{"id":259348,"date":"2024-04-15T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T11:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=259348"},"modified":"2024-04-15T12:32:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T11:32:42","slug":"israels-un-ambassador-holds-up-picture-of-hitler-with-grand-mufti-at-session-on-palestinian-statehood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/04\/israels-un-ambassador-holds-up-picture-of-hitler-with-grand-mufti-at-session-on-palestinian-statehood\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s UN Ambassador Holds Up Picture of Hitler with Grand Mufti at Session on Palestinian Statehood"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Israeli Ambassador Calls on UN to Reject Full Palestinian Membership<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">(See Addendum by the <em>TMS<\/em> Editor)<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_259353\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/israel-amb-hitler-muslims-palestine-un.webp\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-259353\" class=\"wp-image-259353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/israel-amb-hitler-muslims-palestine-un.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/israel-amb-hitler-muslims-palestine-un.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/israel-amb-hitler-muslims-palestine-un-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/israel-amb-hitler-muslims-palestine-un-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-259353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gilad Erdan shows a picture of Hitler meeting with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin Al-Husseini, during a speech at the UN General Assembly on 8 Apr 2024. (UNTV)<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><em>Erdan tries to impress upon diplomats at the UNSC that Muslims were connected with Hitler, saying the Palestinians goal of eradicating Jews predated the UN or the creation of the state of Israel.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>8 Apr 2024<\/em> &#8211; Israel\u2019s Ambassador to the United Nations spoke out forcefully against the notion of Palestinian statehood during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/united-nations\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.N. Security council<\/a> meeting on Monday, going so far as to suggest that the U.N. had backtracked on its original goal of preventing the spread of Nazi ideology by supporting Palestinian statehood.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">While speaking in the General Assembly, Erdan held up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/world-war-two\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World War II-era<\/a> photo of Haj Amin Al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, speaking with German Chancellor Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Husseini, whom Erdan described as \u201cone of the founding fathers of Palestinian nationalism,\u201d was an enthusiastic Nazi supporter whose anti-Semitism was well documented. The Grand Mufti had pleaded with Hitler for assistance in getting rid of the British Mandate and the Jewish immigrants coming to the Holy Land \u2013 requests that were ultimately turned down.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/343\/192\/Gilad-Erdan-UNGA.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/686\/384\/Gilad-Erdan-UNGA.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/672\/378\/Gilad-Erdan-UNGA.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1344\/756\/Gilad-Erdan-UNGA.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/931\/523\/Gilad-Erdan-UNGA.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1862\/1046\/Gilad-Erdan-UNGA.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/720\/405\/Gilad-Erdan-UNGA.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1440\/810\/Gilad-Erdan-UNGA.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Erdan said the Palestinians\u2019 goal of annihilating the Jews was clear long before the establishment of the U.N. or the State of Israel in the years following World War II.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd from then until today, the root of this conflict has not changed. It is not a political conflict or about partitioning land,\u201d Erdan said. \u201cIt is solely about the destruction of Israel and the murder of Jews.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Erdan accused the U.N. of committing itself to \u201creinforcing modern-day Nazi Jihadists [by] considering forcing the establishment of a Palestinian terror state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis won\u2019t be a regular state \u2013 it will be a Palesti-Nazi state. An entity that achieved statehood despite being committed to terror and Israel\u2019s annihilation. If Hitler was alive today, he would be singing the U.N.\u2019s praises,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The U.N. Security Council met Monday to revive the Palestinian Authority\u2019s hopes of joining the United Nations as a full member.<\/p>\n<p>The Palestinian Authority administers parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Its forces were driven from Gaza when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/hamas-orchestrating-plan-keep-region-entrenched-never-ending-cycle-bloodshed-pete-hegseth\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamas seized power<\/a> in 2007, and it has no authority there.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_259355\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Grand-Mufti-Hitler-palestine-israel.webp\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-259355\" class=\"wp-image-259355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Grand-Mufti-Hitler-palestine-israel-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Grand-Mufti-Hitler-palestine-israel-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Grand-Mufti-Hitler-palestine-israel-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Grand-Mufti-Hitler-palestine-israel-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Grand-Mufti-Hitler-palestine-israel.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-259355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hitler receives the Grand Mufti of Palestine with whom he speaks about future relations between Germany and the Arabic world, 12 Dec 1941, Germany WWII. Photo12\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/343\/192\/Grand-Mufti-Hitler.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/686\/384\/Grand-Mufti-Hitler.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/672\/378\/Grand-Mufti-Hitler.