BBC’s Kuenssberg bowled over after Israeli President brandishes Mein Kampf
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog claimed that an Arabic translation of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf e book was discovered among the many private belongings of a Hamas terrorist in Gaza.
Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg, President Herzog mentioned that the disclosure was an “exclusive” for the BBC.
He held up the e book, saying: “This is the book that led to the Holocaust and the book that led to World War Two.
“This e book was discovered a number of days in the past in northern Gaza in a kids’s lounge, which was become a navy operation base of Hamas.”
Adolf Hitler wrote ‘Mein Kampf’ while in prison in 1923 following an attempted coup in Munich.
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Mr Herzog flicked through the anti-Semitic book, saying that the Hamas terrorist who owned it had annotated its pages, particularly sections focusing on killing Jewish people.
He said: “The terrorist wrote notes, marked the sections, and learned again and again, Adolf Hitler’s ideology to hate the Jews, to kill the Jews, to burn and slaughter Jews wherever they are.
“This is the actual battle we face.”
Mr Herzog pointed to the book and said that those who marched for a ceasefire in Gaza on the streets of London yesterday are “principally supporting this idealogy”.
Hundreds of 1000’s joined the pro-Palestinian demonstration yesterday, which coincided with Armistice Day and ended up changing into the most important UK rally because the battle between Israel and Hamas started.
Ms Kuenssberg was bowled over by the president’s transfer because the BBC host identified that lots of these marching had been demanding an finish to violence.
When requested if Israel‘s response to the assault by Hamas on 7 October has change into disproportionate, President Herzog mentioned that “before everything we defend ourselves”.
The Hamas-run health ministry says more than 11,000 people have been killed in Gaza – of whom more than 4,500 were children
He acknowledged that there had been civilian deaths in Gaza but blamed Hamas for many of the tragedies there.
Following the BBC interview, the Israeli presidential office said that the civilian home where the Nazi book was uncovered also “included an explosives laboratory, and represented additional proof of Hamas’s terrorist exercise within the coronary heart of the civilian inhabitants in Gaza”.
Last month, President Herzog equally held up an al Qaeda bomb guide throughout an interview with Sky News, saying it was discovered on the physique of a Hamas fighter.
However, Sky News was unable to confirm the paperwork and spoke to consultants, together with William Alberque, director of technique, know-how and arms management on the International Institute of Strategic Services (IISS), who disputed claims that it confirmed a hyperlink between al Qaeda and Hamas.