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Amin Al-Husseini was the founder of the Palestinian movement in the 1930s. Circa 1939 he formally joined Hitler, creating Nazi propaganda and warrior units, and was the lead Arab spokesman for the Nazis in the Arab and Muslim worlds. At that time, he blocked Jewish escape from Nazi genocide and blocked every effort at any state in the region that allowed Jews to live there, including Palestinian-majority states. His position: The only “definitive solution for the Jewish danger” was to “eliminate” them, adopting the Nazi solution as the “only” solution.
A more modern Hamas quote: “Israel will exist and continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it.”
Below: the Mufti Al-Husseini meets with Hitler
"We are smack in the middle of a Fourth Turning, and the turmoil of it all has affected the entire West. Over the last five years, virtually every major institution has disgraced itself. What used to be a high-trust society has been blown to smithereens, and nobody knows what to think anymore. And even when an individual person’s convictions haven’t changed, despite the societal turmoil, it is very difficult to know who to think those convictions with. This implosion of all the trusted institutions and relationships has of course included those of us on the political right.
"...So what am I saying? When being normal is weird, be normal. When being normal is normal, remember why you should be normal, and be prepared to defend it, which cannot be done apart from Christ. And when being normal is weird, don’t be extra weird. Be extra normal. Normal you say? By what standard? To the law and to the testimony. Exactly so."
Doug Wilson
“The decline of community in the modern world has as its inevitable religious consequence the creation of masses of helpless, bewildered individuals who are unable to find solace in Christianity regarded merely as creed.”
Robert Nisbet
American diplomacy should continue to stand up for genuine democracy, freedom of expression, and unapologetic celebrations of European nations’ individual character and history. America encourages its political allies in Europe to promote this revival of spirit, and the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed gives cause for great optimism. Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory.
The White House
The National Security Strategy Document
