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(Jewish Group) EU condemns 'unacceptable' Abbas comments on Holocaust
(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)The European Union on Wednesday condemned Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas for the "unacceptable remarks" he made in a speech saying the Holocaust was caused in part by European resentment of the role Jews played in the financial sector.
Abbas, who has faced accusations of anti-Semitism in the past, made the remarks in a speech to a meeting of the Palestinian National Council on Monday.
Addressing the causes of 20th-century anti-Semitism in Europe and saying the views he expressed were based on books by Jewish writers, Abbas said: "The conclusion of these books is that animosity toward Jews was not because of their religion but because of their societal activities," which included money lending.
Abbas went on to say the creation of Israel was originally a European colonial project but that Palestinians must learn to live with it.
"The truth is that this project is a colonial project aimed at planting foreign bodies in the region," he said. "But this does not mean we should uproot them. We should co-exist with them on the basis of a two-state solution."
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Even the bigot, Amria Hass, was taken aback, though glossing over the anti-Semitism.
