In a speech before the Palestinian National Council on Monday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suggested — what else? — that the Jews are responsible for their own persecution:
Abbas said in his speech that Jews living in Europe had suffered massacres “every 10 to 15 years in some country since the 11th century and until the Holocaust”.
Citing books written by various authors, Abbas argued: “They say hatred against Jews was not because of their religion, it was because of their social profession. So the Jewish issue that had spread against the Jews across Europe was not because of their religion, it was because of usury and banks.”
Back in 2014, the NYT published a credulous piece claiming Palestinian president Abbas renounced his Holocaust denial. I wrote a piece showing he hadn't: https://t.co/bKXAOT87Qv
Yesterday, Abbas said Jewish behavior caused the Holocaust. Folks are shocked, but they shouldn't be.
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) May 2, 2018
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu called Abbas out for his disgusting remarks:
Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, gave another anti-Semitic speech. With utmost ignorance and brazen gall, he claimed that European Jews were persecuted and murdered not because they were Jews but because they gave loans with interest.
— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) May 2, 2018
The Palestinian president again recited the most contemptible anti-Semitic canards. Apparently the Holocaust denier is still a Holocaust denier. I call on the international community to condemn his severe anti-Semitism; the time has come for it to pass from the world.
— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) May 2, 2018
And here’s how Reuters framed it:
Netanyahu accuses Palestinian leader of anti-Semitism, Holocaust denial https://t.co/7XHU0ktFyt pic.twitter.com/oGQiTDrIPJ
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) May 2, 2018
Accuses? Subtle, Reuters.
God forbid Reuters acknowledge that Abbas is an anti-Semitic scumbag. Gotta make Netanyahu look like he’s the irrational one.
Fixed it: Palestinian leader gives anti-Semitic speech in which he denies the Holocaust. https://t.co/lOGWVf8RcM
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) May 2, 2018
THE PALESTINIAN LEADER GAVE A WHOLE SPEECH ABOUT IT REUTERS
— Ellie ? (@political_ellie) May 2, 2018
Palestinian president Abbas said Jewish behavior, not anti-Semitism, caused the Holocaust. That's both Holocaust denial and anti-Semitic, whether Netanyahu responded to it or not. This headline is as shameful as those that obfuscate Trump's racist remarks. https://t.co/vYPYPWHOOW
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) May 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/Moj_kobe/status/991785833568063488
Shame on Mahmoud Abbas. And shame on Reuters.
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