The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem-- A role in the Holocaust?

[Sid Guttridge]

Hi ColCalgary,

What "event"? You are still offering absolutely nothing.

Sid.

[CogCalgary]

I don't quite understand why a (probably totally inept) mission is held against the Mufti - if he wasn't a British citizen or even a citizen of any Allied nation.

When at the same time, the Jewish underground in Palestine (full of deserters from the Polish Army to boot) fought militarily against the British - setting bombs, and killing soldiers and politicians. And the people who did it get hero treatment today.

I am reading The Quest for the Red Prince,written by Bar -Zohar,apparently the personal biographer of Ben-Gurion.
On pg 55 it is stated that in 44 Husayni declared to his assistants "We shall poison the wells of Tel Aviv."
:Strangely enough,because of a unique set of circumstances this insane scheme was to be approved by the German High Command."
No sources are cited.
An old Trinidadian proverb.
"It may be a lie but there could be some truth in it."
The Red Prince was Ali Hassan Salameh,Palestinian born mastermind of the Munich games massacre.
The author claims that his father,Hassan Salameh,was involved in a Para mission on Nov 5,1944,five men,three of them Palestinian born Brandenburgers in a Heinkel he 111,were dropped over Jericho,with poison.
Wadi Kelt(Qelt) is cited as the place where this was discovered,near some monasteries.I believe this is the Wadi that goes to Jerusalem.
Where on earth would this Heinkel be able to get fuel for this trip in Nov 1944?

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Although in "The Quest for the Red Prince," no sources can be found at all.
It's not a historical work; it's nationalistic propaganda.

[CogCalgary]

Although in "The Quest for the Red Prince," no sources can be found at all.
It's not a historical work; it's nationalistic propaganda.

Yes I would agree with that.But there are small snippets of the truth in there.
I can see no possible way for that aircraft to make that journey at that time.
In 1941,yes.

[CogCalgary]

Same book claims that Husayni hid in the Japanese embassy in Tehran when the British took the city.
Then by horse drawn carriage through Turkey with an Italian diplomatic passport alongside two secret service agents.(OVRA).
Then to the Italian embassy in Turkey.
Oct 11 1941 he boards a light aircraft of the Italian Air Force,specially dispatched to fly him to a military airport south of Rome.
Mussolini made available the luxurious Villa Colonna in Rome.Full staff of servants and guards,an official car and motorcycle police escorts.Apparently a number of his followers joined him in Rome,and were also given the treatment.
On Oct 27 he meets Il Duce at the Palazzo Venizia.Mussolini agreed to help in any way he could to further the Mufti's goals.
Meets Hitler Nov 28.