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| | The Italian press reported Arab admiration for "the head of fascism for his humane comprehension of Islam, and his courage for having dared to rise before anybody else against the myth of British might."<ref>Arielli, N.. Fascist Italy and the Middle East, 1933–40. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2010; Arielli, N.. Italian Involvement in the Arab Revolt in Palestine, 1936-1939. 2008. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/20455584].</ref> | | The Italian press reported Arab admiration for "the head of fascism for his humane comprehension of Islam, and his courage for having dared to rise before anybody else against the myth of British might."<ref>Arielli, N.. Fascist Italy and the Middle East, 1933–40. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2010; Arielli, N.. Italian Involvement in the Arab Revolt in Palestine, 1936-1939. 2008. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/20455584].</ref> |
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| | + | By 1937, the fascist government maintained:<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=VdY-AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA2 The Tuscaloosa News, Aug 17, 1937. (p.3)]<blockquote><small> |
| | + | Il Duce, Hitler Exert Pressure |
| | + | By Milton Bronner. NEA... |
| | + | After the world war was won... |
| | + | The Arab population increased from 600,000 to 950,000... |
| | + | The fascist government maintains at Bari, in the boot of Italy, a broadcasting station from which for many months a constant stream of anti-British propaganda has been issued in Arabic...</small></blockquote></ref> "at Bari, in the boot of Italy, a broadcasting station from which for many months a constant stream of anti-British propaganda has been issued in Arabic." |
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| − | <font size=1>(In running from the Brits, in 1937, the Mufti also used such tricks as "escaped into the Temple Area."<ref>Gunther, John. Inside Asia. United States: Harper & Brothers, 1939. [https://books.google.com/books?id=IYJAAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Mufti%22 558]</ref>)</font> | + | <font size=1>(In running from the Brits, in 1937, the Mufti also used such tricks as "escaped into the Temple Area,"<ref>Gunther, John. Inside Asia. United States: Harper & Brothers, 1939. [https://books.google.com/books?id=IYJAAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Mufti%22 558]</ref>, in the mosque of Omar - built on the site of King Solomon's temple.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yO4iAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA2 The Jewish Record, Oct 22, 1937]. (p. 2). |
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| | + | The Al Capone Of Palestine. |
| | + | At Bay, closely guarded by 200 "shoot-to-kill" Arabs, in the.. mosque of Omar, the St. Peters of... Moslems, built on the site of King Solomon's temple hides the man, who for sixteen years has defied the British Government and flourished the torch of "holy war" to set the world of Islam aflame... |
| | + | To measure the extend of his ambitions and the power he has sought, you must imagine concentrated in him the aim to be a Hitler, a Mussolini, a Caliph, ruler of Islam — with the mentality and methods of an Al Capone. That and no less.</small></blockquote></ref>)</font> |
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| | Similar accounts were published in October, 1938, by the respected French weekly Marianne. André Palert, the paper's special correspondent in Jerusalem, interviewed the Mufti at the latter's office in the Haram al-Sharif and was informed that Italian arms and funds were reaching the Holy Land, although in limited...</blockquote></ref> | | Similar accounts were published in October, 1938, by the respected French weekly Marianne. André Palert, the paper's special correspondent in Jerusalem, interviewed the Mufti at the latter's office in the Haram al-Sharif and was informed that Italian arms and funds were reaching the Holy Land, although in limited...</blockquote></ref> |
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| | Weeks prior to the meeting, the ''NYT'' already reported that in Berlin: "Nazis receive 'Great Man' [sic] with 'warmth.'<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/1941/11/07/archives/mufti-in-berlin-for-stay-nazis-receive-great-man-with-warmth-silent.html MUFTI IN BERLIN FOR STAY; Nazis Receive 'Great Man' With 'Warmth' -- Silent on Plans]." By Telephone To the ''New York Times''. Nov. 7, 1941.</ref> | | Weeks prior to the meeting, the ''NYT'' already reported that in Berlin: "Nazis receive 'Great Man' [sic] with 'warmth.'<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/1941/11/07/archives/mufti-in-berlin-for-stay-nazis-receive-great-man-with-warmth-silent.html MUFTI IN BERLIN FOR STAY; Nazis Receive 'Great Man' With 'Warmth' -- Silent on Plans]." By Telephone To the ''New York Times''. Nov. 7, 1941.</ref> |
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| | + | [[File:Youngstown Vindicator, Dec 12, 1941 - Hitler with Mufti.jpg|thumb|Youngstown Vindicator, Dec 12, 1941 - Hitler with Mufti: "Hitler Tells Mufti of of Jerusalem to Get Tough."]] |
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| | + | In the US press at the time (Dec. 1941):<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=W6heAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA38 Youngstown Vindicator, Dec 12, 1941 (p. 24)].<blockquote><small> |
| | + | Hitler Tells Mufti of of Jerusalem to Get Tough. |
| | + | Official German picture radioed from Berlin shows Adolf Hitler receiving Haj Amin Al-Husseini, Moslem leader, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and British-hater. Mufti received conversations "important to Arabian nations."</small></blockquote></ref> |
| | + | <blockquote>Hitler Tells Mufti of of Jerusalem to Get Tough. |
| | + | Official German picture radioed from Berlin shows Adolf Hitler receiving Haj Amin Al-Husseini, Moslem leader, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and British-hater. Mufti received conversations "important to Arabian nations."</blockquote> |
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