At the press conference held after their meeting in Berlin Palestine President Mahmud Abbasof civilians in Palestine Israel More than 6 million Jews were massacred during the Nazi era. genocide (Compared to the Holocaust) Germany The silence of Prime Minister Olaf Scholz has received reactions from various circles.
‘WE SAY THE PAST’
At a press conference in Berlin the previous day, a journalist reminded Abbas that Palestinian terrorists had taken Israeli players hostage and killed them at the 1972 Munich Olympics, and asked if he would apologize to Israel and Germany in the 50th anniversary of this terrorist incident. Abbas said, “From 1947 to the present, Israel has committed 50 massacres and 50 Holocausts in 50 regions of Palestine. If we want to dig into the past, let’s say yes”.
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REACTION FROM ISRAEL
While the opposition parties reacted to Scholz’s silence, there were some who pointed out that under the laws in force in Germany, contempt and denial of the Holocaust is a crime. Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said, “Mahmoud Abbas says that Israel committed 50 Holocausts while on German soil. This is a shame as well as an ugly lie. 6 million Jews, men and women, were killed in the Holocaust,” he said. “History will not forgive Abbas,” said Yair Lapid, son of a Holocaust survivor.
SCHOLZ: ‘UNACCEPTABLE’
German Government Spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said that Prime Minister Scholz was very upset by Mahmoud Abbas’s comparison of the Holocaust. Afterwards, German leader Scholz made a statement to Bild newspaper and said, “Comparing the Holocaust is unacceptable, especially for us Germans. “The allegations of Abbas are far from any basis and are anti-Semitic,” he said.
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