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Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein released the following statement:
Palestinian Authority dictator Mahmoud Abbas recently made a sickening, extreme antisemitic speech to Fatah (the PA’s ruling party), which was broadcasted on PA official television, promoting hatred against Jews, using despicable Nazi anti-Jewish propaganda and blood libels.
Abbas claimed that Hitler and Europeans “fought” Jews not because of the Jewish religion, but because of Jews’ role in “usury and money” and “sabotage.” Abbas thus reiterated libelous Nazi anti-Jewish propaganda accusing Jews of usury, and of sabotaging Germany in World War I. Hitler used these outrageous falsehoods to justify murdering 6 million innocent Jews and over 1 million innocent Jewish children. (In fact, German Jews served bravely in the German army in WWI.)
Abbas also falsely and absurdly claimed that European Jews are descendants of “Khazars” and are not Semitic. And Abbas outrageously claimed that, at Winston Churchill’s urging, Israel attacked and murdered Jews in Arab countries to force them to emigrate to Israel, even though those Jews did not want to come to Israel and Israel didn’t want them because they were too much like other Arabs. (In fact, Arab nations’ pogroms, murders and expulsions against Jews forced Jews to leave their homes and all their property in Arab countries. Israel rescued, welcomed and assisted these now-penniless Jews fleeing Arab persecution.)
Abbas also indicated that both the U.S. and Britain were “enemies” because they were both responsible for the Balfour Declaration. (The U.S. did in fact pre-approve the Balfour declaration. This and the fact that the League of Nations codified the Balfour Declaration were the only real facts in Abbas’ speech.) (See MEMRI video and translation of Abbas' speech.
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