Heritage Florida Jewish News - Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice

Earlier this week, a recent speech by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas came to light in which he characterized the Holocaust as Hitler “fighting” the Jews because of “their social role, and not their religion.” He also denied Jews’ well-documented geographical origins and accused Israel›s founding prime minister of perpetrating false flag attacks on Jewish communities in the Middle East to encourage immigration to Israel.

The following is a statement from Mike Igel, chairman of The Florida Holocaust Museum: Mahmoud Abbas’s remarks contain a wide variety of clas...