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In reply to query in House of Commons, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister,  
 
In reply to query in House of Commons, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister,  
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Colonial Secretary, admits that British government had advance knowledge of the visit to Palestine last spring of Dr. Wilhelm Frick, Nazi Minister of Interior.</small></blockquote></ref> turned soon out to be a boost of 'Arab Nazism.'
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Colonial Secretary, admits that British government had advance knowledge of the visit to Palestine last spring of Dr. Wilhelm Frick, Nazi Minister of Interior.</small></blockquote></ref> turned soon out to be a boost of 'Arab Nazism.' And among other effects in the area "In Palestine several Arabian newspapers have begun an intensive campaign to spread anti-Jewish propaganda and praise for Hitler."
 
<ref>"Frick Palestine Trip Motive Seen In Arab Nazism." [https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/chroniclerspokesman/1934/05/25/01/article/9 ''The Chronicler-Spokesman'', 25 May 1934].
 
<ref>"Frick Palestine Trip Motive Seen In Arab Nazism." [https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/chroniclerspokesman/1934/05/25/01/article/9 ''The Chronicler-Spokesman'', 25 May 1934].
 
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JERUSALEM (JTA)—The secret behind the mysterious visit here last April of Dr. Wilhelm F. Frick, Nazi Minister of the Interior, has at last come to light. The Arab press has suddenly begun to print articles propagandizing the Nazi regime and crusading against the Jews. When Frick was here the story was that he had come on his honeymoon, but it now appears that his actual purpose had been the organization of anti-Semitic propaganda. Arab newspapers in Beirut and Bagdad are printing translations of Hitler’s autobiography, "Mein Kampf." In Palestine several Arabian newspapers have begun an intensive campaign to spread anti-Jewish propaganda and praise for Hitler. This open incitement in the Egyptian and Palestinian press recalls the fact that a number of Egyptian newspaper have for some time been subsidized by the Nazis. This sub-Arabian the Nazis. This subsidy has now been extended to the Arabian press in other countries as well. From well-informed circles the Jewish Telegraphic Agency learns that a well-organized office has been set up in Cairo for the purpose of spreading anti-Jewish propaganda.</small></blockquote></ref>
 
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The secret behind the mysterious visit here last April of Dr. Wilhelm F. Frick, Nazi Minister of the Interior, has at last come to light. The Arab press has suddenly begun to print articles propagandizing the Nazi regime and crusading against the Jews. When Frick was here the story was that he had come on his honeymoon, but it now appears that his actual purpose had been the organization of anti-Semitic propaganda. Arab newspapers in Beirut and Bagdad are printing translations of Hitler’s autobiography, "Mein Kampf." In Palestine several Arabian newspapers have begun an intensive campaign to spread anti-Jewish propaganda and praise for Hitler. This open incitement in the Egyptian and Palestinian press recalls the fact that a number of Egyptian newspaper have for some time been subsidized by the Nazis. This sub-Arabian the Nazis. This subsidy has now been extended to the Arabian press in other countries as well. From well-informed circles the Jewish Telegraphic Agency learns that a well-organized office has been set up in Cairo for the purpose of spreading anti-Jewish propaganda.</small></blockquote></ref>
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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> Palestinian Arab 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> Palestinian Arab students returning from studying in Europe were determined to found the Arab Nazi party in Palestine.<ref name=book-rosen-2005-p106/>
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From a Sept 1934 report:<ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/pls/1934/09/17/01/article/27/ The Palestine Post, 17 September 1934].<br>News in Brief</ref><blockquote>
 
From a Sept 1934 report:<ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/pls/1934/09/17/01/article/27/ The Palestine Post, 17 September 1934].<br>News in Brief</ref><blockquote>
 
The Nazi Party in Germany has decided to launch a propaganda campaign in Arab countries, report Greek papers. Sixty books in Arabic have been printed and distributed in Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Iraq and other lands. The amount of 360,000 marks has been assigned for the purpose.</blockquote>
 
