Abbas accuses Israel of "Holocaust" against the Palestinians

Created: 08/16/2022, 19:44

Olaf Scholz and Mahmoud Abbas (left) appearing together in front of journalists in Berlin © Wolfgang Kumm/dpa

At a joint press conference with the Federal Chancellor, Palestinian President Abbas raises very serious allegations against Israel - he speaks of a "Holocaust".

Scholz follows the statements with a petrified expression.

Berlin - During his visit to Berlin, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of a "Holocaust" against the Palestinians.

"Israel has committed 50 massacres in 50 Palestinian locations since 1947 to this day," said Abbas at a joint press conference with Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) in the Chancellery.

"50 massacres, 50 holocausts," he added.

He had previously been asked by a journalist whether he would apologize to Israel on the 50th anniversary of the attack on the Israeli Olympic team by Palestinian terrorists in Munich.

Abbas said there were dead people killed by the Israeli army every day.

"If we want to continue digging into the past, yes please." Abbas did not respond to the Olympic attack in which eleven Israelis were killed.

Scholz had previously criticized Abbas on the open stage for describing Israeli politics as an "apartheid system".

"I want to say explicitly at this point that I do not adopt the word apartheid and that I do not think it is right to describe the situation," said Scholz.

Abbas had previously said the "transformation into the new reality of a single state in an apartheid system" does not serve security and stability in the region.

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