German newspaper Bild reported that Berlin police have opened a preliminary investigation into Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas over his statements about the Holocaust during his recent visit to the German capital, noting that “Abbas is under investigation for possible hate speech. “

In this context, the German Foreign Ministry indicated that “Abbas, as a representative of the Palestinian Authority, will enjoy immunity from prosecution because he visited the country in an official capacity.”
In turn, a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization Hussein al-Sheikh, in his statement on social networks, believes that “despite the explanatory statement of the President, published following a press conference in the German Chancellery, some parties insist on continuing the campaign of incitement against the Palestinian President and attempts to turn and falsify the facts and distort them.
He emphasized that “in light of our emphasis on condemning the Holocaust rather than denying it, we affirm that our people have been and are being subjected to the crimes of occupation.”