Shattering the "Enemy of My Enemy" Narrative: The Ideological Reality of Pro-Nazi Sentiment in Arab Mandatory Palestine
Shattering the "Enemy of My Enemy" Narrative: The Ideological Reality of Pro-Nazi Sentiment in Arab Mandatory Palestine When evaluating the historical alignment of the Palestinian national movement with Nazi Germany during World War II, a common revisionist defense is the "enemy of my enemy" framework. This narrative posits that pro-Axis sympathy was merely a reluctant, pragmatic calculation aimed at leveraging German power to expel British colonial rulers and block Zionist immigration - exclusively. However, primary archival records, intelligence reports, and firsthand accounts from prominent political insiders dismantle this defense, demonstrating that popular Palestinian alignment with Nazism was widespread, enthusiastic, and fundamentally driven by a shared anti-Jewish agenda. 1933 as a "preview" The major Arab media at the time, the newspaper Falastin , May 1933, calls Hitler “noble”, justifies his persecution of the Jews, drags the infamous ...