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Arab rights movements need to purify themselves of anti Semitism

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Carla786 · 20/01/2026 19:24

The historical roots of anti Semitism in Arab nationalist movements are very important. It does not make the cause itself wrong.

What it does do, though, is ensure that very unhealthy patterns are handed down.

A prominent example is Nasser's use of Nazis to write anti Israel propaganda.

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quantumbutterfly · 21/01/2026 10:05

Kingscallops · 21/01/2026 09:29

Yes, a bit of reflection is certainly needed

https://share.google/nMPNL1WHR6V1nbwnJ

Indeed. I've seen enough of the playbook to know that those people have no powers of self reflection, they are on the far right side as far as they are concerned.
Hind Rajab is another pawn in their game, Kfir and Ariel Bibas can't touch their hearts.
It's not about a child's life, it's about weaponising
emotional reactions.
The sinister thing, when you drill down to the people behind the campaigns, the foundation, the app, bds...in their own interviews they delegitimise Israeli and jewish presence in the middle east. At its heart it is a supremacist movement accusing it's target of the same.
Utter darvo.

Kingscallops · 21/01/2026 09:29

Yes, a bit of reflection is certainly needed

https://share.google/nMPNL1WHR6V1nbwnJ

TomeTome · 21/01/2026 09:18

It’s probably more because there is little time for reflection while being bombed and starved, surely? It seems monumentally tone deaf to ponder why a people you are actively treating in the way Israel is treating Palestine, don’t loudly examine their roots.

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Carla786 · 20/01/2026 21:59

Ihatetomatoes · 20/01/2026 21:33

I think there are lots of issues in the UK with anti semitism so purification needed here too

Yes, definitely. I'm focusing on Arab rights movements (including pro-Palestine etc branches here) because there seems to be a huge lack of self-examination on the part of Palestine activists. The UK as a while has serious issues but there is at least more willingness to discuss the situation, historical and today

There's a large amount of strong criticism of Israel from within the Zionist movement, from various perspectives, and people who scrutinised Israel' history. There seems to be little comparable self-criticism in the Palestine movement.

Is this partly because people are afraid of reaction from extremists?

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Ihatetomatoes · 20/01/2026 21:33

I think there are lots of issues in the UK with anti semitism so purification needed here too

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Carla786 · 20/01/2026 20:34

Israelis seem much more able, as a group, to strongly self-critique.

Whereas Palestinian campaigners don't seem to soul-search much about the disgusting Nazi-style elements of historical Palestinian rights movements, and how these have contributed to the rise of extremist groups like Hamas and made Israelis understandably suspicious of anti Semitism being hidden under cover of Arab rights movements.

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Carla786 · 20/01/2026 19:51

The Mufti of Jerusalem was also violently anti Semitic and supportive of Hitler.

https://time.com/4084301/hitler-grand-mufi-1941/

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Carla786 · 20/01/2026 19:28

The youth wing of the Palestinian Arab movement in the 1930s modelled itself on the Hitler Youth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Futuwwa_(Palestine)

Al-Futuwwa (Palestine) - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Futuwwa_(Palestine)

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Carla786 · 20/01/2026 19:27

Examples in Syria & Nasserite Egypt :

Johann von Leers: A prominent Nazi propagandist close to Joseph Goebbels, he moved to Cairo in 1956, converted to Islam, and took the name Omar Amin. He served as an advisor to Nasser, masterminding anti-Israel propaganda and, according to reports, helped fuel antisemitic campaigns.
Aribert Heim: Known as "Doctor Death" for his atrocities at Mauthausen, he fled to Egypt and lived in Cairo as Tarek Hussein Farid.
Notable Figures:
Alois Brunner: An SS officer responsible for deporting tens of thousands of Jews, he fled to Syria in 1954, where he worked as an adviser, assisted the regime in organizing security, and engaged in arms trading.
Otto Skorzeny: A former SS officer who was hired to train Egyptian special forces and also allegedly engaged in training Palestinian volunteers for raids against Israel.
Hans Eisele: A former doctor at Buchenwald concentration camp, he practiced medicine in Cairo, protected by the Egyptian government despite international demands for his extradition

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