Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu�s attempt to blame the Holocaust on a Palestinian religious leader has drawn condemnation from Palestinians, politicians, and historians. To that list of critics, now add Germany.

On Tuesday evening, Prime Minister Netanyahu made comments during�a Zionist Congress meeting which raised a few eyebrows.

"Hitler didn�t want to�exterminate the Jews at�the time, he wanted to�expel the Jews," he said. "And Haj Amin al-Husseini went to�Hitler and said, 'If you expel them, they�ll all come here.' 'So what should I do with�them?' he asked. He said, 'Burn them.'"

In the 1920s and 30s, Haj Amin al-Husseini was the Grand Mufti of�Jerusalem, a Palestinian religious leader. While he was certainly no saint, to�suggest that he was responsible for�giving one of�the most evil men in�history his worst ideas is patently absurd. Especially given that Hitler was pushing for�Jewish extermination a full two years before�even meeting al-Husseini.

Bibi has been facing a lot of�flak for�trying to�work his modern-day nemesis into�one of�the worst atrocities in�history � even from�Germany. Responding to�the controversy, the office of�German Chancellor Angela Merkel reaffirmed her own country�s responsibility for�the Holocaust.

"All Germans know the history of�the murderous race mania of�the Nazis that led to�the break with�civilization that was the Holocaust," said Steffen Seibert, a spokesman for�Merkel, according to�Reuters.

"This is taught in�German schools for�good reason, it must never be forgotten. And I see no reason to�change our view of�history in�any way. We know that responsibility for�this crime humanity is German and very much our own."

On Wednesday, Netanyahu clarified his position, somewhat, essentially saying he wasn�t trying to�let Germany off�the hook � he just wanted to�put Palestinians on�the hook next to�them.

"I had no intention to�absolve Hitler of�responsibility for�his diabolical destruction of�European Jewry," he wrote on�Facebook. "Hitler was responsible for�the Final Solution to�exterminate six million Jews. He made the decision."

One positive, at�least, came out�of the prime minister�s attempt to�rewrite history: Bibi is trending, again!

By Sputnik News