President Reuven Rivlin sharply criticized Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas over his statments earlier this week blaming Jews for the Holocaust. "How does a leader who expresses dark anti-Semitic ideas can present himself as a partner for peace?" Rivlin asked during his visit to Ethiopia.
He added that "there is no negotiation with anti-Semitism, with no anti-Semitism, Israel will always seek peace with its neighbors, but never accept those who do not recognize its right to exist."