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| | Genoud was a close associate of George Habash and Jacques Vergès. In September 1969 he contributed finances for the legal expenses of three Palestinians from the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] (PFLP) following their attack on an El Al flight in Zurich, present at trial.<ref name=leemartin1987>Lee, Martin A. and Coogan, Kevin (May 1987) "Killers on the Right: Inside Europe's Fascist Underground" Mother Jones. pp.45-52. [https://books.google.com/books?id=recDAAAAMBAJ&q=Francois#v=snippet&q=Francois&f=false]</ref><ref name=maariv19dec1969/> Including among the prisoners to be exchange for the ''Achille Lauro'' hostages was one of West Germany's top neo Nazis.<ref name=leemartin1987/> | | Genoud was a close associate of George Habash and Jacques Vergès. In September 1969 he contributed finances for the legal expenses of three Palestinians from the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] (PFLP) following their attack on an El Al flight in Zurich, present at trial.<ref name=leemartin1987>Lee, Martin A. and Coogan, Kevin (May 1987) "Killers on the Right: Inside Europe's Fascist Underground" Mother Jones. pp.45-52. [https://books.google.com/books?id=recDAAAAMBAJ&q=Francois#v=snippet&q=Francois&f=false]</ref><ref name=maariv19dec1969/> Including among the prisoners to be exchange for the ''Achille Lauro'' hostages was one of West Germany's top neo Nazis.<ref name=leemartin1987/> |
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| − | Habbash was also close with Belgianformer Belgian Nazi collaborator Jean Thiriart, <ref>Roots of violent radicalisation: nineteenth report of session 2010-12, Vol. 1: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence, Vol. 1. Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee. | + | George Habbash was also close with former Belgian Nazi collaborator Jean Thiriart, <ref>Roots of violent radicalisation: nineteenth report of session 2010-12, Vol. 1: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence, Vol. 1. Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee. |
| − | The Stationery Office, Feb 6, 2012. [https://books.google.com/books?id=UiCRRtnmb10C&pg=RA1-PA100 p.100]</ref> he gave money to Thiriart's publication ''La Nation Européenne'', and supported Habbash in this magazine." | + | The Stationery Office, Feb 6, 2012. [https://books.google.com/books?id=UiCRRtnmb10C&pg=RA1-PA100 p.100]</ref> he gave money to Thiriart's publication ''La Nation Européenne'', which in return supported Habbash in this magazine. |
| − | Pro-Arab and anti-Jewish themes were explicit in ''La Nation Européenne'', which included ads for The International Jew, the infamous anti-Semitic screed by Henry Ford. La Nation Européenne also eulogized Roger Courdroy, a Belgian Waffen SS veteran who was killed fighting for the Palestinians in June 1968. Courdroy was a close collaborator with Thiriart. | + | Pro-Arab and anti-Jewish themes were explicit in ''La Nation Européenne'', which included ads for ''The International Jew'', the infamous anti-Semitic screed by Henry Ford. ''La Nation Européenne'' also eulogized Roger Courdroy, a Belgian Waffen SS veteran who was killed fighting for the Palestinians in June 1968. Courdroy was a close collaborator with Thiriart. |
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| − | German Wehrmacht officer in World War II, Otto Ernst Remer was in contact with Yasser Arafat, "I know Mr. Arafat quite well, natürlich," he asserted. "I saw him many times. He invited me to eat at his headquarters. I knew all his people. They wanted many things from us." For Remer, anyone who was an enemy of Israel was his friend, particularly when a profit could be turned. He claimed to have brokered several business deals between West German companies and the PLO.<ref>Lee, Martin A.. The Beast Reawakens: Fascism's Resurgence from Hitler's Spymasters to Today's Neo-Nazi Groups and Right-Wing Extremists. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2013. [https://books.google.com/books?id=sZ_cAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA181 181-182].</ref> | + | German [[Wehrmacht]] officer in [[World War II]], Otto Ernst Remer was in contact with [[Yasser Arafat]], "I know Mr. Arafat quite well, natürlich," he asserted. "I saw him many times. He invited me to eat at his headquarters. I knew all his people. They wanted many things from us." For Remer, anyone who was an enemy of Israel was his friend, particularly when a profit could be turned. He claimed to have brokered several business deals between West German companies and the PLO.<ref>Lee, Martin A.. The Beast Reawakens: Fascism's Resurgence from Hitler's Spymasters to Today's Neo-Nazi Groups and Right-Wing Extremists. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2013. [https://books.google.com/books?id=sZ_cAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA181 181-182].</ref> |
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