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Miranda Murray and James Mackenzie
BERLIN/JERUSALEM — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday expressed disgust at statements made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The Holocaust, meanwhile, Israel accused Abbas of telling a "huge lie".
"Especially for us Germans, relativizing the Holocaust singularity is intolerable and unacceptable," Scholz tweeted on Wednesday. "I am disgusted with the outrageous remarks of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas." accused Israel of committing "50 Holocausts" in response to a question about welcoming the by Palestinian militants.
"It is not only a moral disgrace, but a monstrous disgrace, for Mahmud Abbas to accuse Israel of committing the '50 Holocausts' while standing on German soil. No lie," Rapid said on Twitter.
"History will never forgive him."
In response to a storm of criticism, Abbas called the Nazis his German Holocaust, in which six million Jews were killed. It issued a statement calling it "the most heinous crime in modern human history."
He stated that his remarks were not intended to deny the specificity of the Holocaust, but rather the "crimes and atrocities committed against the Palestinian people since the Nakba at the hands of the Israeli army." He said it was meant to be emphasized.
The Nakba, or Catastrophe, refers to the large number of Palestinians who fled or were displaced from their homes in his 1948 war with the creation of the State of Israel. A term used to describe an unintentional departure.
"MASSACRES"
Abbas stands alongside Scholz in a series of historical events in which Palestinians were murdered by Israelis in the 1948 war and in the years that followed. mentioned.
"From 1947 to the present, Israel has committed 50 genocides, 50 genocides, 50 Holocausts in Palestinian villages and cities, Deir, Yashin, Tantula, Kafr Qasim, etc. I've been here," said Abbas.
Palestinian state news agency Wafa did not include his Holocaust comments in its report of the meeting with Scholz.
In a statement, the ministry said it not only continued Israel's actions against the Palestinians, but also sought to suppress comments that "reminded Israel and the international community of the many crimes committed by Israel." said there is.
Abbas' comments equate to this month's figure of 49 killed in Gaza after it carried out a series of airstrikes in response to what Israel said was an imminent threat from extremist Islamic Jihad. The group launched more than 1,000 rockets in retaliation following months of tension and brief conflict.
Dozens of Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli security forces in the occupied West Bank while eight of his were injured on a bus carrying luggage on Sunday. There have been numerous attacks on Israelis, including Jewish worshipers in Jerusalem.
Palestinians are seeking an independent state in the territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Middle East War. Negotiations have been frozen for him since 2014. (Additional reporting by Ali Sawafta of Ramallah and Nidal al-Mugrabi of Gaza; Editing by Mark Heinrich)