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Tuesday, May 16, 2023
‘Disgusting’: American Jewish Committee blasts Abbas for comparing Israel to Nazis
Luke Tress is The Times of Israel's New York correspondent.
The American Jewish Committee lashes Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for comparing Israel to Nazi Germany in a speech yesterday to the United Nations, calling the comments “disgusting remarks.”
Abbas said at the UN General Assembly’s first official “Nakba Day” event that Israel lies like Joseph Goebbels, the infamous Nazi propagandist.
“These baseless claims are a distortion of history and an affront to the memory of Holocaust victims,” the AJC says in a statement.
“President Abbas has a long history of distorting the Holocaust for his own political gain. His own Ph.D. dissertation denied the Holocaust and claimed Zionist collaboration with Nazis. It is not surprising that he would spout the same drivel at the UN.”
The malicious rhetoric of Abbas underscores the urgency of combating Holocaust denial and distortion.
The UNGA's resolution of January 2022 stands as a clear testament to the international community's commitment to combat Holocaust denial and distortion. https://t.co/aCyWCt7QPO
— American Jewish Committee (@AJCGlobal) May 16, 2023
“The comparison made by President Abbas to Joseph Goebbels, a key figure in Nazi propaganda, is abhorrent. It is crucial to reject such false analogies that trivialize the suffering of Holocaust victims,” the statement says.
“The malicious rhetoric of Abbas underscores the urgency of combating Holocaust denial and distortion.”
