The Berlin prosecutor’s office found him guilty Mahmoud Abbas for “inciting racial hatred” because a year ago he made statements about Holocaust.
Berlin police had launched an investigation into “suspected incitement to hatred” in August 2022 following two lawsuits against Abbasaccording to which the Palestinian leader “relativized the Holocaust” in a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
The conclusion of the ensuing investigation was that Abbas committed the offense of incitement in racial hatred though because he has immunity he cannot be prosecutedthe prosecution said in its statement.
When asked about the attack by the Palestinian organization Black September on the Munich Olympics in 1972, in which 17 people were killed, including 11 Israelis, Abbas compared Israel’s policy towards the Palestinians to the Nazi genocide of the Jews. Germany. “From 1947 until today, Israel committed 50 massacres in 50 Palestinian cities (…) 50 massacres, 50 holocausts and even today there are dead people every day” due to the actions of the Israeli army, he replied, causing a wave of reactions, mainly in Israel and the Germany.
Olaf Solz expressed his displeasure at Abbas’s remarks the next day, but he had already been heavily criticized in Germany for not reacting immediately.
Source: News Beast
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