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A Century Of Rejectionism
P
ity toward Jews. He initiated an uncom-
promising campaign of rejectionism —
the intent to eliminate every vestige of
them.
Jewish presence in Palestine
News comes every year or two of
— and used any and all tac-
a campaign of violence spurred by
tics toward this foul end.
Palestinian political and religious
For example, he can be
leaders spreading wild-eyed con-
largely held responsibil-
spiracy theories (the favorite: Al
ity for the Middle East's
Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem is under
endemic anti-Semitism,
threat). A spasm of unprovoked
having spread the anti-
violence against Israelis then fol-
Semitic forgery Protocols of
lows: rocket attacks from Gaza, car- Dan iel Pipes
the Elders of Zion, the blood
rammings in Israel proper, stone-
libel and Holocaust denial
throwing in the West Bank, street
throughout the region.
stabbings in Jerusalem. Eventually,
His other legacies include
the paroxysm peters out, only to start up making Jerusalem into the flashpoint it
again not too much later.
remains today; spreading many of the
True, these bouts of violence bring
anti-Zionist conspiracy theories that
some gains to the Palestinians; in the
afflict the Middle East; and being one of
United Nations, in faculty lounges and
the first Islamists to call for jihad.
on the streets of
He encouraged and organized unpro-
Western cities they
voked violence against the British and
win support against
the Jews, including a three-year intifada
Israel. Each round
in 1936-39. Then he worked with the
ends, however, with
Nazis, living in Germany during the war
the Palestinians in a
years, 1941-45, proving so useful that he
worse place in terms
earned an audience with Hitler.
of dead and wounded,
Husseini tutored his then-young rela-
buildings destroyed
tive, the future Yasser Arafat, and Arafat
and an economy in
faithfully carried out the mufti's program
Amin Al
tatters.
for 35 years, after which his apparatchik
Husseini
Further, their
Mahmoud Abbas keeps the legacy alive.
immoral and barbaric In other words, Husseini's rejectionism
actions harden Israeli opinion, making
still dominates the Palestinian Authority.
the prospect of concessions and compro-
In addition, Husseini spent the post-
mise that much less likely. The cheery
war years in Egypt, where he influenced
Israeli hopes of two decades ago for a
the Muslim Brotherhood whose Hamas
"partner for peace" and a "New Middle
spinoff also bears his hallmark rejection-
East" long ago gave way to a despair of
ism. Thus do both principal Palestinian
finding acceptance. As a result, secu-
movements pursue his murderous and
rity fences are going up all over, even
self-defeating methods.
in Jerusalem, to protect Israelis who
Only when the Palestinians emerge
increasingly believe that separation, not
from the cloud of Husseini's dark legacy
cooperation, is the way forward.
can they begin to work with Israel rather
It may be exhilarating for Palestinians
than fight it; build their own polity, soci-
to watch UNESCO condemn Israel for
ety, economy and culture rather than try
this and that, as it just did, but its actions to destroy Israel's; and become a positive
serve more as theater than as practical
influence rather than the nihilistic force
steps toward conflict resolution.
of today.
Whence comes this insistence on self-
And how will that happen? If the out-
defeating tactics?
side world, as symbolized by UNESCO,
It dates back nearly a century, to the
stops encouraging the Palestinians'
seminal years 1920-21. In April 1920,
execrable behavior and impeding
as a gesture to the Zionists, the British
Israeli defenses against it. Only when
government created a region called
Palestinians realize they will not be
"Palestine" designed to be the eventual
rewarded for homicidal conduct will
"national home for the Jewish people";
they stop their campaign of violence and
then, in May 1921, it appointed Amin
start to come to terms with the Jewish
Al Husseini (1895-1974) as mufti of
state. *
Jerusalem, a dreadful decision whose
repercussions still reverberate today.
Daniel Pipes is president of the Philadelphia-based
Husseini harbored a monstrous hostil- Middle East Forum.
alestinians
are on the wrong track
and will not get off it until the
outside world demands better of