Lays waste to the meme that anti-Israel rhetoric isn’t tied to anti-Semitism
Carl in Jerusalem is now busy translating the video (Hebrew) into English, and will upload a new one with subtitles in the next few days.
Reporter poses as German, produces video proof of ‘Palestinian’ and leftist Holocaust deniers
Journalist Tuvia Tenenbaum is known throughout the ‘Palestinian Authority’ as ‘Toby.’ The ‘Palestinians’ and the Leftist internationals were convinced that Toby really was a German and they shared their real views with him.
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And the translation of the article, which summarizes the video.
“The Europeans aren’t really familiar with the Middle East dispute and they did not do an investigation. They are coming out of every hole here. They don’t want to help, but rather to catch the Jew doing something bad. It comes from hatred,” claims Tuvia Tenenbaum. “I didn’t lie in this case when I presented myself as a German journalist – I wanted to know what these people think. Even if there had been a conspiracy and it had been the only way to expose the truth, I would have done it, he added.
From the beginning, “Toby” joined a group of young Italians who learned about the dispute in Schchem (Nablus) and in Israel, with funding from the European Union. But the Israeli guide, Itamar Shapira – the brother of the pilotJonathan Shapira who refused orders and became an extreme Leftist activist – presented himself to the group as “former Jew” and said harsh things against Israel.
During a tour of Yad Vashem, Shapira chose to focus specifically on stories of the massacre at Dir Yassin [theJenin lie of the 1948 War of Independence. CiJ] and told the young Italians that it’s necessary to impose a boycott and sanctions on Israel because “we have to stop an additional Holocaust.” Shapira was fired in the past from Yad Vashem after he compared the Holocaust to the Naqba [the Palestinian characterization of the creation of the State of Israel as a catastrophe. CiJ], but today he leads private groups there.
The Palestinian guide who accompanied the group was Ataf Abu Rob, a Palestinian journalist and investigator forB’Tselem who is responsible for several stories published by the [extreme Leftist Haaretz] journalist Gideon Levy. Abu Rob told “Toby” that the Holocaust is “a lie. I don’t believe it.”
The senior Fatah commander Jibril Rajob also opened his door after he heard about the book that “Toby” planned to publish and told him: “Israel is racist and fascist, it will be isolated like South Africa.” Rajoub’s close confidantes whispered to Tenenbaum “We are all German, but the only problem is that that we know that General Rommel did not succeed in coming here.”
Tenenbaum’s book Catch the Jew will be published this week, and he will then not be accepted as a prodigal son in the Palestinian Authority once his cover is blown.
Yad Vashem reacted: “Yad Vashem is careful that the subject of the Holocaust will be presented in detachment from any political agenda. Itamar Shapira was employed in the past as a guide in Yad Vashem and was not careful about these norms, and therefore it was decided about five years ago to terminate him [after he had worked there for three and a half years! CiJ]. Today, we allow outside guides, but we are considering changing this policy.”
More here. H/T: Doris Wise Montrose
