In a speech that has drawn international condemnation, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas made controversial statements denying the historical roots of Ashkenazi Jews and propagating Holocaust denial.
Addressing a meeting of Fatah’s Revolutionary Council on August 24th, Abbas asserted that Ashkenazi Jews have no ancestral ties to the Middle East. He argued that they were persecuted during the Holocaust due to historic biases against them for their historical role as money lenders.
“Nazi leader Adolf Hitler said he fought the Jews because they were dealing with usury and money,” Abbas stated, a statement that has raised significant alarm.
Abbas’ speech, which was translated into English and published by the Middle East Media Research Institute, also put forth the assertion that European Jews were not connected to the land of Israel as documented in the Torah. According to his claims, they were descendants of a Turkish-linked tribe known as the Khazars, who vanished over a millennium ago. Abbas and other Palestinians have used this theory to argue that they are the true Semites, tracing their lineage back to ancient times. They contend that European Jews cannot, therefore, claim the largest share of the label of antisemitism.
“The truth that we should clarify to the world is that European Jews are not Semites,” Abbas asserted. “They have nothing to do with antisemitism.”
Abbas’ denial of the Holocaust is particularly disturbing given his history. It has been noted that he previously wrote a doctoral thesis that denied the occurrence of the Holocaust.
The international community has reacted strongly to Abbas’ remarks. Germany’s Ambassador to Israel, Stephan Seibert, characterized the speech as “an insult to the memory of millions of murdered men, women, and children.” He expressed the sentiment that the Palestinian people deserve to hear historical accuracy from their leader rather than such distortions.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas: Hitler Fought the European Jews Because of Their Usury, Money Dealings, It Was Not about Antisemitism; Jews from Arab Countries Did Not Want to Emigrate, But Were Forced to Do So by Israel #Antisemitism @PalestinePMO pic.twitter.com/k75UmycuyM
— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) September 6, 2023
The European Union joined in the condemnation, describing Abbas’ speech as “false and grossly misleading.” The EU emphasized the inflammatory nature of such historical distortions, which they argued could exacerbate tensions in the region and hinder the pursuit of a two-state solution, a stance President Abbas has endorsed. The EU also underscored that these statements trivialize the Holocaust, fuel antisemitism, and insult the memory of Holocaust victims and their families.
The EU reaffirmed its commitment to combatting antisemitism and racism, vowing to strongly oppose any attempts to condone, justify, or trivialize the Holocaust.
United States Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Deborah Lipstadt, expressed her strong disapproval of Abbas’ remarks, stating that she was “appalled.” She condemned the speech for maligning the Jewish people, distorting the Holocaust, and misrepresenting the exodus of Jews from Arab countries. Lipstadt called for an immediate apology from President Abbas in response to his offensive and factually inaccurate statements.
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Wow! least he acknowledged it’s existence
“Semitic” is a language family. Speakers are of a wide variety of ethnicity and “races”. The truth is that most anti-Semites are quite stupid.
Stuff like this makes him sounds stupid.
You can’t deny that what he says is not possibly the truth, could be we came from the kuzari and the Holocaust reason is in tehilim any body that says it the pasuk “hafach libom lisnoh amo” is the why there is anti semitism why should we have to say that it was because of the power of God that is in the Jewish hearts or that his war was against religion for paganism it was because of the sins of the communist that made it happen not to say that Jews have health and the best of both worlds of you say this it means you believe only in luxury not the real life.
Some people was retarted in the Holocaust for God and the Jewish religion but it doesn’t mean that it happened as war against the ethnicity of the yidden or cause they had good health from the Germans it happened from the sins of the communist that was from the sins of the katonist and at that they said that all Jews are communist
He is a Dr. like Dr. Mengele
He has one foot in the grave, the other on a banana peel….
who cares what this old walking remnant of human debris says?
במומו פוסל
He isn’t “Palestinian”
It’s funny, cuz the very term “antisemitism” was invented by Germans SPECIFICALLY for the purpose of hating European jews!!!!
Hmmmmmm….
Shouldn’t surprise us that this coming from a filthy murderous terrorist swine.
But what really should make us shudder in revulsion, is when so-called orthodox Rabbis , actually agree with and echo the exact same filth and obscenity
Watch this short video , as three orthodox Rabbi’s have no problem understanding why Hitler murdered six million Jews.
Watch and weep.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLqXs9hXsA4
“.” do you know what you’re talking about?
Doesn’t sound like it.
what a FAKE
Watch the last part of the video,where this Rabbi actually reads from Hitlers Mein Kampf, where he explains how Jews are destroying Germany and that is why they must be destroyed and eliminated.
And this so called Rabbi actually agrees with him
Is Abbass even relevant? I think he’s eaten one too many shawarma sandwiches!!
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is responsible for the murders of thousands of innocent Jews, including: teenagers, and children, and Israeli Olympic athletes (which he has publicly bragged about many times, referring to the murder of Israeli Olympic athletes as “a quality operation” that should be imitated by others).
His guilt is similar to that of Adolf Eichmann, yet Adolf Eichmann was executed for his crimes against Jews, while Mahmoud Abbas is permitted to live. Why the double standard?
He must have grown up as a Shabbos Goy for a Neturei Karta family. Only someone from that group would speak like this.
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What’s your reasoning of anti semitism is from ethnicity or paganism
He is like a 5 year old spewing nonsense
To “.”: The Khazarian Conspiracy Theory has been propagated by hate sites for years and debunked time and time again. There is not a scintilla of truth to the claim that Ashkenazim descend from that people. In fact, there is hardly any evidence the Khazarian Jewish kingdom existed at all.
We know that they DID exist owing mostly to a handful of secondary or tertiary artifacts. Ashkenazim have a very high rate of kohanim, which would be impossible if they were Khazarian converts. In addition, Ashkenazim generally have Semitic features, not Turkic.
Congratulations, “.” Not only are you obviously subliterate and asinine, but also a witting ally to the enemies of the Jewish People who deny us our history and culture.
Like most of them, these unidentifiable idiotic nincompoops have no clue that anyone and everyone outside his self-envisioned bubble laughs at him.