Australian Government Condemns Mahmoud Abbas’ Anti-Semitic Remarks

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the PLO executive committee and a Fatah Central Committee at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 12, 2021. Source: AP / Majdi Mohammed/AP/AAPImages

The Australian government has slammed Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas for recent antisemitic remarks about Jews and urged him to apologise.


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Shana Tova from the Australian Jewish News!


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