German leader condemns Abbas' '50 Holocausts' remark
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Germany’s chancellor says that he was “disgusted by the outrageous remarks” made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Berlin, accusing Israel of committing “50 Holocausts” against Palestinians over the years.
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Chancellor later tells outraged German media such use of the term is 'unbearable'; PA leader makes comments while declining to express regret for Munich massacre
Israel and Germany on Wednesday condemned remarks by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in Berlin, where he compared the Holocaust to the Jewish state's killings of Palestinians.
Germany's chancellor said Wednesday that he was “disgusted by the outrageous remarks" made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Berlin, accusing Israel of committing “50 Holocausts” against Palestinians…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is engulfed in an antisemitism scandal due to what critics say was his non-reaction to Palestinian leader Abbas' trivialization of the Holocaust.
Germany’s chancellor says that he was “disgusted by the outrageous remarks” made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Berlin, accusing Israel of committing “50 Holocausts” against Palestinians over the years.
During a visit to Berlin, Mahmoud Abbas refused to condemn a deadly attack by Palestinian militants on Israeli athletes at the Olympics 50 years ago and instead accused Israel of committing “50 Holocausts.”
The International Auschwitz Committee said it was "astonishing and disconcerting" that the German chancellor allowed the Palestinian leader's "comments on the Holocaust to go unchallenged."
