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leader Adolf Hitler. Noted historian
Bernard Lewis said: "The Arabs have
made Nazi-style anti-Semitism offi-
cial throughout the Arab world."
The Egyptians will accept no criti-
cism and refuse to discuss the prob-
lem. President Hosni Mubarak
•stonewalls critics and gets away with
it. No administration has been will-
ing to squeeze him. While members
of Congress make noble speeches
and even confront Mubarak about
the rampant, state-sanctioned anti-
Semitism heavily documented by
ADL, the Middle East Media
Research Institute and others,
Mubarak knows they won't do any-
thing about it. That's because the
State Department and the Israeli
Embassy will intercede on Egypt's
behalf, saying yes, they know he's
terrible, but the relationship is too
important to risk offending him.
The Saudis won't speak to the
Israelis. Instead, they say,
"Go make peace with the
Palestinians, the Syrians
and the Lebanese, and then
maybe we'll talk to you."
An Israeli expert on the
Arab world explained,
"They're too scared of their
own people and that the
intifada (uprising) will spill
over into their streets."
The fear factor domi-
nates much of the Arab
world, where autocratic
regimes are often unpopu-
lar and nervous.
"Most of the Gulf countries have
no interest in our issues," added the
Israeli expert, "but they're small and
they're scared of the street, so. they're
careful not to say anything nice."
Even Jordan, the best of the lot,
can be problematic. "They defend
peace with us in a negative way.
They tell their people it's a way to
protect the Palestinians and to pre-
vent us from driving the Palestinians
into Jordan. They're not saying we
have peace because it's intrinsically
good, but in order to prevent all
kinds of Israeli designs and plots,"
the Israeli specialist said.
But the specialist had very high
praise for Jordanian help behind the
scenes on border security, fighting
terrorism and defending peace.
The Egyptian government daily
A1 Akhbar has called President Bush
"an American bin Laden," labeled
his vice president, defense secretary
and national security adviser "the
axis of evil" and said the president's
support for Israel violates the U.S.
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Constitution.
The Saudi defense minister, sec-
ond in line to the throne and father
of the ambassador to Washington,
said American criticism of the king-
dom is orchestrated by "congressmen
wearing Jewish yarmulkes."
Anyone wishing to read reliable
translations of what the Arabs are
saying should go to the outstanding
MEMRI Web site,
www.memri.org
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Some of the most vicious incitement
in the Arab world comes from the
mosques, which are usually state-
controlled, and the Friday sermons
that are usually broadcast on the
official state media. Here is one day's
sampling collected by the CIA's
Foreign Broadcast Information
Service on Sept. 20:
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daily Al-Akhbar has called
President Bush "an
American bin Laden" and
said his support for Israel
violates the Constitution.
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• Saudi Arabia: "0 God, destroy
the tyrant Jews."
• Yemen: "0 God, give us victory
over the infidels and suppress the
Zionists, their supporters, the
Christians and their supporters."
• Jordan: "0 God, destroy the
usurper Jews."
• Syria: "0 God, destroy the crim-
inal and terrorist Zionists."
• Iraq: "0 God, destroy the
Americans, the British, the Jews and
the Crusaders."
These are messages from countries
that the Jordanian foreign minister
told his Washington audience are
prepared to make peace with Israel.
If they truly are ready, they have a
strange way of showing it. It will be
difficult to take Arab leaders serious-
ly until they have the courage to
speak directly with Israel, end the
vilification and incitement against
Jews and the Jewish state, and, most
of all, have the courage to say to
their own people what they say here
in Washington.
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