NEW DELHI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu broke this internet with his controversial statement blaming the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, for the Holocaust.
In a speech to the 37th World Zionist Congress this week, Netanyahu said that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler only wanted to expel the Jews, but was later convinced to terminate them as urged by the Grand Mufti, who died in 1974.
Netanyahu said that Hitler and the Grand Mufti met in November 1941 and “Hitler didn't want to exterminate the Jews at the time, he wanted to expel the Jew. And Haj Amin al-Husseini went to Hitler and said, 'If you expel them, they'll all come here (to Palestine).'” According to Netanyahu, Hitler then asked “What should I do with them? and the Grand Mufti replied, “Burn them.”
Netanyahu has been widely criticised (see The Citizen’s coverage on the “world” page for details), with even Israeli media and historians ridiculing the Prime Minister.
The best response, however, has come (surprise surprise) from the internet … with memes mocking Netanyahu springing up. After all…
“Don't blame it on the sunshine
Don't blame it on the moonlight
Don't blame it on the Third Reich
Blame it on the Mufti.”
Here’s a look at some of the funniest memes.
Meme of Netanyahu seen erecting a memorial plaque for Adolf Hitler:
It’s time we found who really broke up The Beatles: