The SS-Leader’s Anti-Balfour Cable to the Grand Mufti In March the National Israeli Library blogged Himmler’s re-discovered telegram to the grand mufti of Jerusalem Amin al-Husaini. Contrary to the comment there that Nazi Germany did not declare its support for the Arab independence, I argue, it did. This cable further recognized the Islamist movement of […]
Netanyahu, the Mufti and Hitler
Strangely, the Jerusalem grand mufti Muhammad A. Husain claimed on October 25, 2015 that Jews never had a temple on the Temple Mount. Yet, the Supreme Muslim Council of one of his predecessors made a 1929 booklet that says the Temple Mount’s identity with the site of Solomon’s Temple is beyond dispute. Another controversy grew […]
The Real History Behind Netanyahu’s Holocaust Comments: An Interview with Dr. Wolfgang G. Schwanitz
By Brent Scher The Washington Free Beacon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken flack for his comments this week that overstated the influence that Haj Amin al-Husseini had on Adolf Hitler, but a leading historian says that al-Husseini nevertheless played a key role in Hitler’s plans outside of Europe. Dr. Wolfgang G. Schwanitz’s [and […]
German-Kuwaiti Relations: From Their Beginnings to the Reunification of Germany
This article discusses the development of German-Kuwaiti relations from the late eighteenth century to the reunification of Germany.
Germany’s Middle East Policy
Middle East Review of International Affairs Published by the GLORIA Center, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 11, No. 3, Article 4/9 – September 2007 Total Circulation 25,000 GERMANY’S MIDDLE EAST POLICY Wolfgang G. Schwanitz* At times of peace, GermanyГ?ВЇГ?ВїГ?ВЅs Middle East policy has historically taken a secondary positionГ?ВЇГ?ВїГ?ВЅone subordinate to GermanyГ?ВЇГ?ВїГ?ВЅs primary policy toward Europe […]