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Berlin and Rome Attempt to Scare Arabs with False “roosevelt Policy” on Palestine

January 28, 1942
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America’s participation in the war is being utilized by Nazi propagandists to arouse fears among the Arabs in Palestine and the neighboring countries that “Roosevelt’s policy” is to establish an independent Jewish State “even bigger than any ever suggested before.” Propaganda to this effect was broadcast last night in Arabic from the German station at Zeesen.

“The American greed is extending itself to the Near East,” the Nazi broadcaster said. “America’s entry into the war is a guarantee that the bigger Jewish state will be founded. The Arabs must not allow their destiny to be identified with Anglo-Saxon nations.”

Simultaneously, the Nazi radio station in Leipzig last night utilized the message of greetings sent by Sir Archibald Sinclair, British Air Minister, to Sunday’s annual meeting of the Federation of British Zionists in London, to attempt to show the “close interdependence of Britain and the Jews.” This “interdependence” could not be expressed more clearly than it was done in this message, the broadcaster stated. At the same time the Rome radio last night carried a violent anti-Jewish speech by Antonio Petrucci, attacking the Jews of England and America and attempting to “prove” to the Arab world that the victory of the Anglo-Saxon nations would also mean victory for Jews.

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