Inverting history is not new and people may have a right to their opinions, however when these opinions twist facts and come from leaders they can be harmful. In his infamous speech in Cairo, President Obama try to re-write the truth. More recently, speaking on Yahoo’s Skullduggery podcast, Congresswoman Tlaib claimed that during the horrors of World War II the Arabs in Palestine welcomed European Jews into a haven and paid the price. This is opposite to the truth. The then Mufti of Jerusalem, Muhammad Haj Amin al Husseini, spent most of the war as Hitler’s guest in Berlin and provided much of the momentum for the Holocaust, and devised plans to wipe out the native Jews in Palestine and Arab countries. The Arabs in Palestine did everything to prevent Jews from getting there and were responsible for the deaths of many Jews who did manage to reach Palestine. It is abhorrent that influential people should spread such falsehoods that promote anti-Semitism. [Photograph: Haj Amin al-Husseini meets with Adolf Hitler, 28th November 1941, By Bundesarchiv]