Netanyahu is claiming that the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem was responsible for convincing Hitler to exterminate the Jews. Israelis and Palestinians are not letting him get off easy.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to the World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem Tuesday afternoon, where he claimed that until he was convinced by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Hitler never actually planned on exterminating European Jewry.
According to Netanyahu’s curious reading of history, Hitler had only intended to expel the Jews, a plan that allegedly worried the Mufti, who was concerned that they would flee Europe for Palestine. Thus the Mufti hatched a new plan — one the Nazis had yet to come up with themselves: “Burn them.”
But Netanyahu didn’t get off so easy. Despite trying his best to backpedal on Wednesday, the prime minister’s words caused an uproar, prompting both the Israeli opposition as well as Holocaust historians to condemn his remarks. Average Israelis and Palestinians did not hold back, taking to social media to mock Netanyahu’s comments. Here are a few of my personal favorites:
Not many people know this, but initially, Eve only wanted to sniff the apple. But then, during a meeting with he Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, he convinced her to take a bite out of it. #MuftiSays
Posted by Fady Yousef Khoury on Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Hitler was thinking of going vegetarian, but after talking with the Mufti he said he might as well go vegan. #themuftichangedmymind
— Ami Kaufman (@AmiKaufman) October 21, 2015
Don’t blame it on the third Reich Don’t blame it on the rassentheorieDon’t blame it on the blutreinheitBlame it on the mufti
Posted by Tomer Lavie on Wednesday, October 21, 2015
You knew it was coming…Hitler Finds Out That Bibi Thinks the Grand Mufti Convinced Hitler to Kill Jews
Posted by Rabbi Eliyahu Fink on Wednesday, October 21, 2015
“There is no Palestinian people, and, they are responsible for the Holocaust.” https://t.co/fW8rjpRoyR
— Mairav Zonszein (@MairavZ) October 21, 2015