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Mahmoud Abbas

Author Mahmoud Abbas

Original title al-Wajh al-Akhar: al-'Alaqat

as-Sirriya bayna an-Naziya

wa's-Sihyuniya

Country Jordan

Language Arabic

Subject History

Publisher Dar Ibn Rushd

Publicationdate

1984

Pages 253

The Other Side: the Secret RelationshipBetween Nazism and Zionism

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The Other Side: the Secret Relationship Between Nazismand Zionism (Arabic: al-Wajh al-Akhar: al-'Alaqat as-Sirriya

bayna an-Naziya wa's-Sihyuniya[1]) is a book by Mahmoud

Abbas,[2] published in 1984 in Arabic.[2] It is based on his

CandSc thesis,[3] completed in 1982 at Patrice LumumbaUniversity (now the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia)under the title The Connection between the Nazis and theLeaders of the Zionist Movement, and defended at theInstitute of Oriental Studies of the Soviet Academy ofSciences.

In the book, Abbas argues that the Nazi-perpetrated Holocausthad been exaggerated and that Zionists created "the myth" of

six million murdered Jews, which he called a "fantastic lie".[4]

[5][6] He further claimed that those Jews which were killed bythe Nazis were actually the victims of a Zionist-Nazi plotaimed to fuel vengeance against Jews and to expand their

mass extermination.[7] The book also discussed topics such asthe Haavara Agreement, in which the Third Reich agreed withthe Jewish Agency to facilitate Jewish emigration from

Germany to Mandate Palestine.[3]

Portions of The Other Side have been considered as Holocaust

denial by critics,[8] especially the parts disputing the acceptednumber of deaths in the Holocaust as well as the accusations

that Zionist agitation was the cause of the Holocaust [9] a

charge that Abbas denies.[10]

When Abbas was appointed the Palestinian prime minister in2003, he wrote that the "Holocaust was a terrible,unforgivable crime against the Jewish nation, a crime againsthumanity that cannot be accepted by humankind" and that he

does not deny it,[11] and said that "When I wrote The Other Side … we were at war with Israel. Today I would

not have made such remarks".[12] More recently, in 2013 he reasserted that part of his thesis that "the Zionist

movement had ties with the Nazis".[13][14] In 2014, he stated the Holocaust was the “most heinous crime in the

modern era”.[15]

Contents

1 Study at Patrice Lumumba University

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2 Content of the thesis and book

3 Political controversy and Abbas' clarifications

4 References

Study at Patrice Lumumba University

Abbas attended at Patrice Lumumba University to prepare and present his doctoral thesis. The institute's directorat the time, Yevgeny Primakov, appointed a Soviet specialist on Palestine, Vladimir Ivanovich Kisilev as Abbas'

dissertation adviser. They communicated with mostly in English and Arabic.[3] In an interview with themagazine Kommersant 20 years later, Kisilev remembers Abbas as a well-prepared graduate student, who came

to Moscow with an already chosen research topic and a large amount of already prepared material.[3]

The title of Abbas' thesis is The Connection between the Nazis and the Leaders of the Zionist Movement or, in

Russian, "Связи между сионизмом и нацизмом. 1933–1945".[16] In 1984, a book based on Abbas' doctoraldissertation was published in Arabic by Dar Ibn Rushd publishers in Amman, Jordan under the title al-Wajhal-akhar : al-`alaqat al-sirriyah bayna al-Naziyah wa-al-Sihyuniyah.

Content of the thesis and book

In the doctoral thesis, Abbas describes the number of Jews murdered in the Nazi Holocaust as agreed upon by

mainstream historians, six millions, as a "fantastic lie".[4][5][6] In the book, he wrote:

It seems that the interest of the Zionist movement, however, is to inflate this figure [of Holocaustdeaths] so that their gains will be greater. This led them to emphasize this figure [six million] inorder to gain the solidarity of international public opinion with Zionism. Many scholars havedebated the figure of six million and reached stunning conclusions — fixing the number of Jewish

victims at only a few hundred thousand.[9]

In the book, he wrote:

Following the war, word was spread that six million Jews were amongst the victims and that a warof extermination was aimed primarily at the Jews . . . The truth is that no one can either confirm ordeny this figure. In other words, it is possible that the number of Jewish victims reached six million,

but at the same time it is possible that the figure is much smaller, below one million.[17]

Abbas quotes historian Raul Hilberg to support his claim that fewer than one million Jews were killed.[17][18]

[19][20] However, Rafael Medoff of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies denied the assertion that"The historian and author, Raoul Hilberg, thinks that the figure does not exceed 890,000", and said this is"utterly false". He wrote that "Professor Hilberg, a distinguished historian and author of the classic study The

Destruction of the European Jews, has never said or written any such thing."[9]

Abbas raised doubts regarding the existence of the gas chambers, quoting Robert Faurisson, a known Holocaust

denier, on the nonexistence of gas chambers.[17]


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Additionally, he claimed that the much smaller number of Jews which he admitted that the Nazis did massacrewere actually the victims of a Zionist-Nazi plot:

The Zionist movement led a broad campaign of incitement against the Jews living under Nazi ruleto arouse the government's hatred of them, to fuel vengeance against them and to expand the mass

extermination.[7]

