der Moment דער מאָמענט - May 4, 1934 -נאציס ארגאניזירען פאליטישע מיטינגען אין א"י] [Nazis organize political rallies in E"Y (Palestine)].</ref>

In June 1935, Palestine Arabs asked Hitler for a ban of land sales to Jews.<ref>[⁨⁨https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/chroniclerspokesman/1935/06/14/01/article/26/ The Chronicler-Spokesman⁩, 14 June 1935⁩].<blockquote>

In June 1935, Palestine Arabs asked Hitler for a ban of land sales to Jews.<ref>[⁨⁨https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/chroniclerspokesman/1935/06/14/01/article/26/ Chronicler-Spokesman⁩, 14 June 1935⁩].<blockquote>

ARABS ASK SALE OF LAND BAR

ARABS ASK SALE OF LAND BAR

Abbasi laments that “there is hardly any reference to the thousands of Palestinian volunteers, some of whom fell in battle, while others are still listed as missing in action, and no commemoration of the fallen can be found anywhere.” He suggests this “evil” is explained by “what the Palestinian people experienced during the Nakba and its aftermath, the destruction of archives and records in addition to the loss of personal documents, and the fact that no organization was established to commemorate the volunteers and their deeds.” He thus accuses Israel of covering up the Palestinian Arab role in defeating the Nazis.

Abbasi laments that “there is hardly any reference to the thousands of Palestinian volunteers, some of whom fell in battle, while others are still listed as missing in action, and no commemoration of the fallen can be found anywhere.” He suggests this “evil” is explained by “what the Palestinian people experienced during the Nakba and its aftermath, the destruction of archives and records in addition to the loss of personal documents, and the fact that no organization was established to commemorate the volunteers and their deeds.” He thus accuses Israel of covering up the Palestinian Arab role in defeating the Nazis.

It should be noted that Abbasi persistently uses the term “Palestinians” rather than “Palestinian Arabs” in his article, starting with the title. This manipulation services the popular narrative denying any linkage between the Jewish People and Palestine. In her book World War II – The Story of a Jewish Soldier, Jewish Women of Mandatory Palestine Serving in the British Army, Esther Herlitz (later an Israeli diplomat and politician who served as a member of the Knesset) wrote, “As far as the British were concerned, we from the Jewish Yishuv, and some Arabs, were Palestinians.”</font></blockquote></ref> a large portion of Arabs that did fight in Palestine came from across the Jordan, Syria and Lebanon,  to the recruitment bureaus in Palestine, and many of them enlisted with the intention of acquiring weapons for themselves.<ref>Kirshenbaum, S. L. ‫History of the people of Israel in our generation [Toldot Am Yisrael Bedorenu‬‎], vol. 2. Israel: 1965. [https://books.google.com/books?id=pDjRAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D+%D7%9E%D7%94%D7%9D%C2%A0%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%92%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%95+%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9A+%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94+%D7%9C%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%A9+%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%9D+%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%A7 p.  

It should be noted that Abbasi persistently uses the term “Palestinians” rather than “Palestinian Arabs” in his article, starting with the title. This manipulation services the popular narrative denying any linkage between the Jewish People and Palestine. In her book World War II – The Story of a Jewish Soldier, Jewish Women of Mandatory Palestine Serving in the British Army, Esther Herlitz (later an Israeli diplomat and politician who served as a member of the Knesset) wrote, “As far as the British were concerned, we from the Jewish Yishuv, and some Arabs, were Palestinians.”</font></blockquote></ref> a large portion of Arabs that did fight in Palestine came from across the Jordan, Syria and Lebanon,  to the recruitment bureaus in Palestine, and many of them enlisted with the intention of acquiring weapons for themselves.<ref>Kirshenbaum, S. L. ‫History of the people of Israel in our generation [Toldot Am Yisrael Bedorenu‬‎], vol. 2. Israel: 1965. [https://books.google.com/books?id=pDjRAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D+%D7%9E%D7%94%D7%9D%C2%A0%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%92%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%95+%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9A+%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94+%D7%9C%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%A9+%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%9D+%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%A7 p. 301].

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A total of 9,000 Arabs enlisted in the British Army here.  Among them are many from across the Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, who came to the recruitment bureaus in Palestine.  Many of them enlisted with the intention of acquiring weapons for themselves: indeed, by the end of the war only about half of the Arab soldiers remained, as the rest defected with their weapons from the army.

A total of 9,000 Arabs enlisted in the British Army here.  Among them are many from across the Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, who came to the recruitment bureaus in Palestine.  Many of them enlisted with the intention of acquiring weapons for themselves: indeed, by the end of the war only about half of the Arab soldiers remained, as the rest defected with their weapons from the army.