German Chancellor Olaf Schewels has expressed displeasure and disapproval of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's remarks about the Holocaust on Wednesday.
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The German Chancellor has tweeted on Wednesday that the statement on the Holocaust is intolerable and unacceptable, especially for us Germans, and I dislike the very harsh remarks of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
On the sidelines of a visit to Berlin, Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of committing a '50 holocaust' in response to a question about the 50th anniversary of the attack by Palestinian militants on the Israeli team at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
On the other hand, Israel's Prime Minister Yair Lepid has also condemned these comments and termed them as 'disrespectful'.
The Israeli Prime Minister has said in his Twitter statement that Mahmoud Abbas standing on German soil and accusing Israel of committing '50 holocausts' is not only morally correct but also a lie.
It should be noted that six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust of Nazi Germany.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stood alongside the German chancellor and cited a series of historical incidents in which Palestinians were killed by Israelis in the 1948 war.
The Palestinian president said that since 1947, Israel has committed 50 massacres and 50 holocausts in the Palestinian villages and cities of Deir Yassin, Tantura, Kafr Qasim and many other areas.
Meanwhile, Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency, did not include the Holocaust comment in its report of the Palestinian president's meeting with German chancellor Olaf Schwalz, and the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said that Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lepid's comments were aimed at distracting attention from Israel's crimes. was
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the occupation forces are not satisfied with committing these crimes on a daily and continuous basis, but they do not tolerate and reject any words or statements that blame the Israelis and the international community for their crimes. reminds of
It should be noted that this comment of Mahmoud Abbas has come after the death of 49 Palestinians during airstrikes in the Gaza region by Israel this month.