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With public speeches like these, it is not surprising that under Abbas’ leadership, the Palestinian Authority has failed to renounce and combat Palestinian anti-Semitic incitement, including narratives that Jews are to blame for the Holocaust and other anti-Semitic persecution, and which deny or diminish the millennial Jewish presence in and connection to the Land of Israel.ĪDL’s past polling on anti-Semitic attitudes in the West Bank and Gaza has found that about 93 percent of the population in the West Bank and Gaza harbors deep seated anti-Semitic attitudes, the highest level measured in any society in the world.ĪDL had previously condemned Abbas’ anti-Israel and anti-Semitic statements in a January speech before the Palestinian Liberation Organization's Central Council. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’s speech at the January 14 meeting of the PLO’s Central Council lasted two hours. Laden with ahistorical and pseudo-academic assertions, the Palestinian President’s latest diatribe reflects once again the depth and persistency of the anti-Semitic attitudes he harbors. GHAZA (Web Desk) The Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, have criticized Mahmoud Abbas’ speech to the Central Council of the PLO, describing it as a mere recitation of historical facts bit little beyond that. (AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI) Yet, according to the Palestinian. Greenblatt, ADL CEO, issued the following statement: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (C-R) speaks during a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on January 14, 2018. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the meeting of the Palestinian Central Council in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
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In his remarks, President Abbas denied the Jewish connection to the Land of Israel and blamed Jews themselves for the Holocaust through “social behavior, interest, and financial matters.” Abbas speech condemned across political spectrum. The BBC reported the content of Abbas’ speech as follows. New York, NY, … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today condemned the anti-Semitic assertions of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made in a speech to the Palestinian National Council. An article that appeared on the BBC News website on January 14 th under the headline Jerusalem embassy: Abbas says Trump plan ‘slap of the century’ purports to inform audiences about a speech made by the Palestinian president and PLO chairman at a meeting of the PLO central council.