Abbas slams Israel's Gaza 'holocaust'

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2008

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) — Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Saturday denounced a deadly Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip that has killed at least 32 people as "more than a holocaust."

"It's very regrettable that what is happening is more than a holocaust. We tell the world to see with its own eyes and judge for itself what is happening and who is carrying out international terrorism," Abbas told reporters in Ramallah

He appeared to be referring to remarks made by Israel's Deputy Defence Minister Matan Vilnai, who used the Hebrew word "shoah" -- generally used only for the Nazi Holocaust -- in remarks to army radio on Friday.

"By intensifying the rocket fire and extending their reach (Gaza militants) are bringing onto themselves a worse catastrophe...