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Zehava Galon: Abbas’s ‘holocausts’ comment disgraceful, but Israel must talk to him
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleZehava Galon, the former Meretz party chief who is running to lead the party again, says Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s explosive comments in Germany that Israel has committed “50 holocausts” against Palestinians are “disgraceful and despicable.”
However, she says that “in the end it’s in Israel’s interest” to talk to him. “We can be offended and disgusted but we have security interests,” she tells Walla news.
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