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[[File:"Vengeance! Give Us A Jewish Army!".jpg|thumb|Poster: "Vengeance! Give Us A Jewish Army!" "The Jewish soldiers demand to be sent to the front." (Recruitment poster for the Jewish Brigade, Ca. 1942)]]
[[File:"Vengeance! Give Us A Jewish Army!".jpg|thumb|Poster: "Vengeance! Give Us A Jewish Army!" "The Jewish soldiers demand to be sent to the front." (Recruitment poster for the Jewish Brigade, Ca. 1942)]]
The Jews in Palestine offered their service immediately as the war began. The British refused unless they drag Arabs with them. The Jews paid Arabs to join. At the end, only 9,000 Arabs joined - while they were in the majority of the population, yet, many were from outside of Palestine and many actually deserted with the weapon.<ref>[https://besacenter.org/palestinian-arabs-british-army/ Palestinian Arab Volunteers in the British Army in WWII: A Reality Check]. BESA Center, Dec 9, 2019.
The Jews in Mandatory-Palestine offered their service immediately as the war began. The British refused unless they drag Arabs with them. The Jews paid Arabs to join. At the end, only 9,000 Arabs joined - while they were in the majority of the population, yet, many were from outside of Palestine and many actually deserted with the weapon.<ref>[https://besacenter.org/palestinian-arabs-british-army/ Palestinian Arab Volunteers in the British Army in WWII: A Reality Check]. BESA Center, Dec 9, 2019.
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-As qtd in [https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1bpi7cl5 Ynet]:<blockquote><small>
By Rachel Simon – August 31, 2011.<blockquote><small>
By Rachel Simon – August 31, 2011.<blockquote><small>
Based primarily on German archival sources and archives in the USA, Britain, and Israel as well as published books and articles, this study focuses on German and Arab plans and cooperation during World War II aimed at the extermination of the Jews of Palestine. The authors examine in detail the main initiators and participants of these plans and the special organizations which were established for this purpose, including Muslim units within the German war machine. The study also examines the relations between Germans and Arabs and the rivalry between the two main Arab collaborators with Germany for this purpose and for ultimately achieving mastery over the Arabs: the Palestinian Hajj Amin al-Husayni and the Iraqi Rashid Ali al- Kaylani. This is a very important study regarding German-Arab collaboration during World War II against the Jews in the Arab world in general and in Palestine in particular...</small></blockquote></ref>
Based primarily on German archival sources and archives in the USA, Britain, and Israel as well as published books and articles, this study focuses on German and Arab plans and cooperation during World War II aimed at the extermination of the Jews of Palestine. The authors examine in detail the main initiators and participants of these plans and the special organizations which were established for this purpose, including Muslim units within the German war machine. The study also examines the relations between Germans and Arabs and the rivalry between the two main Arab collaborators with Germany for this purpose and for ultimately achieving mastery over the Arabs: the Palestinian Hajj Amin al-Husayni and the Iraqi Rashid Ali al- Kaylani. This is a very important study regarding German-Arab collaboration during World War II against the Jews in the Arab world in general and in Palestine in particular...</small></blockquote></ref>
Description by Jewry in Israel of the days at the time of the 2nd battle at Al Alamein: "They would say to us: 'O Jew, we will soon slaughter you'". Jews made special prayers at the Western Wall. By Nov 3-4, they saw they were saved, as Hitler did not want to back Rommel.<ref>[https://www.ganzach.org.il/mentions/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95-%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%A8-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%94-%D7%91%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%9A-%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%AA-%D7%99/ Ganzach]. 2023.
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"We would pass through the Old City, on the way to Porat Yosef, the Arabs would tell us, 'Hey, Jew! We'll slaughter you soon! They were waiting for that.'"
From the memoirs of Maran Rabbi Ovadia Yosef zt"l from the Holocaust period in the Land of Israel.
The chilling words in light of the bestial and barbaric murders committed by the Arabs in these days, among holy and pure Jews, Jews of the Gaza Strip Envelope.
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Look what we had seventy years ago, there was a war with Germany, Hitler conquered every place, the first thing he did was take the Jews to the crematoriums, to Auschwitz. That's how evil this evil man was, a sworn Israel [Jewish nation] hater.
He sent his general 'Rommel', first he had to go through Egypt, to fight with Egypt. His planes would go out and bomb Egypt, to convince them to let them in. And it was a flight distance from Egypt to here, one hour, and we were in danger.
We would pass through the Old City, go to Porat Yosef, and they would tell us: 'Hey Jew, we'll soon slaughter you and take all your money!'. That's what the Arabs used to say, they were waiting for this. We were in great trouble.
Peace be upon Rabbi Yaakov Ades, he was my teacher, he took all the students, we went down to the Western Wall, Porat Yosef is near the Western Wall, he went down there, and made selichot, he was a Hazzan. What tears, what tears, when he cried all the students cried, who wouldn't cry, and everyone knows now is a time of trouble, the sword is against our necks, we are all in great trouble."
