Police in Berlin have launched an investigation into Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his comments about Israel committing multiple “Holocausts” and whether they amount to incitement to hatred.
The State Criminal Police in the German capital are now examining if there are any legal consequences to the shocking statement he made recently while sharing a press conference with chancellor Scholz.
"The preliminary investigation into the initial suspicion of incitement to hatred under Section 130 of the Criminal Code is being processed in a specialist department of the State Criminal Police Office" a police spokesperson told Bild newspaper.
After being received as a guest in the chancellery, Abbas stood in a joint press conference with Olaf Scholz and claimed Israel had committed multiple “Holocausts” against the Palestinian people.
