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| Hamas, Islamic Jihad defend Abbas's '50 Holocausts' remarks |
| 2022-08-21 |
| [JPost] "We thought he was being too soft. Give us money" PA President Mahmoud Abbas receives widespread cheers from political supporters, opponents alike over Holocaust comments Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s political rivals in Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have come out in his defense following the uproar over his remarks in Germany, where he accused Israel of perpetrating "50 holocausts" against the Palestinians. The two groups said that Abbas’s statements represented the Palestinians’ "historical narrative." The PLO’s Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), which are opposed to Abbas’s policies, also defended him over the weekend. |
| Posted by:Frank G |