The Holocaust's Arab Heroes by Rob Statloff

I start with confessing I didn't read the book, but I plan to.
I came accross this article by the Washington Post, and while it is advertized as a book showing arab positive deeds during the Nazi era (Thanks to the colonies), I believe there is more to than meets the eye.
Too bad the author is from the think tank that brought you the war on Iraq (Washington Institute for Near East Policy), namely the Washington Institute for Near . When I read this article I really wonder what it's aims are apart from the obvious, is it to have arab names on the wall of the righteous?
is giving away numbers (usually low to very low) of the arabs who saved jews in arab lands (albeit colonized) not only cementing the ideas that the great majority didin't? finally, is giving the example of what's happenned in the camp at Djelfa not a proof that arabs weren't even forced to torture the inmates?, aaaaah I really don't know what to think about that, it is not because the article finishes with a glorious common religious citation that it doesn't alleviate the implied reading you can draw from it.
I admit though that when I first heard of this book, it was 3-4 weeks ago, there was an interview in Haaretz, the questions came from mixed audience (Arabs, Israelis etc...) and while I liked the article, I was disapointed with the answers the author gave, which were much closer to lecturing than anything constructive.
I hope that I'll get my hands on this book, to make my own opinion, hoping that the sample we get from the article isn't a representative one.
Here is the link to the Haaretz article, if you don't have a life, or a family try also roaming in the talkbacks.

There is also a video on the mysterious Fora.tv website
Needless to say there are some bizarre and odd points of view.
At one point in the presentation he says: "In the beginning of 43 The most important territory in world war 2 theater was Tunisia, was an arab country", Did he forget about the russian front?, what about Stalingrad?
That said, anything that is done to bridge between communities and heal their wounds in commendable and is to be applauded.