From the Liveblog of
Thursday, May 3, 2018
UK says Abbas Holocaust remarks ‘deeply unhelpful’ for peace
Britain joins international condemnation of PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s speech earlier this week, saying his remarks suggesting that Jewish “social behavior” led to the Holocaust are “deeply unhelpful to the cause of peace.”
“Palestinian President Abbas’s comments at the Palestinian National Congress were deeply concerning. Any attempt to justify or explain away any element of the Holocaust is unacceptable,” Britain’s Middle East minister Alistair Burt says in a statement.
Britain warns that “the fundamentals of peace cannot be built on views of the Holocaust which fly in the face of history.”
“President Abbas has shown a commitment to non-violence and a two-state solution. But his recent rhetoric does not serve the interests of the Palestinian people and is deeply unhelpful to the cause of peace,” the statement says.
The Times of Israel Community.