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The newly appointed Consul General Walter Döhle reported...
The newly appointed Consul General Walter Döhle reported...
Döhle – who had already been greeted by an Arab with the cry 'Hoch Deutschland' (esteemed Germany ) – continued the trip on his own and later reported to Berlin:
Döhle – who had already been greeted by an Arab with the cry 'Hoch Deutschland' (esteemed Germany) – continued the trip on his own and later reported to Berlin:
'When I stopped on the road to mount a highly visible swastika flag on the radiator of my car, in addition to the official flag attached to the flag stand, a car with Arabs came from the direction of Nablus. I spoke to the Arabs. They agreed to assist me during the passage through Jenin. The transit through Jenin went slowly, with stops about every five metres. My car was constantly surrounded by an excited crowd equipped with sticks and sabres (old German weapons). Five to six Arabs stood on the footboard of my car in a permanent parley, in which I only intervened with the Arabic words 'Konsul almani' and the German greeting 'Heil Hitler'. The response from the Arab side followed likewise with 'Heil Hitler' and applause so that the trip bore comparison to a triumphal procession.
'When I stopped on the road to mount a highly visible swastika flag on the radiator of my car, in addition to the official flag attached to the flag stand, a car with Arabs came from the direction of Nablus. I spoke to the Arabs. They agreed to assist me during the passage through Jenin. The transit through Jenin went slowly, with stops about every five metres. My car was constantly surrounded by an excited crowd equipped with sticks and sabres (old German weapons). Five to six Arabs stood on the footboard of my car in a permanent parley, in which I only intervened with the Arabic words 'Konsul almani' and the German greeting 'Heil Hitler'. The response from the Arab side followed likewise with 'Heil Hitler' and applause so that the trip bore comparison to a triumphal procession.
* 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>
* 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]. "Our sympathies were with the Axis powers led by Hitler..."</ref>
However, there are a number of Arab intellectuals, merchants, workers, and farmers who are not sure of Hitler's victory..."<ref name=manya-letter-7may1942> Reinharz, Jehuda, Golani, Motti, Shochat, Manya Wilbushewitz, Reinharz Shulamit. With the flow and against it: letters and documents 1960-1906. (Heb.). Israel: Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, 2005. [https://books.google.com/books?id=tX-gAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%99%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9D+%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D+%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D%2C+%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%A8%C2%A0%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%9D+%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D+%D7%91%D7%94%D7%99%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%A8%22 pp. 478-479].
However, there are a number of Arab intellectuals, merchants, workers, and farmers who are not sure of Hitler's victory..."<ref name=manya-letter-7may1942> Reinharz, Jehuda, Golani, Motti, Shochat, Manya Wilbushewitz, Reinharz Shulamit. With the flow and against it: letters and documents 1960-1906. (Heb.). Israel: Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, 2005. [https://books.google.com/books?id=tX-gAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%99%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9D+%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D+%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D%2C+%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%A8%C2%A0%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%9D+%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D+%D7%91%D7%94%D7%99%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%A8%22 pp. 478-479].
To Rose Jacobs May 7, 1942...</ref>
To Rose Jacobs May 7, 1942...</ref>
* In June 1942, as the British bastion 'Tobruk' fell to the Nazis, Palestinian Arabs (as well as other Arabs), rejoiced.<ref name=sakakini-27jul1942>Khalil Sakakini, his diary on July 27, 1942. Benny Morris, War on History, Jewish Review of Books, Spring 2020. Morris, Benny. 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War. United States: Yale University Press, 2008. [https://books.google.com/books?id=CC7381HrLqcC&pg=PA21 p.21]</ref>
* In June 1942, as the British bastion 'Tobruk' fell to the Nazis, Palestinian Arabs (as well as other Arabs), rejoiced.<ref name=sakakini-27jul1942>Khalil Sakakini, his diary on July 27, 1942. Benny Morris, War on History, Jewish Review of Books, Spring 2020. Morris, Benny. 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War. United States: Yale University Press, 2008. [https://books.google.com/books?id=CC7381HrLqcC&pg=PA21 p.21]</ref>
* In 1942, author B. Ziff:
"Throughout the Arab world an unappeasable pro Hitler rage has existed for years".<ref>Ziff, W. B. (1942). The Coming Battle of Germany. United States: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, pp.105-106.
[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgbPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Arab%20world%22] [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.58210/page/n132/mode/1up archive].
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The abutting Arab states have no military strength or resistance power. The Arab looks picturesque and ferocious on his camel but is no match for modern instruments of war or the men who wield them. When the pro-Axis leader, Rashid Ali el Gailani, seized authority in Iraq a mere handful of British Imperials overthrew him and forced the capitulation of the Iraqian Army.
Throughout the Arab world an unappeasable pro-Hitler rage has existed for years... Yemen is tied up with Italy. The other Arab states are held by force or purchase and are completely unreliable.
A trained army of 250,000 loyal men fighting on familiar territory could make a world of difference at this moment of the war. When the present war began, several hundred thousand young Jews of Palestine, many of them European-trained as soldiers and officers, volunteered to fight for Britain and her allies. They are still waiting to be called. They know the desert and how to fight in it, and have a willingness to fight Fascism unmatched anywhere in the world, since they know what will happen to them and their families should Germany prevail in the Middle East.
British policy in this sector, acquiesced in by the American State Department, is one of yielding to blackmail by a potential enemy. Declaring that “a Jewish army of 200,000 men would make the defenses of the Suez Canal almost imprepable," Congressman Andrew L. Somers roared to his peers: “First we saw Munich, then we saw appeasement in the Far East, and then we saw appeasement in the Near East. Today, Munich is past, today Japanese appeasement is past, yet appeasement is still in force in the Near East.”
The explanation offered from British official quarters is that the Arabs will not enlist and they do not wish to offend them by allowing the Jews to do so.
The attitude of the 390,000,000 people of India toward this war is a mixture of irascibility, hope, indifference, and apathy. Mohammedans dislike Hindus and both combine to resent the presence of their European overlords. Pro-Asiatic slogans have a considerable audience, and the usual quota of ambitious young politicos are in direct contact with the Axis.</small></blockquote></ref>