Berlin drops Abbas probe into Holocaust remarks

Berlin prosecutors said Monday that Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's comments on the Holocaust during a visit last year amounted to inciting racial hatred, but they won't pursue a criminal case due to his diplomatic immunity.Police in Berlin launched a probe "on suspicion of inciting hatred" in August 2022 on the basis of two complaints accusing Abbas of "relativising the Holocaust" during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Abbas accused Israel of committing "50 Holocausts" against Palestinians since 1947.