Germany’s Scholz rejects use of ‘apartheid’ to describe Israel
17 August 2022 |
3:32 pm
After speaking with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, the German chancellor bristled at his use of the words apartheid and Holocaust with regards to Israel.
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