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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke to Israeli Key Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday, addressing remarks about the Holocaust manufactured by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in the course of a new take a look at to Berlin.

Scholz had tweeted on Wednesday that Abbas's assert that Israel has dedicated "50 Holocausts" from Palestinians was "intolerable and unacceptable." He then wished to handle it right with Lapid, who is the son of Holocaust survivors.

"At the start off of their discussion, the German Chancellor emphasised that he rejects and condemns Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s remarks, and that it was vital for him to clarify this individually to the Prime Minister, as nicely as publicly," Lapid's place of work reported in a push launch about their dialogue. 

"I thanked him for this condemnation as Israel’s Primary Minister and the son of a Holocaust survivor," Lapid said in a tweet acknowledging the conversation.

OUTRAGE Around GERMAN CHANCELLOR'S SILENCE AS PALESTINIAN Chief States ISRAEL Fully commited ‘50 HOLOCAUSTS’

Olaf Scholz, Germany's chancellor, correct, and Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority president, arrive for a news meeting in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg by way of Getty Illustrations or photos

The two leaders then addressed a recent existential threat to the Jewish Point out: Iran. The Islamic nation's leadership has typically vowed to wipe Israel off the map, and new negotiations for a new intercontinental settlement relating to its nuclear application have nevertheless to bear fruit.

In their dialogue, Lapid pressured Israel's opposition to returning to the primary offer, the Joint Complete System of Motion, which Israel had considered as not likely considerably sufficient to avert Tehran from establishing a nuclear weapon.

IRANIAN THREATS Hold More than ISRAEL-LEBANON NEGOTIATIONS OF DISPUTED MARITIME BORDER

Israeli Key Minister Yair Lapid prepares to make a statement at the get started of the weekly cabinet conference in Jerusalem, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. (WHD Image/Maya Alleruzzo, Pool) (The )

Lapid stressed to Scholz that Europe simply cannot make concessions to Iran, nor ought to they allow for Iran to hold off the negotiating course of action. The Israeli primary minister reiterated this on Twitter.

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"Iran are unable to be permitted to endlessly acquire time in Vienna," he claimed.