In research carried out over recent years, Anti-Semitism expert Robert Wistrich has found an ideological, theoretical and even symbolic connection between the Anti-Semitic messages disseminated by the Nazis and those of the extremist Islamic movements. Interviewed on Arutz Sheva's Hebrew journal, Professor Wistrich said Israel is ignoring the connection to some extent, but the facts must be presented to the world as they are.
Looking back 70 years Wistrich said, "Destruction of the Jews was the goal of the Nazis and in research of Arab Anti-Semitism we find many signs of a similar trend - a wish to completely get rid of the Jewish presence, whether as a nation or as any other collective." While Jerusalem Mufti Haj Amin Al-Husseini was famous for meeting with Hitler and broadcasting Anti-Semitic messages from Berlin, the Muslim Brotherhood of the 1930s also maintained contact with the Nazis. He added that the Green Shirts in Egypt, the Phalangist marches in Lebanon, and the outstretched-arm salutes of many Arab armies.
Wistrich said, "The Holocaust is not over and we ignore that. We focus solely on the security and political side of things and forget the motive of this hate. If we forget what's behind this, it's hard to deal with it."