The Nazi Party in Germany has decided to launch a propaganda campaign in Arab countries, report Greek papers. Sixty books in Arabic have been printed and distributed in Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Iraq and other lands. The amount of 360,000 marks has been assigned for the purpose.</blockquote>
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In September 1934, "glorifying Hitler" with "Nazi Pictures in Arab Papers" notably two Jaffa Moslem dailies: 'Al Jamia Al Islamia' and 'Al Difa'.<ref>⁨⁨''The Palestine Post⁩'', 4 September 1934⁩.
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[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/pls/1934/09/04/01/article/67 Glorifying Hitler]
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Nazi Pictures in Arab Papers.
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The two Jaffa Moslem dailies, Al Jamia Al Islamia and El Difa, which have recently been giving their last pages to illustrations, show a marked predilection for pictures from Nazi Germany.
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Of ten pictures in yesterday's El Difa, nine are concerned with Nazi activities. Al Islamia gives a few better , twelve out of a total thirteen photographs being German imports.</small></blockquote></ref>
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And again "thinly-disguised propaganda.. More Nazi Pictures In Arab Press. Arab newspapers of Palestine, , continue to publish illustrations obviously supplied through propaganda channels in Germany."<ref>
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⁨⁨''The Palestine Post⁩'', 6 September 1934⁩.
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[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/pls/1934/09/06/01/article/1 More Nazi Pictures In Arab Press].<blockquote><small>Thinly-Disguised Propaganda.
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The Arab newspapers of Palestine, notably 'Al Jamia Al Islamia' and 'Al Difa',  continue to publish illustrations obviously supplied through propaganda channels in Germany.
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The title given to their eighth page is "The World of Pictures", but most of the photographs are of activities in the Reich to-day.
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Exaggerations have also been prominently featured in the Arabic press lately . 'Falastin' yesterday reported that an Arab woman had been "murdered" (sic !) in a Jewish hospital in Tel Aviv. That 4000 Jews a week were were entering this this country, was a report in 'Al Difa' from its Haifa correspondent.</small></blockquote></ref>
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An Apr 25, 1935 report tells about Nazi propaganda popping up that began in 1934:<ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/cgs/1935/04/25/01/article/54 GERMAN ANTI-JEWISH PROPAGANDA IS CONDUCTED IN PALESTINE], ''The Sentinel'', 25 April 1935; [https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn78003973/1935-04-26/ed-1/seq-2/ The Southern Israelite. (Augusta, Ga.) 1925-1986, April 26, 1935, Image 2 « Georgia Historic Newspapers].
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An Apr 25, 1935 report tells about Nazi propaganda popping up that began in 1934:<ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/cgs/1935/04/25/01/article/54 GERMAN ANTI-JEWISH PROPAGANDA IS CONDUCTED IN PALESTINE], ''The Sentinel'', 25 April 1935; [https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn78003973/1935-04-26/ed-1/seq-2/ The Southern Israelite. (Augusta, Ga.) 1925-1986, April 26, 1935, Image 2 « Georgia Historic Newspapers].
 
<blockquote><small>From time to time, anti-Jewish slogans written in Arabic and German, and embellished with the swastika, appear on vacant walls and boardings in different Palestine towns, enjoining a boycott of Jewish goods and enterprises… According to well-informed local quarters , the origin of these throwaways is in a central Nazi propaganda ascent for Palestine who, it is believed, works through Arab Fascists. An attempt at Fascism was started some eighteen months ago as the only hope of Arab salvation in the present state of the Arab nationalist cause, as one young leader said. The object was to introduce an ultra-nationalistic spirit among the Arab youth. But it was more closely modelled on the National-Socialist brand of Fascism than the Italian, because the German politics embodied anti-Semitism as the central motive.</small></blockquote></ref> <blockquote>
 
<blockquote><small>From time to time, anti-Jewish slogans written in Arabic and German, and embellished with the swastika, appear on vacant walls and boardings in different Palestine towns, enjoining a boycott of Jewish goods and enterprises… According to well-informed local quarters , the origin of these throwaways is in a central Nazi propaganda ascent for Palestine who, it is believed, works through Arab Fascists. An attempt at Fascism was started some eighteen months ago as the only hope of Arab salvation in the present state of the Arab nationalist cause, as one young leader said. The object was to introduce an ultra-nationalistic spirit among the Arab youth. But it was more closely modelled on the National-Socialist brand of Fascism than the Italian, because the German politics embodied anti-Semitism as the central motive.</small></blockquote></ref> <blockquote>
 
From time to time, anti-Jewish slogans written in Arabic and German, and embellished with the swastika, appear on vacant walls and boardings in different Palestine towns, enjoining a boycott of Jewish goods and enterprises. Their effect has been nil except to leave a great deal of annoyance among young and ardent Jews, who endeavor to trace the perpetrators of such nuisances. According to well-informed local quarters, the origin of these throwaways is in a central Nazi propaganda agent for Pales tine who it is believed, works through Arab Fascists.  
 
