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| − | * Ahmad [Shukairy] Shukeiri's testimony in his book about 1940, on all - sympathizing with the Nazis.<ref name=ek>Elie Kedourie (Professor of Politics Emeritus), "Arabic Political Memoirs and Other Studies," (Cass books on the Middle East, Psychology Press, 1964), [https://books.google.com/books?id=pJkH06fTLD8C&pg=PA189 pp. 189-190]; Elie Kedourie, "Arabic Political Memoirs and Other Studies," (Routledge, 2012), [https://books.google.com/books?id=JX8sBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA190 pp.189-190].</ref> | + | * Ahmad [Shukairy] Shukeiri's testimony in his book about 1940-1, on all - sympathizing with the Nazis.<ref name=ek>Elie Kedourie (Professor of Politics Emeritus), "Arabic Political Memoirs and Other Studies," (Cass books on the Middle East, Psychology Press, 1964), [https://books.google.com/books?id=pJkH06fTLD8C&pg=PA189 pp. 189-190]; Elie Kedourie, "Arabic Political Memoirs and Other Studies," (Routledge, 2012), [https://books.google.com/books?id=JX8sBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA190 pp.189-190].</ref> |
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| | * Some 88% in Feb. 1941 poll - favoring the Axis: Arab-Palestine.<ref>Morris, B. (2008). 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War. United States: Yale University Press, [https://books.google.com/books?id=CC7381HrLqcC&pg=PA21 p. 21]. | | * Some 88% in Feb. 1941 poll - favoring the Axis: Arab-Palestine.<ref>Morris, B. (2008). 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War. United States: Yale University Press, [https://books.google.com/books?id=CC7381HrLqcC&pg=PA21 p. 21]. |
| | *'Poll,' [February 1941], CZA S25/ 9226; qtd in: Hillel Cohen, "Army of Shadows: Palestinian Collaboration with Zionism, 1917–1948", (2008) [https://books.google.com/books?id=9-NKm7nTm_IC&pg=PA175 p.175].</ref> | | *'Poll,' [February 1941], CZA S25/ 9226; qtd in: Hillel Cohen, "Army of Shadows: Palestinian Collaboration with Zionism, 1917–1948", (2008) [https://books.google.com/books?id=9-NKm7nTm_IC&pg=PA175 p.175].</ref> |
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| | + | * General [[Charles de Gaulle]] would, in 1968 confess to French journalist Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, "I remember Palestine in 1941. Those Jewish youngsters were wonderful. They fought on our side, while the Arabs—we must admit—were on the other side."<ref name=degaulle1968>Cohen, S. (1974). ''De Gaulle, les gaullistes et Israël''. France: A. Moreau. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8tqnAAAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=1941 p.30]. |
| | + | <blockquote><small>A Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber venu s'entretenir avec lui en Juillet 1968, le général de Gaulle dit : « (...) je me rap-pelle la Palestine en 1941, et ces jeunes Juifs étaient merveilleux, ils se battaient à nos côtés alors que les Arabes — il faut bien le dire — étaient de l'autre bord. » — Source : Extrait inédit du compte rendu de l'entretien de Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber avec le général de Gaulle, en date du 5 Juillet 1968. |
| | + | [To Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber who came to talk with him in July 1968, General de Gaulle said: "(...) I remember Palestine in 1941, and those young Jews were marvelous, they were fighting alongside us while the Arabs - it must be said - were on the other side." - Source: Unpublished extract from the report of the meeting between Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber and General de Gaulle, dated July 5, 1968.] |
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| | + | « [https://www.charles-de-gaulle.org/blog/2021/11/08/de-gaulle-et-lagence-juive-pour-la-palestine-pendant-la-seconde-guerre-mondiale-par-catherine-nicault/ De Gaulle et l’Agence juive pour la Palestine pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale] », par Catherine Nicault, charles-de-gaulle.org |
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| | + | De cette brève fraternité d’armes, de Gaulle conserve encore en 1968 le souvenir : « Et moi, je ne suis peut-être pas un ami d’Israël ! D’ailleurs je me rappelle la Palestine en 1941, et ces jeunes juifs étaient merveilleux, ils se battaient à nos côtés alors que les Arabes — il faut bien le dire — étaient de l’autre bord. » |
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| | + | De Gaulle still remembered this brief brotherhood in arms in 1968: "And I, perhaps, am not a friend of Israel! Besides, I remember Palestine in 1941, and those young Jews were marvelous, they fought alongside us while the Arabs - it must be said - were on the other side."]</small></blockquote> |
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| | + | Navon, E. (2020). ''The Star and the Scepter: A Diplomatic History of Israel''. United Kingdom: Jewish Publication Society, [https://books.google.com/books?id=A9j9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1921 p.1921]. |
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| | + | ... Gaulle would later confess to French journalist Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, "I remember Palestine in 1941. Those Jewish youngsters were wonderful. They fought on our side, while the Arabs—we must admit—supported the other side."</small></blockquote></ref> |
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