Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sparks fury after accusing Israel of ’50 Holocausts’ at news conference in Germany

Standing alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, he said: “From 1947 to the present day, Israel has committed 50 massacres in Palestinian villages and cities, in Deir Yassin, Tantura, Kafr Qasim and many others, 50 massacres, 50 Holocausts.”

Mr Scholz expressed his anger on Twitter on Wednesday: “For us Germans in particular, any relativisation of the singularity of the Holocaust is intolerable and unacceptable.

“I am disgusted by the outrageous remarks made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.”

Six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust, and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said Mr Mahmoud’s remarks were a “moral disgrace” and a “monstrous lie”.

“History will never forgive him,” he tweeted.