The thesis also discussed topics such as the Haavara Agreement of 1933, in which the Third Reich agreed withthe Jewish Agency to enable Jews to emigrate from Germany directly to Mandate Palestine, which he sees as

evidence of collaboration.[3]

A global survey of Holocaust denial, published by David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies in 2004,

describes the book as "denying the Holocaust".[21]

Political controversy and Abbas' clarifications

After Abbas was appointed prime minister of the Palestinian Authority in 2003, the Israel Defense Forcesremoved excerpts from the Abbas book from its website, including quotes questioning the use of gas chambers

and talking of less than one million victims.[7]

According to the Anti-Defamation League, the Simon Wiesenthal Center called for Abbas to clarify his position

on the Holocaust in 1995, but he did not do so at that time.[22] Abbas' reported defence when asked about thebook was telling: "When I wrote The Other Side… we were at war with Israel. Today I would not have made

such remarks… Today there is peace and what I write from now on must help advance the peace process."[12][23]

In his May 2003 interview with Haaretz, Abbas stated:

I wrote in detail about the Holocaust and said I did not want to discuss numbers. I quoted anargument between historians in which various numbers of casualties were mentioned. One wrotethere were twelve million victims and another wrote there were 800,000. I have no desire to arguewith the figures. The Holocaust was a terrible, unforgivable crime against the Jewish nation, a crimeagainst humanity that cannot be accepted by humankind. The Holocaust was a terrible thing and

nobody can claim I denied it.[11]

According to the Ma'an News Agency, in an interview in 2013, Abbas defended his doctoral thesis regarding therelationship between the Zionists and the Nazis and said he "challenges anyone who can deny that the Zionist

movement had ties with the Nazis before World War II."[13]

References

al-Wajh al-Akhar: al-'Alaqat as-Sirriya baynaan-Naziya wa's-Sihyuniya. Publisher: Dar Ibn Rushd,Amman, Jordan. 1984.

1.

National Library of Australia(http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/493205)Catalogue detail.

2.

Аббас на глиняных ногах (Abbas on the feet of clay)(http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=538949), Kommersant-Vlast No.2(605), 17.01.2005) (Russian)

3.


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Morris, Benny. Exposing Abbas(http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/exposing-abbas-5335). The National Interest. May 19, 2011

4.

Mass, Warren. "Clinton Meets with Abbas". The NewAmerican. March 4, 2009

5.

Latner, Gabriel. "Palestinian Peacemakers". TheAmerican Thinker. September 28, 2010

6.

Chris McGreal: Arafat forced to give up most powersto new PM (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/mar/19/usa.israel) The Guardian 19 March2003.

7.

"Profile: Mahmoud Abbas" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1933453.stm). BBC News. 5November 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2011.

8.

A Holocaust-Denier as Prime Minister of "Palestine"?(http://www.wymaninstitute.org/articles/2003-03-denier.php) by Dr. Rafael Medoff (The David S.Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies)

9.

Akiva Eldar, "U.S. told us to ignore Israeli mapreservations", Haaretz, 27 May 2003. [1](http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=297637&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y)

10.

Interview with Mahmoud Abbas(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=297637&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y)by Akiva Eldar, Haaretz. May 2003

11.

Soft-Spoken but Not Afraid to Voice Opinions(http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/11/international/middleeast/11ABBA.html), By GREG MYRE, NYTimes, March 11, 2003

12.

"Abbas: Israel agreed to let refugees into West Bankfrom Syria" (http://maannews.net/ENG/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=557940). Ma'an NewsAgency. 23 January 2013.

13.

'Abbas claims Zionists, Nazis linked before WWII'(http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=300397)

14.

Palestinian president calls Holocaust 'most heinouscrime' in modern history (http://rt.com/news/155188-abbas-holocaust-heinous-crime/). RT

15.

Аббас, Махмуд (http://www.lenta.ru/lib/14161080/full.htm) (lenta.ru) (Russian)

16.

Holocaust Denial's Assault on Memory: Precursor toTwenty-First Century Genocide(http://www.wiesenthal.com/atf/cf/%7BDFD2AAC1-2ADE-428A-9263-35234229D8D8%7D/DENIAL_REPORT.PDF), H Brackman, A Breitbart,RA Cooper - Los Angeles: Simon Wiesenthal Center,2007, p. 11

17.

Meir Litvak; Ester Webman (30 June 2012). FromEmpathy to Denial: Arab Responses to the Holocaust(http://books.google.com/books?id=sZW2R-KChTcC&pg=PA174). Columbia University Press.p. 174. ISBN 978-0-231-70075-7. Retrieved18 March 2013.

18.

Arafat's war: the man and his struggle for Israeliconquest by Efraim Karsh, 2003, page 98

19.

Holocaust denial as an international movement byStephen E. Atkins, ABC-CLIO, 2009, page 214

20.

Alex Grobman (2004). "Holocaust Denial: A GlobalSurvey - 2004" (http://www.wymaninstitute.org/articles/2004-denialreport.php).

21.

1970s–1990s: Beginnings of Denial in Middle East(http://www.adl.org/holocaust/denial%5Fme/hdme%5Forigins.asp) Anti-Defamation League,2001.

22.

Huggler, Justin (30 April 2003). "Palestinian PM hasfriends in Israel, enemies at home"(http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=3451798). TheNew Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 November 2011.

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