The Palestinian Authority’s ambassador to Chile was recalled on Thursday after he read from the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and made other anti-Semitic remarks during a conference, prompting calls for his resignation.
Imad Nabil Jadaa read from the anti-Semitic book during a speech in Santiago and claimed that Jewish people were seeking world domination.
The Times of Israel reports:
Jadaa had said the goal of Zionism was "to protect their plans of dominating life in the entire planet."
"According to the book ‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,’ published in 1923 and discovered by Lenin after the triumph of the Bolshevik revolution in Russia was over — in that book they mention the destruction of the moralities of other religions," he continued. "In that book they put plans of the manipulation of all the financial, economic and industrial apparatus of the entire world. They discuss the manipulation of local political forces from all different countries." …
In his speech, Jadaa also argued that Jews do not constitute a distinct people.
"About the hatred we have against the Jewish people, as Palestinians: First, we don’t have hatred; second, we don’t recognize the existence of the Jewish people — there is no Jewish people," Jadaa said.
The speech took place in May, but Jadaa was not recalled until Thursday, after a video and English translation of his remarks were posted by the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy. The comments sparked public outrage and calls for the PA to force him to step down.
The left-leaning group Americans for Peace Now called the speech "abhorrent" in a statement on Thursday:
Consequently, Americans for Peace Now called on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to fire the ambassador.
"These abhorrent statements, anti-Semitic canards of the crudest kind, are an outrage," APN CEO and President Debra DeLee said.
"Such hateful statements foment hatred, they legitimize anti-Semitic lies and they provoke hatred and anger among an Israeli public that is deeply skeptical about the viability of peace with the Palestinians and the credibility of the Palestinian leadership as a partner for peace."