Israel and Germany condemn Palestinian leader's '50 Holocausts' claim - BBC News

Israeli and German leaders have expressed outrage after the Palestinian president accused Israel of committing "50 Holocausts" against his people.

Mahmoud Abbas made the claim during a news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin on Tuesday.

Mr Scholz said nothing at the time, but later called the president's comments "intolerable and unacceptable".

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said Mr Abbas's accusation was "not only a moral disgrace, but a monstrous lie".

"Six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, including one and a half million Jewish children," he tweeted. "History will never forgive him."

Following the criticism, Mr Abbas reaffirmed in a statement that "the Holocaust is the most heinous crime in modern human history".