"The reaction in Egypt remained decidedly pro Zionism well into the first half of the 1930’s, the Government reportedly banned the word ‘Palestine’ from Friday prayers, according to the Leila Ahmed.
The Wafed Government
shutdown the sole Palestinian publication with the charge of being pro Palestinian propaganda. Zionist newspapers and magazines continued to operate freely well into the late 1940’s, according to Awatef Abdel Rahman."
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The article goes on to claim that while refugee ships from Europe during the Holocaust were routinely turned back by Western nations, Egypt welcomed them. I have no idea if this is true.
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Yad Vashem, other memorials and Holocaust history in general, offers no special recognition of the role that Egypt and Egyptians played in saving the lives of Jews. A disgusting byproduct of the recent rise of anti-Semitism in Egypt with the wide circulation of books by Holocaust deniers states that few Egyptians are even aware of this important history that Egypt and all Egyptians should be proud of.
This seems incredible. If true, this should all be publicized.
(full article online)
Was Egypt pro-Zionist after Balfour? ~ Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News
Apologies 60's I misread the "1930's"...you are probably right on that score BUT everthing changed after 1945 for obvious reasons
Most Arab nations resent the Palestinians (and Jewish people) because the P's and J's are so much smarter than they are......These Countries just LOVE the Status-Quo and are a hinderance to the Palestinians and Jews....steve
1) The reasons are obvious to you, not to anyone else.
2) Arab nations did not resent the Arabs living in Palestine. They used
those Arabs in many ways, and in the worse ways in their attempt to destroy Israel. That goes to the leaders like Arafat, as well.
3) The Hindrance to Peace between Israel and the PA are the PA and other Arab leaders. Read their charters. They won't give the main ideology written in them up.
4) The Arabs in the PA are given more opportunities for jobs and education than the ones in Gaza, which is why so many would rather become Israeli citizens than PA citizens.
Nothing has changed in the Muslim/Arab mentality and ideology about Jews and Christians . The Jews/Israel had to be stronger and remain stronger than all the Arab countries put together to survive what was very clear the Arab Nation intention.
When people come to learn and understand what the Muslim/Arab mentality is about non Muslims, it may help in the peace process.
There is no peace, since 1920, because Muslim mentality will not accept Jews as sovereign of any land ever conquered by Muslims.
Egypt and Jordan wanted peace because they suffered economic hardship because of the wars against Israel.
Unfortunately we have so many Muslim countries like Qatar and Iran, sponsoring Hamas and the PA that it makes it impossible to bring those two groups to want to negotiate for peace as Egypt and Jordan did.
With or without the Balfour Declaration, the Jewish People would eventually have succeeded in declaring sovereignty over any part of their ancient homeland.
There is no Muslim resentment over Jews being "smarter" then the Muslims.
Read the Quran, and read all other writings. Al Husseini was not "jealous" of Jews, he felt the usual Muslim superiority to Jews as taught in the Quran since Mohammad.
At what point in the previous 13 centuries, Muslims attacked Jews because they were "jealous" of them for any reason?
And it goes on.....
