The Massacre That Almost Was

Last year the news services reported a horrifying scholarly discovery. Though everyone knew that if Rommel reached Palestine, the Yishuv would share the same fate, we did not know that an eizentzgruppe had already been formed and plans made for the annihilation of the Jewish community in Palestine, in advance of Rommel's expected victory.

Now this study has been published in a detailed, point-by-point discussion in Yad Vashem's journal. We learn there of the planned Final Solution for the Yishuv, in which Palestinian Arabs were meant to take a large part, similiar to that of the Eastern European collaborators such as those in Latvia and the Ukraine. The Grand Mufti, Haj Amin Al-Husseini apparently worked feverishly to ensure a "clean sweep" of the Jews in the Holy Land, providing statistics and maps for the SS.

Next time you hear about how the Palestinians would never dream of annihilating the Jews, mention this article.