Mahmoud Abbas does it again.
The Palestinian president unleashed a barrage of criticism for accusing Israel of having "
committed 50 massacres, 50 Holocausts
" against its people.
Aggravating circumstance: he engaged in this diatribe in Germany, during a press conference with Olaf Scholz.
The Chancellor then declared himself
"disgusted"
by the words of the Palestinian leader.
In Israel, the outcry was general.
"It's a moral disgrace, a monstrous lie, history will not forgive him,"
proclaimed Yair Lapid, the prime minister.
The outrage was such that Mahmoud Abbas tried to limit the damage.
According to the Palestinian agency Wafa, he admitted that the Holocaust
"is the most heinous crime in modern human history"
while stressing that it was not his intention to deny its existence.
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