And then the wonderful miracle: "Two days after that, two days, may God bless his name... evil Hitler saw, sent a telegram to Rommel, leave everything...
And he left everything. He went to hell, he went and did not return. And we were saved. May [God] His name be praised.
What a rescue, saving lives, He left us a refuge in the Land of Israel, in Jerusalem.
(Obadia 1:17).</small></blockquote>
[https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1484956 Fear and prayers in the Jewish community about the Nazi invasion of the Land of Israel].
On the 10th of Tevet, the day the exile began, 'Behadrei Haredim' returns to the dramatic days when the Nazi beast stood on the borders of the Land of Israel • The fascinating description of Maran .. Yosef zt"l: "They would say to us: 'O Jew, we will soon slaughter you'" • A day to remember.
Yankee Ferber.
01.03.23.
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The members of the Jewish community in the Land of Israel who already lived here eighty years ago, in the summer of 1942, still remember well the "Two Hundred Days of Dread" and the concepts that accompanied these "horrible days," concepts that horrified the members of the community in the Land of Israel who were already preparing with immense tension for the worst.
The Jewish community was terrified of the occupying Rommel, the Nazi general who stood not far south of Israel and made no secret of his intentions. His plan was clear and terrifyingly simple: to mobilize the "local population" in Egypt and Israel, that is, the Arabs, for the purpose of exterminating the Jews of Israel, who at that time numbered about half a million people.
From the beginning of spring into the deep summer months of 1942, German army units under the command of General Erwin Rommel advanced in North Africa, heading east towards the Suez Canal.
In his book "200 Days of Dread," journalist Habib Canaan cites the testimony of Faiz Bey al-Idrisi, who was then a senior officer in the British Mandate Police, according to whom the Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husseini, planned to establish an extermination camp for the Jews of Israel in the Dotan Valley. The plan emerged during World War II, in 1942 (5702), when General-Field Marshal Erwin Rommel approached Egypt and there was grave concern that the Nazi army would conquer Israel. In parallel with this invasion, an invasion of Jerusalem was planned led by soldiers of the Arab Legion. After the conquest of the country, al-Husseini planned to establish an extermination camp in the Dotan Valley, near Nablus, with giant crematoria like Auschwitz, to which the Jews of Israel as well as Jews from Islamic countries were to be brought for extermination.
The Valley of Dothan, known to us from the story of Joseph and the tribes ("And they found them in Dothan"), extends to the northwest of Samaria and is the largest valley in the Samaria Mountains. The valley is about 10 kilometers long and about 3 kilometers wide.
The anxiety in Israel was terrible, and the leaders of the Jewish community were divided in their opinions regarding the necessary courses of action and response, although everyone understood that the future was shrouded in darkness and that the fate of the Jewish community would be bleaker than ever if General Rommel's series of combat successes continued.
The "Last Fortress Plan" conceived by the British Mandate authorities, and continued by the leaders of the Haganah and the Palmach, is well known, which received the title "Masada on Carmel", but we will not go into the details of these plans and their names within the framework of this paper.
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On that day, 16 Tammuz, the first of July 1942, the famous Battle of El Alamein broke out, during which the British army succeeded in halting General Rommel's advance towards the Land of Israel, and "on Mount Zion there shall be a refuge and it shall be holy." [Obadia 1:17]
...the period as told by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef zt"l: ".. Look at what we had seventy years ago, there was a war with Germany, Hitler, wherever he conquered, the first thing he did was take the Jews to the crematoria, to Auschwitz. That's how this evil man was, a sworn enemy of Israel. He sent his general, 'Rommel', first he had to pass through Egypt, to fight with Egypt. His planes would go out and bomb Egypt, so that they would surrender, so that they would let them in. And there was a flight distance from Egypt to here, one hour, and we were in danger."
"We would pass through the Old City, go to Porat Yosef, they would tell us: 'Hey Jew, we'll soon slaughter you and take all your money!' That's what the Arabs would say in the West Bank, they would wait for it. We were in great trouble. May peace be upon Rabbi Yaakov Adas, he was my teacher, he took all the students, we went down to the Western Wall, Porat Yosef is near the Western Wall, he went down there, and made atonements, he was a public emissary. What tears, what tears, when he cried, all the students cried, who wouldn't cry, and everyone knows now is a time of trouble, the sword is against our necks, we are all in great trouble. Two days after that, two days, may God bless his name... he left everything. He went to hell, he went and did not return. And we survived. May His name be praised."</small></blockquote></ref>
[[File:Free Arabian Legion.jpg|thumb|Free Arabian Legion]]
[[File:Free Arabian Legion.jpg|thumb|Free Arabian Legion]]