WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement following reports of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech to the Fatah Revolutionary Council:
“I strongly condemn the antisemitic rhetoric President Abbas used in his speech last month that has recently surfaced, especially given the deeply disturbing rise in antisemitism worldwide. These most recent comments continue his long history of false claims about the Holocaust, Jewish history, and the State of Israel and are deeply offensive to the memory of those who perished in the Shoah.”
Senator Coons is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.