Foreign minister orders diplomats to circulate photo ahead of discussions with President Obama’s envoy
By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem | The Independent/UK, July 25, 2009
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As the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem at the outbreak of the Second World War, Mohammad Amin al-Husayni was a powerful Nazi sympathiser – and an assassination target for the Allies.
Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s foreign minister, has triggered fresh controversy by urging diplomats abroad to use a 1941 photograph of a Palestinian religious leader meeting Hitler to counter protests against a planned Jewish settlement in Arab East Jerusalem.
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Israel uses Hitler picture to sell its settlement expansion
Foreign minister orders diplomats to circulate photo ahead of discussions with President Obama’s envoy
By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem | The Independent/UK, July 25, 2009
GETTY IMAGES
As the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem at the outbreak of the Second World War, Mohammad Amin al-Husayni was a powerful Nazi sympathiser – and an assassination target for the Allies.
Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s foreign minister, has triggered fresh controversy by urging diplomats abroad to use a 1941 photograph of a Palestinian religious leader meeting Hitler to counter protests against a planned Jewish settlement in Arab East Jerusalem.
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Tags: 1941 photograph, East Jerusalem, FM Avigdor Lieberman, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Israeli embassies, Jewish settlements, PM Netanyahu
This entry was posted on July 25, 2009 at 8:54 am and is filed under Commentary, imperialism, Palestine, Uncategorized, Zionist Israel. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.