{"id":2024598,"date":"2023-09-07T12:51:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T16:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-slams-palestinian-president-for-hateful-anti-semitic-remarks-about-the-holocaust\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T12:52:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T16:52:23","slug":"us-slams-palestinian-president-for-hateful-anti-semitic-remarks-about-the-holocaust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-slams-palestinian-president-for-hateful-anti-semitic-remarks-about-the-holocaust\/","title":{"rendered":"US criticizes Palestinian President for making &#8216;hateful, anti-Semitic&#8217; comments on Holocaust."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-slams-palestinian-president-for-hateful-anti-semitic-remarks-about-the-holocaust%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2024598&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>US and EU Criticize \u200dAbbas&#8217;s Remarks on Holocaust and Anti-Semitism<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"getty_images\/mahmoud_abbas.jpg\" alt=\"Mahmoud Abbas\"><br \/>\n      \u200c     Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas (Getty Images)<br \/>\n \u200b \u2063<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The\u200c United\u200d States \u200dand European Union on Thursday strongly condemned the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pepe-le-pew-cut-from-space-jam-2-movie\/\" title=\"Pepe Le Pew Cut From \u2018Space Jam 2\u2019 Movie\">recent remarks made<\/a> by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas regarding the \u2062Holocaust and anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the EU&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-sends-u-s-marine-to-soviet-era-gulag\/\" title=\"Russia Sends U.S. Marine to Soviet-Era Gulag\">diplomatic service<\/a> described Abbas&#8217;s comments, made in late August during\u2064 a meeting \u2064of his Fatah movement&#8217;s Revolutionary Council, as \u2064&#8221;false and grossly misleading.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Deborah Lipstadt,\u200b the US\u2064 special envoy to monitor and\u2064 combat anti-Semitism, demanded an immediate apology for \u200dwhat she\u2062 called Abbas&#8217;s &#8220;hateful, antisemitic remarks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Abbas has not yet responded to the criticism, and members of \u2064his Fatah party\u200d have remained silent as well.<\/p>\n<p>In his\u2063 controversial speech, Abbas claimed that Jews were targeted by Nazi \u200dGermany due to their &#8220;social role&#8221; rather than their \u2064religion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This has been explained by many\u200c Jewish authors,&#8221; Abbas stated.\u200d &#8220;Contrary to the belief\u200c that Hitler killed \u2062the\u2062 Jews for being Jews and that Europe hates \u200dthem for their religion, it was clearly explained that\u200c they were fought because of their social role, not their religion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Abbas has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-slams-palestinian-president-for-hateful-anti-semitic-remarks-about-the-holocaust\/\" title=\"US criticizes Palestinian President for making 'hateful, anti-Semitic' comments on Holocaust.\">frequently\u200c faced backlash<\/a> from the international community \u200dfor his remarks about \u200dthe Holocaust, which resulted in the murder of \u2063approximately six million Jews, as well as other marginalized groups.<\/p>\n<p>The EU, one of the major donors to \u200cthe Palestinian Authority, condemned \u200bAbbas&#8217;s remarks \u200das &#8220;an insult to the millions of Holocaust\u200c victims and their families.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These \u2064historical distortions are not only\u200c inflammatory and\u200b deeply offensive, but \u200cthey also worsen tensions \u200bin the region \u2064and serve no one&#8217;s interests,&#8221; stated the EU&#8217;s\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-wont-hold-bilateral-talks-with-u-s-in-vienna\/\" title=\"Iran won\u2019t hold bilateral talks with U.S. in Vienna\">foreign affairs spokesman<\/a>. &#8220;They only benefit those\u2062 who\u200c oppose a two-state solution, which President Abbas has consistently advocated for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Palestinian\u2062 Authority, seeking to establish an independent state, currently exercises limited self-rule in territory occupied by Israel since\u200c the 1967 Middle East war.<\/p>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s \u200dambassador to Israel,\u200b Steffen Seibert, also condemned Abbas&#8217;s remarks,\u200b emphasizing the importance of hearing the historical \u200btruth from \u200da leader rather than distortions.<\/p>\n<p>Last\u200c year, during a visit to Berlin, Abbas faced criticism from German Chancellor Olaf \u200bScholz after\u200d accusing Israel of \u2064committing \u200c&#8221;50 Holocausts&#8221; in response to a question about the 50th\u200b anniversary of the attack on the Israeli \u2063team \u200bat the 1972 Munich Olympics by Palestinian militants.<\/p>\n<p>Despite repeated demands from the Palestinian public, Abbas \u2064has refused to step down during \u2064his two decades in \u200cpower.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Emily\u200b Rose, James Mackenzie, and Ali Sawafta; editing by Mark \u200bHeinrich)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US and EU condemned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for his recent comments on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism. 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