During a press conference alongside the chairman of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, who is visiting Berlin, German Chancellor Olaf Schulz declared: "I will not use the term 'apartheid' to describe the Israeli actions."
Abbas was asked by the journalists on the spot if he was ready to apologize for the massacre of 11 athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, carried out by the Palestinian "Black September" organization, but refused to apologize and referred to the "50 massacres that Israel has committed in 50 years".
Also, Abbas repeated the slogans "end to the occupation" and "end to apartheid", and asked rhetorically: "Why don't the countries of the European Union agree to a sovereign Palestinian state?"
Chancellor of Germany Olaf Schulz.
He will not say "apartheid", photo: AP
"Different approaches"
German Chancellor Schulz, for his part, emphasized: "I want it to be clear: I will not use the term 'apartheid' to describe Israeli actions. We have different approaches regarding the elections and regarding Israeli behavior."
The meeting was supposed to be held last March, but was postponed due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Abbas' political adviser, Majdi al-Khalidi, said before the visit that the two leaders would discuss Israeli operations in the territories, aid to the Palestinians and recognition of the state, and support for the effort to join as a full member of the United Nations.
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