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1344\/756\/Grand-Mufti-Hitler.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/931\/523\/Grand-Mufti-Hitler.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1862\/1046\/Grand-Mufti-Hitler.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/720\/405\/Grand-Mufti-Hitler.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1440\/810\/Grand-Mufti-Hitler.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After years of failed on-and-off peace talks, the Palestinians have turned to the United Nations to fulfill their dream of an independent state. Israel says such steps are an attempt to sidestep the negotiating process. The country\u2019s current right-wing government is dominated by hardliners who adamantly oppose Palestinian statehood.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of the Palestinians\u2019 request for full membership in the United Nations asked the U.N. Security Council last week to revive its application for admission submitted in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The Palestinians\u2019 fresh bid for U.N. membership comes as the war between Israel and Hamas that began on Oct. 7 nears its sixth month and the unresolved decades-old Palestinian-Israeli conflict remains in the spotlight after years on the back burner.<\/p>\n<p>The Security Council decided to make a formal decision on Palestinian U.N. membership this month and a committee that weighs membership applications will meet again on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Members of its U.N. delegation reiterated Monday that the Palestinian Authority needs to exert control over all the Palestinian territories and negotiate statehood with Israel before it wins statehood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>___________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Bradford Betz is a <\/em>Fox News<em> Digital breaking reporter covering crime and political issues.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">************************************<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Addendum by the <em>TMS<\/em> Editor<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Here are some reports debunking Erdan&#8217;s lies above:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>[1] <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/4651298\/holocaust-memorial-day-muslims-jews\/\" >Holocaust Remembrance Day: Stories of Muslims Who Saved Jews | TIME<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[2]\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.suffolk.edu\/news-features\/news\/2018\/05\/24\/16\/53\/besa-muslims-who-saved-jews-during-the-holocaust\" >BESA Muslims who Saved Jews during the Holocaust (suffolk.edu)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[3]\u00a0\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thejc.com\/lets-talk\/so-what-did-the-muslims-do-for-the-jews-dp63sti8\" >&#8220;Islam saved Jewry. This is an unpopular, discomforting claim in the modern world. But it is a historical truth.&#8221;<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thejc.com\/lets-talk\/so-what-did-the-muslims-do-for-the-jews-dp63sti8\" > So, what did the Muslims do for the Jews? &#8211; The Jewish Chronicle (thejc.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[4]\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishstudies.stanford.edu\/events\/david-wasserstein-how-islam-saved-jews\" >David Wasserstein: How Islam Saved the Jews | Taube Center for Jewish Studies (stanford.edu)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[5]\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/04\/movies\/how-a-paris-mosque-sheltered-jews-in-the-holocaust.html\" >How a Paris Mosque Sheltered Jews in the Holocaust &#8211; The New York Times (nytimes.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[6]\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forward.com\/culture\/149041\/muslims-who-helped-save-french-jews\/\" >Muslims Who Helped Save French Jews \u2013 The Forward<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[7]\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2018\/01\/16\/global\/what-made-muslim-albanians-risk-their-lives-to-save-jews-from-the-holocaust\" >What made Muslim Albanians risk their lives to save Jews from the Holocaust? &#8211; Jewish Telegraphic Agency (jta.org)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[8]\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/history\/2018\/08\/07\/the-muslims-who-saved-jews-during-the-holocaust\" >The Muslims who saved Jews during the Holocaust | Daily Sabah<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[9]\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/muslims-save-jews-in-untold-wwll-story-111517964\/132021.html\" >Muslims Save Jews in Untold WWll Story (voanews.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[10] <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ndvYZ89cINU\" >Muslims Who Rescued Jews during the Holocaust (youtube.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[11]\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bmGe4MiDy-s\" >Muslim who saved Jews &#8216;can&#8217;t let an innocent person be killed&#8217; (youtube.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[12] <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/la-oe-hurowitz-moroccan-king-mohammed-v-20170425-story.html\" >You must remember this: Sultan Mohammed V protected the Jews of Casablanca &#8211; Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[13]\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/the-moroccan-sultan-who-protected-his-countrys-jews-during-world-war-ii-180983903\/\" >The Moroccan Sultan Who Protected His Country&#8217;s Jews During World War II | History| Smithsonian Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[14]\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2016\/06\/01\/ny\/memorializing-the-muslims-who-saved-albanias-jews\" >Memorializing The Muslims Who Saved Albania\u2019s Jews &#8211; New York Jewish Week (jta.org)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">************************************<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/israel-un-ambassador-meeting-palestinian-statehood-holds-up-picture-hitler-grand-mufti\" >Go to Original &#8211; foxnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The addendum items were submitted by <\/em>TRANSCEND <em>Member Satoshi Ashikaga.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 Apr 2024 &#8211; Erdan tries to impress upon diplomats at the UNSC that Muslims were connected with Hitler, saying the Palestinians goal of eradicating Jews predated the UN or the creation of the state of Israel. 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