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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Philip Oltermann in Berlin

Uproar after Mahmoud Abbas in Berlin accuses Israel of ’50 Holocausts’

Mahmoud Abbas and Olaf Scholz during the press conference in Berlin
Mahmoud Abbas and Olaf Scholz during the press conference in Berlin. Photograph: Wolfgang Kumm/AP

The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, has accused Israel of committing “50 Holocausts”, at a joint press conference with Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, in Berlin, drawing condemnation from Germany and Israel.

At the end of his state visit to Germany’s chancellory on Tuesday night, Abbas was asked by a German journalist whether he planned to apologise for the deadly attack by Palestinian militants on Israeli citizens at the 1972 Munich Olympics, the 50th anniversary of which is on 5 September.

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