Jerusalem – Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Friday rejected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ apology for his remarks on Jews.
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Abbas, 82, known as Abu Mazen, said on Friday it “was not my intention” to offend Jews. But Lieberman wrote on Twitter: “Abu Mazen is a wretched Holocaust denier, who wrote a doctorate of Holocaust denial and later also published a book on Holocaust denial. That is how he should be treated. His apologies are not accepted.”
Did Abbas happen to mention why he suddenly reversed his feelings? Could it be he didn’t anticipate world opinion? Is he perhaps showing signs of increased senility?
Not Avigdor Lieberman. While Abbas’ words shld be taken seriously it shldnt be Avigdor Lieberman’s job to reprimand him. Shall we start with all the vile words he used on Jews? Chareidim in particular?! Leiberman by all account is a real soine yisroel and hates everything remotely connected to Judaism.
He can vent his anger when the State of Israel is attacked as he claims to be one of the representatives of the so called “Jewish State” but he has no affiliation with anything Jewish. Quite the contrary.
It is true that Lieberman has a bad attitude to the Hareidim, and hates the Ultra Orthodox; therefore, he should not be the one to criticize Abbas.