ALBAWABA - The remark made by Palestinian president Mahmood Abbas about accusing Israel of committing 50 holocausts against the Palestinians is creating outrage in Israel and among social media users.
Palestinian political leader Mahmoud Abbas slanderously accused #Israel of committing '50 holocausts' against #Palestinians when asked in an interview about whether he planned to apologize to Israel and Germany for the Munich massacre of of 1972. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/qW2bXaiGMq
— StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) August 17, 2022
The remark made in Germany and at a press conference with Chancellor Olaf Scholz is creating a bit of a diplomatic row and has certainly caused everyone by surprise and steaming.
Earlier in a press conference in Germany, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Israel had carried out “50 holocausts” against Palestinians.
— Alistair Bunkall (@AliBunkallSKY) August 17, 2022
German Chancellor Scholz, who didn’t intervene at the time, has now tweeted this: https://t.co/2A9We8NA2b
But the Palestinian leader was visibly shaken when he was asked a question about the 50th anniversary of the Munich Massacre carried out on 5 September 1972 in which 11 Israeli athletes and a German police officer were killed.
Abbas said: "I have 50 slaughters that Israel committed….50 massacres, 50 slaughters, 50 holocausts." Shame on Scholz for not responding. He later said it was "unbearable." Too little too late. Germany cannot be silent on Holocaust denial. https://t.co/Obk0eY24yI
— Shaiel Ben-Ephraim (@academic_la) August 16, 2022
His reply was angry and determined. He said Palestinians are experiencing "50 massacres, 50 holocausts...and till today we have people killed by the IDF," he said as shown on video.
His remarks has created much anger among people on the social media and said the two are different things.
In Germany, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas refused to denounce the Munich Olympics massacre and, in English, accused Israel of perpetrating “50 Holocausts” in what @ArminLaschet said is the “most disgusting speech ever heard in the German Chancellery”pic.twitter.com/eKyiCMVS0F
— Noga Tarnopolsky (@NTarnopolsky) August 17, 2022
But later on Abbas issued a statement clarifying his position as per WAFA: Abbas reaffirms the Holocaust is the most heinous crime in modern human history, it quoted him as saying.
He stressed his answer was not intended to deny the singularity of the Holocaust that occurred in the last century, and condemning it in the strongest terms, the Palestinian news agency added.
What is meant by the crimes that President Mahmoud Abbas spoke about are the crimes and massacres committed against the Palestinian people since the Nakba at the hands of the Israeli forces. These crimes have not stopped to this day, the statement added.
Following up on his remarks in Germany, President Abbas issued a statement: pic.twitter.com/2ZHXGNrIuP
— Rania Zabaneh (@RZabaneh) August 17, 2022
