The Guardian: Uproar after Mahmoud Abbas in Berlin accuses Israel of ’50 Holocausts’
German chancellor condemns remarks morning after joint press conference with Palestinian leader
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, has accused Israel of committing “50 Holocausts”, at a joint press conference with Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, in Berlin, drawing condemnation from Germany and Israel.
At the end of his state visit to Germany’s chancellory on Tuesday night, Abbas was asked by a German journalist whether he planned to apologise for the deadly attack by Palestinian militants on Israeli citizens at the 1972 Munich Olympics, the 50th anniversary of which is on 5 September.
The militant group Black September, which killed 11 Israeli athletes and one German police officer during the hostage-taking, was linked to Abbas’s Fatah party at the time.
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Update #1: Outrage over Palestinian leader's '50 Holocausts' remark (CNN)
Update #2: Outrage over German chancellor's silence as Palestinian leader says Israel committed '50 Holocausts' (FOX News)
WNU Editor: To say that this meeting ended up as a train wreck is an understatement.
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