Comment by hjkl0

> I hope every Hitler-apologist and Holocaust-denier says and believes things like that.

You’re right - he’s only a Hitler apologist and holocaust denier when it suits him. He’s not consistent about it.

He’ll tell this story to demonize current-day Palestinians and justify the violence done daily to them. He doesn’t just “advocate” for violence, he personally directs it, and he tells stories like this to make of worse.

He tells the other stories you mentioned to capitalize Jewish victimhood, silence critics, and distract from Israel’s crimes against the Palestinians, which have nothing to do with any of this.

> These are some examples of what Holocaust denial and revisionism typically sound like.

Not really. Both quotes from Abbas are very tame. They make him about as much a holocaust denier as Bibi is.

At any rate, they don’t make him or the Palestinian people any less of a partner for peace.

And even mentioning Abbas’ views on the holocaust, in the context of the subjugation, persecution and extermination of his own people for over a decade, is so incredibly cynical and cruel and pathetic, it should tell you everything you need to know about Israel’s position in the conflict.