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Submitted by Nahla, Dec 11, 2007 03:08

Gene, I wont comment on your Islamophobic rant, but I have to point out that Arabs did not praise Hitler for killing millions of their cousins (the Jews). In fact, the Arab world and Palestinians in particular welcomed the victims of the Holocaust initially, as they did not realize the implications that the mass migration of European Jews would have on their land nor did they realize that their land would be sacrificed to rid Europe of its collective guilt towards the Jews and the problem of what to do with an unwanted population. There has never been historical enmity towards the Jews on the part of the Arabs. It only arose (and usually is only directed at Zionism, not Judiasm) after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 on land that was taken from its rightful Palestinian owners and inhabitants.

As for your claim that the Arabs have been using Hitler's tactics over the past 60 years on the Jews, I beg to differ. Wars fought between the Arabs and Israel were primarily military wars that did not involve mass extermination of anyone. Soldiers fought soldiers in order to liberate occupied Palestinian land from Israeli occupation. Some civilian casualties fell on both sides (and more so on the Arab side), so please dont make it like Jews are being subjected to another Holocaust when the truth cant be any further. I do not appreciate the oft-used argument that Arabs are somehow Nazi in their approach to Israel, when the Arabs had nothing to do with Jewish extermination (a European and Christian speciality) and when their battle is against modern-day occupation of land that has existing owners. I couldnt care less if Israelis were green men from Mars - what I care about is that they are occupiers. Their religion is irrelevant. However, its far more convenient to cloud the issues when you can scream "anti-Semitism" at the first sign of criticism of unjust Israeli policies of land occupation and the forceful removal of Palestinians from their land.

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