{"id":2024689,"date":"2023-09-07T14:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T18:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hateful-anti-semitic-remarks-palestinian-president-justifies-the-holocaust\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T14:08:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T18:08:35","slug":"hateful-anti-semitic-remarks-palestinian-president-justifies-the-holocaust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hateful-anti-semitic-remarks-palestinian-president-justifies-the-holocaust\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian President defends Holocaust with &#8216;Hateful, Anti-Semitic Remarks&#8217;"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fhateful-anti-semitic-remarks-palestinian-president-justifies-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=2024689&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 Abbas&#8217;s \u200cRemarks on Holocaust and\u2062 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   \u2064<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The United States and European Union \u200bon Thursday strongly condemned the recent remarks made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas regarding the Holocaust and anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, \u200bthe EU&#8217;s diplomatic service described Abbas&#8217;s comments, \u2063made in late August during a meeting of his\u2063 Fatah movement&#8217;s Revolutionary Council, as &#8220;false and grossly misleading.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Deborah Lipstadt, \u2063the US special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, demanded an immediate apology for what she called \u200bAbbas&#8217;s &#8220;hateful, antisemitic remarks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Abbas has\u2062 not yet responded to the\u200d criticism, and members \u200dof his Fatah party have remained silent as well.<\/p>\n<p>In his controversial speech, Abbas claimed \u200cthat Jews were targeted \u2062by Nazi Germany due to their &#8220;social role&#8221; rather than their \u2064religion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This has \u200bbeen explained by \u200bmany Jewish \u200dauthors,&#8221; Abbas\u2064 stated. &#8220;They \u200chave clarified that Hitler&#8217;s motive was not solely based on \u200creligion or Europe&#8217;s hatred towards \u200dJews. Instead, it was primarily \u200ddue to their social role.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Abbas has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hateful-anti-semitic-remarks-palestinian-president-justifies-the-holocaust\/\" title=\"Palestinian President defends Holocaust with 'Hateful, Anti-Semitic Remarks'\">frequently\u200b faced \u200dbacklash<\/a> from\u200d the international community for his remarks on the Holocaust, which resulted in the \u200bgenocide of approximately six million Jews, as\u200c well as other marginalized groups.<\/p>\n<p>The EU, one of the major donors to the Palestinian Authority, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elizabeth-warren-calls-on-sec-to-investigate-potential-market-manipulation-cautions-against-internet-trading-schemes-a-flash-mob-with-money\/\" title=\"Elizabeth Warren Calls On SEC To Investigate Potential \u2018Market Manipulation,\u2019 Cautions Against \u2018Internet Trading Schemes,\u2019 \u2018A Flash Mob With Money\u2019\">expressed deep concern<\/a> over\u200c Abbas&#8217;s comments, calling them\u2064 &#8220;an insult to the millions of Holocaust victims and their families.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Such historical distortions are not only inflammatory and\u2062 deeply\u2063 offensive, but they \u2063also worsen\u2062 tensions in \u200bthe region and serve no one&#8217;s \u200cinterests,&#8221; stated the EU&#8217;s <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;These remarks only benefit those\u2064 who oppose a two-state \u200csolution, which President Abbas has consistently\u200d advocated for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Palestinian Authority, seeking to establish an independent state, currently \u2064exercises limited self-rule in territories\u2063 occupied by Israel since the 1967 Middle \u2063East war.<\/p>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s ambassador\u200c to Israel, Steffen Seibert, also condemned Abbas&#8217;s remarks, \u2064emphasizing the importance of historical \u200caccuracy and stating \u200dthat the Palestinian people deserve to hear \u200dthe truth from their leader.<\/p>\n<p>Abbas has \u200cfaced calls \u2062from the Palestinian \u2062public to step down during his two decades in power, but he has consistently refused to do\u2062 so.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Emily Rose, James Mackenzie, and Ali Sawafta; \u2062editing\u200c by Mark Heinrich)<\/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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