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The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East

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Nazis, Islamic Antisemitism and the Middle East: The 1948 Arab War against Israel and the Aftershocks of World War II (Studies in Contemporary Antisemitism) by Matthias Küntzel

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Antisemitism in the Arab societies was not primarily a response to the establishment of the state of Israel. Rather “admiration for Hitler and Rommel and hatred of the Jews was strong before Israel was established. After 1945, the Arab area ...more

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