From time to time, anti-Jewish slogans written in Arabic and German, and embellished with the swastika, appear on vacant walls and boardings in different Palestine towns, enjoining a boycott of Jewish goods and enterprises. Their effect has been nil except to leave a great deal of annoyance among young and ardent Jews, who endeavor to trace the perpetrators of such nuisances. According to well-informed local quarters, the origin of these throwaways is in a central Nazi propaganda agent for Pales tine who it is believed, works through Arab Fascists.  
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The Government Education Department issued orders prohibiting Arab pupils to participate in the demonstrations. Arabs newspapers, however, are urging the pupils to disobey.</blockquote>
 
The Government Education Department issued orders prohibiting Arab pupils to participate in the demonstrations. Arabs newspapers, however, are urging the pupils to disobey.</blockquote>
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As the "Mohammedan world celebrates the anniversary of Muhammad's birth", "Arab merchants in Palestine decorate their windows with pictures of Hitler and Mussolini." And "Reuter correspondent reports, pictures of Hitler and Mussolini can be seen everywhere in the boarded-up shop windows."<ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/ujk/1937/05/22/01/article/34 Uj Kelet⁩, 22 May 1937⁩], "Muhammad's birthday."<blockquote><small>Jerusalem, May 21.
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Arab merchants in Palestine decorate their windows with pictures of Hitler and Mussolini.</small></blockquote></ref>
    
"Requests to the Italian consulate for Italian flags and pictures of Mussolini exceeded supply. In Haifa market, these were to be found alongside images of Hitler and King Ghazi of Iraq."<ref>Simon, Reeva S.. The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa: The Impact of World War II. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019. [https://books.google.com/books?id=OdCwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT43].</ref>
 
"Requests to the Italian consulate for Italian flags and pictures of Mussolini exceeded supply. In Haifa market, these were to be found alongside images of Hitler and King Ghazi of Iraq."<ref>Simon, Reeva S.. The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa: The Impact of World War II. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019. [https://books.google.com/books?id=OdCwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT43].</ref>
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... The scurrilous Arab sheet Ad-Difa, formerly an obscure little journal , blossomed out, after the visit of a Nazi agent, as a large-size newspaper, filled with expensive rotary press artwork.
 
... The scurrilous Arab sheet Ad-Difa, formerly an obscure little journal , blossomed out, after the visit of a Nazi agent, as a large-size newspaper, filled with expensive rotary press artwork.
 
The visit to Egypt of Baldur Von Shirach, Nazi youth leader and of the editor of Der Angriff, met with a certain success.</blockquote>
 
The visit to Egypt of Baldur Von Shirach, Nazi youth leader and of the editor of Der Angriff, met with a certain success.</blockquote>
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As "accompanied by 15 Nazi agents, von Schirach conferred with Nazi representatives in the Near East," boycott of Arab merchants buying Zionists' goods; intensification of Nazi propaganda in the there and closer contact with Arab youths:<ref>
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The Sentinel⁩ 9 December 1937⁩.
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[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/cgs/1937/12/09/01/article/83 Nazis Affiliate with Arabs; To Boycott Palestine Goods].</ref><blockquote>
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Damascus , Dec. 7 (JTA)—The armed
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extremist Arab National Youth Organization this week threatened a boycott of Arab merchants who bought "Zionist goods from Palestine" following the visit here of Baldur von Schirach, head of the Hitler youth organization Germany.
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Accompanied by 15 Nazi agents, von Schirach conferred with Nazi representatives in the Near East and decided to establish closer contact with Arab youth groups. It was also decided to increase propaganda in existing German schools in the Near East and to establish others.</blockquote>
     
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